Read It and Weep
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| Read It And Weep | |
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| Directed by | Paul Hoen |
| Produced by | Don Schain |
| Written by | Patrick J. Clifton Beth Rigazio Julia DeVillers |
| Starring | Kay Panabaker Danielle Panabaker |
| Cinematography | Gordon Lonsdale |
| Editing by | Louis F. Cioffi |
| Distributed by | Disney Channel |
| Release date(s) | July 21, 2006 |
| Running time | 1hr. and 24 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Read It And Weep (previously titled How My Private, Personal Journal Became A Bestseller) is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered on July 21, 2006. It is based on the novel by Julia DeVillers. Sisters Kay and Danielle Panabaker star as Jamie Bartlett and her alter ego Isabella (Iz or Is), respectively. Both sisters have both starred in previous Disney Channel movies: Kay in Life is Ruff, and Danielle in Stuck in the Suburbs. 1.6 million viewers tuned into this episode in the U.L placing it 1st in its timeslot.
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[edit] Plot
Read It And Weep begins with Jamie Bartlett, who has three best friends named Connor, Lindsay and Harmony, and an enemy named Sawyer Sullivan. She also owns an electronic journal which she writes in every day. In that journal she writes about herself as "IS", a popular girl with a personality opposite of her own, and writes about all the kids at school. After she accidentally turns the journal in for an English assignment, it wins a writing contest. Jamie becomes increasingly materialistic and critical of the world around her, quitting her job at her father's pizza place, ridiculing her brother's guitar playing and favouring her new fame and success over her friends. She gains success and popularity, until she reveals on a television interview that the antagonist of her novel is based on Sawyer, the ex-girlfriend of her crush. As the rest of her high school discovers that the book was based on Jamie's more negative feelings towards the school, she wishes to restore her relationships but her friends are unwilling to trust her again. Finally, at the school dance she apologizes in front of everybody and all is forgiven. Jamie then asks Connor for forgiveness. They share a kiss and Jamie gets rid of Is once and for all.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Kay Panabaker | Jamie Bartlett |
| Danielle Panabaker | Isabella "Is or Iz" |
| Alexandra Krosney | Harmony |
| Marquise Brown | Lindsay |
| Allison Scagliotti | Sawyer Sullivan |
| Jason Dolley | Connor Kennedy |
| Chad Broskey | Marco Vega |
| Tom Virtue | Ralph Bartlett |
| Connie Young | Peggy Bartlett |
| Robin Riker | Diana |
| Nick Whitaker | Lenny Bartlett |
| Falisha Fehoko | Jennifer #1 |
| Malinda Money | Jennifer #2 |
| Joyce Cohen | Miss Gallagher |
[edit] Release Dates
| Country | Channel | Date |
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| United States | Disney Channel | July 21, 2006 |
| Australia | Disney Channel Australia | September 19, 2006 |
| United Kingdom | Disney Channel UK | March 9, 2007 |
| Japan | Disney Channel Japan | March, 2007 |
| Asia | Disney Channel Asia | April, 2007 |
| Hungary | TV2 | March 14, 2007 |
| Spain | Disney Channel España | ?, 2007 |
| Brazil | Disney Channel Brazil | 2008 |
[edit] Differences Between Book and Movie
- In the movie, Sawyer has short brown hair, in the book, Sawyer has long blonde hair.
- In the book, Harmony lives part-time in the city, and part-time in the suburbs. In the movie she lives in one place.
- In the movie, Lindsay has dark skin, black hair, and brown eyes. In the book, she has light skin, red hair, and blue eyes.
- In the book, Lindsay is constantly upset with her weight, yet in the movie this is never mentioned.
- In the book, Harmony has dark skin, black hair, and brown eyes. In the movie, she has light skin, green eyes, and red hair.
- In the book, Connor has brown hair, yet in the movie he has blond.
- In the book, Connor is the new kid, yet in the movie he is already friends with Jamie in the beginning.
- In the movie, Jamie uses her laptop to write her book. In the book, she gets her laptop after she writes the book.
- In the book, Jamie didn't kiss Connor.
- In the book, Jamie has a sister named Allie, but in the movie she has a brother named Lenny. In the scene when Jamie was deleting friends off her list of online friends, one of their names was Allie.
- In the book, Jamie calls her story "IS", but in the movie, she calls it, "IS Saves the World".
- In the movie, there was a school dance with an underwater theme. In the book, there wasn't a school dance.
[edit] Location
It was filmed at Murray High School in Murray, and also in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, which is where Minutemen (film) was filmed.
[edit] External links
- Read It and Weep at Ultimate Disney
- Read It and Weep at Internet Movie Database
[edit] Goofs
- The article in the school newspaper Connor writes to help Jamie titled "Three Cheers for Jamie Bartlett" can be seen in a part where Jamie is reading the paper before Connor writes the article.
[edit] Trivia
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- This movie is based on the Julia DeVillers' book, How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Best Seller. (This is seen as the book Jamie is printing out at the end of the movie)
- This movie was released on DVD January 16, 2007.
- Julia DeVillers, the author of the book from which the movie was made, has a cameo in a pizza parlor scene.
- Nick Whitaker performs the song I Will Be Around at the Deep Blue Sea Dance.
- Jordan Pruitt was considered for the role of Jamie Bartlett, but she didn't get the part. They liked Jordan so much though they had her make a music video for the movie.
- Read It and Weep premiered on Disney Channel Asia on October 8, 2006, on the Family Channel on November 17, 2006, and on Disney Channel UK on March 9, 2007.
- It got 5.4 million viewers during its first airing on Disney. Currently ranking it as the ninth highest viewed DCOM. [1]
- The song played during a party scene (sung by Drew Seeley) was played during another party scene in another DCOM, The Cheetah Girls 2.
- The movie was added to iTunes on April 3, 2007 for the price of $9.99.
- Before Jamie runs out after Connor, the floor is covered in protest flyers and seaweed. The whale is also hanging by its rear cables. After Jamie and Connor return to the dancefloor, the whale is back in its original position and the floor is clean.
| Preceded by Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior |
Disney Channel Original Movies | Succeeded by The Cheetah Girls 2 |
