Up, Up and Away (film)

Up, Up and Away
Film poster
Genre	Fantasy Comedy
Written by	Daniel Berendsen
Directed by	Robert Townsend
Starring	Robert Townsend Michael J. Pagan Alex Datcher Sherman Hemsley
Music by	David Michael Frank
Country of origin	United States Canada[1]
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Paula Hart
Producer	Harvey Frand
Cinematography	Danny Nowak
Editor	John L. Price
Running time	78 minutes (90 with commercials)
Production company	Hartbreak Films
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	January 22, 2000 (2000-01-22)

Up, Up and Away is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie.^[2] The film is a comedy/adventure about a boy from a family of superheroes who, despite not having any super powers of his own, is called on to save the world.

Plot

Teenager Scott Marshall comes from a family of superheroes, but is the only one without powers, which he hopes will emerge on his 14th birthday. Meanwhile, an activist group called the "Earth Protectors" distribute CD-ROMs about the environment to Scott's classmates, with their programmer, Nina, seeking to use them to educate while her partner Malcolm plans to use them to brainwash people into committing crimes for him. Following a failed bank robbery, he realizes the program only works on children and conducts further tests to confirm and fix this. After Scott loses track of time due to being mesmerized by the CD-ROM, his father and older brother, Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle and Adam Marshall / Silver Charge respectively, investigate the bank, but the latter accidentally fries their systems with his electrical powers.

When his birthday comes and he fails to develop powers, Scott pretends he inherited those of his parents' with help from his grandfather Edward Marshall / Steel Condor. When Malcolm uses Nina as bait to lure in Scott's family, his parents and birthday party guests convince him to save her as his first outing as a superhero. However, he loses his mask and almost gets himself and Nina killed until Jim rescues them, having learned the truth from Edward.

Later, Malcolm recovers Scott's mask, matches it to him, and uses an improved CD-ROM to force him to reveal his family's secrets, such as their shared weakness to aluminum foil, before giving Scott a new CD-ROM for his parents to watch. While it ends up with his friend Amy, whose mother watches it, subconsciously robs a bank, and goes to Earth Protectors' HQ, Malcolm uses her to capture Scott's family with the intention of brainwashing them. Upon learning of this, Scott, Amy, and his best friend Randy head off to rescue them with help from Nina, who has realized Malcolm's true intentions. Scott's friends get captured by Malcolm's men, but Scott successfully destroys Malcolm's computer before his family is brainwashed. Afterwards, Adam uses his powers to erase everyone's memories of the Marshalls' identities, though his parents allow Randy to keep his so Scott can have someone to talk to about his abnormal life.

Cast

• Michael J. Pagan as Scott Marshall / Warrior Eagle
• Robert Townsend as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle
• Alex Datcher as Judy Marshall / Warrior Woman
• Sherman Hemsley as Edward Marshall / Steel Condor
• Kasan Butcher as Adam Marshall / Silver Charge
• Arreale Davis as Molly Marshall
• Kevin Connolly as Malcolm
• Olivia Burnette as Nina
• Ty Olsson as Barker
• Chris Marquette as Randy
• Jamie Renée Smith as Amy
• Scott Owen as Reach
• Joan Pringle as Doris Marshall
• Nancy Sorel as Mrs. Rosen
• Benita Ha as Ms. Parker

Home Media

The film is available to rent or purchase digitally on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, YouTube, and Google Play.

The film is also available on the streaming service Disney+.

See also

• Sky High
• Zoom
• The Incredibles
• My Hero Academia
• Encanto

References

External links

• Up, Up and Away at IMDb

This page was last edited on 19 December 2023, at 01:53