Sky High
2005
Most teenagers cringe at the thought of meeting their parents' high expectations good grades, well-behaved friends, and a plan for the future and none more so than Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), the son of legendary superheroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston). This clever Disney comedy follows Will .. Read more
| Starring | Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Bruce Campbell, Dave Foley |
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| Director | Mike Mitchell |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Family |
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Sky High
Most teenagers cringe at the thought of meeting their parents' high expectations good grades, well-behaved friends, and a plan for the future and none more so than Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano), the son of legendary superheroes Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston). This clever Disney comedy follows Will from his first day as star student at Sky High, an elite school for the children of superheroes. The only problem is that Will apparently has no special powers, and he can't let his parents find out! Lacking the abilities needed to attend hero classes, Will falls in with the misfit sidekicks, whose only powers include turning into a guinea pig, glowing, and melting. However, when an old villain with a new power reappears on the scene, the pressure is on Will and his sidekicks to save his parents, his school, and the earth itself. Perhaps as a tribute to the classic era of teen films, SKY HIGH features a soundtrack bursting with 1980s hits covered by contemporary artists, including Flashlight Brown, Bowling for Soup, and Vitamin C. The film also features performances that will please adult viewers, including a cameo as the school principal by former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter, comedian Dave Foley as a washed up sidekick, and EVIL DEAD star Bruce Campbell as Coach Boomer. Truly fun for all ages, the charming teen stars, fast pace, and universal story make Sky High a clear family classic on par with Sixteen Candles, Spy Kids, and National Lampoon's Vacation.
| Starring | Kurt Russell, Michael Angarano, Bruce Campbell, Dave Foley, Kelly Preston, Liz Winstead, Lynda Carter, Kevin McDonald |
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| Director | Mike Mitchell |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Family |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German, Italian, Turkish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 06 Feb 2006 Blu-ray: 02 Apr 2007 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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A family comedy with welcomely loopy asides... It's clever to take the standard 'cool' and 'nerd' high school subcultures and transform them into 'heroes' and their sidekicks.
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Sky High is a secret school for teenage superheroes-in-waiting, a gigantic saucer-like campus suspended above Earth.... read more on Time Out
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my daughter Bethany really enjoyed this film. it is set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted.
young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
It all begins at a secret school in the clouds like none on earth: Sky High, the first and only high school for kids with super-human powers going through crime-fighting puberty. At Sky High, the student body throw flames with their footballs, study Villainy with their Chemistry and are divided into Heroes and Sidekicks instead of jocks and geeks.
It's an out-of-this-world yet completely recognizable place where cool gadgetry, rampant bravery and awe-inspiring magical skills mix it up with parental battles, peer pressure and dating trouble--with explosively fun results. This year's class features some of the best, brightest and most powerfully gifted super-teens ever assembled. And then there's Will Stronghold. When you're the son of the world's most legendary super heroes, The Commander and Jetstream, people expect you to live up to the family name The problem is that Will is starting with no superpowers of his own and, worst of all, instead of joining the ranks of the Hero class, he finds himself relegated to being a Sidekick.
Now he must somehow survive his freshman year while dealing with an overbearing gym coach, a bully with super speed and a dangerous rebel with a grudge (and the ability to shoot fire from his hands)--not to mention the usual angst, parental expectations and girl problems that accompany teenage life. But when an evil villain threatens his family, friends and the very sanctity of Sky High, Will must use his newfound superpowers to save the day and prove himself a Hero worthy of the family tradition.
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66 out of 67 people found this review helpful
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superb
my daughter Bethany really enjoyed this film. it is set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted.
young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
It all begins at a secret school in the clouds like none on earth: Sky High, the first and only high school for kids with super-human powers going through crime-fighting puberty. At Sky High, the student body throw flames with their footballs, study Villainy with their Chemistry and are divided into Heroes and Sidekicks instead of jocks and geeks.
It's an out-of-this-world yet completely recognizable place where cool gadgetry, rampant bravery and awe-inspiring magical skills mix it up with parental battles, peer pressure and dating trouble--with explosively fun results. This year's class features some of the best, brightest and most powerfully gifted super-teens ever assembled. And then there's Will Stronghold. When you're the son of the world's most legendary super heroes, The Commander and Jetstream, people expect you to live up to the family name The problem is that Will is starting with no superpowers of his own and, worst of all, instead of joining the ranks of the Hero class, he finds himself relegated to being a Sidekick.
Now he must somehow survive his freshman year while dealing with an overbearing gym coach, a bully with super speed and a dangerous rebel with a grudge (and the ability to shoot fire from his hands)--not to mention the usual angst, parental expectations and girl problems that accompany teenage life. But when an evil villain threatens his family, friends and the very sanctity of Sky High, Will must use his newfound superpowers to save the day and prove himself a Hero worthy of the family tradition.
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