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Tim Allen Director: Peter Hewitt Peter Hewitt

Overview

When Earth is faced with certain destruction, an over-the-hill superhero is charged with the task of training four super-powered kids to harness their powers and save the planet in an out-of-this-world comedy adventure for the whole family from director Peter Hewitt. Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Courteney Cox, and Chevy Chase star in a film written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum and based on Jason Lethcoe's comic book Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/13/2007
UPC:	0043396141506
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	PG
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:28:00
Sales rank:	3,125

Special Features

Bringing Superheroes to Life: The Making of Zoom; Academy for Superheroes: Guide for Kids

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tim Allen	Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom
Courteney Cox	Marsha Holloway
Chevy Chase	Dr. Grant
Spencer Breslin	Tucker Williams/Mega-Boy
Kevin Zegers	Connor Shepard/Concussion
Kate Mara	Summer Jones/Wonder
Michael Cassidy	Dylan West/Houdini
Ryan Newman	Cindy Collins/Princess
Rip Torn	General Larraby

Technical Credits

David Berenbaum

Adam Rifkin

Peter Hewitt	Director
Jeffrey Steven Authors	Asst. Director
Christophe Beck	Score Composer
David Berenbaum	Screenwriter
Barry Chusid	Production Designer
Joshu de Cartier	Art Director
Trevor Engelson	Executive Producer
Todd Garner	Producer
Tina Gerussi	Casting
John Houlihan	Musical Direction/Supervision
Lawrence Jordan	Editor
Neil Machlis	Executive Producer
Ha Nguyen	Costumes/Costume Designer
Nick Osborne	Executive Producer
John Papsidera	Casting
Julie Ragland	Co-producer
Matt Rebenkoff	Asst. Director
Adam Rifkin	Screenwriter
Robert F. Scherer	Sound/Sound Designer
David Tattersall	Cinematographer
Jennifer Todd	Producer
Suzanne Todd	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
1. The Concussion Problem [3:20]
2. Zoom [2:07]
3. The New Kids [3:16]
4. Testing [5:12]
5. Zoom Has Issues [4:08]
6. The Real Zoom [2:26]
7. Training Begins [2:07]
8. Holloway's Disappointment [4:04]
9. Joyride [6:43]
10. "Am I Different?" [3:09]
11. Hardcore Training [3:44]
12. You Don't Care [1:18]
13. Locked Up [1:47]
14. Simulator [2:56]
15. A Leader [1:39]
16. A Revelation [1:49]
17. Control and Execution [3:13]
18. Becoming a Team [1:01]
19. A Plan [1:00]
20. Prom Queens [4:38]
21. "Now We're a Family" [3:01]
22. The Truth Revealed [2:59]
23. Escape! [4:05]
24. A Brother's Return [3:02]
25. Return of Powers [3:46]
26. "Let's Play Ball" [1:46]
27. "Got My Brother Back" [1:31]
28. New Beginning [8:17]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
   Special Features
      Academy for Superheroes Guide for Kids
         Play All
         Avoid Junk Food
         Exercise Daily
         Good Sportsmanship
         Unnecessary Danger
      Bringing Superheroes to Life: The Making of Zoom
      Previews
         Open Season
         Are We Done Yet?
         Daddy Day Care
         Are We There Yet?
         Surf's Up
         Zathura
         Monster House
         Rv
   Scene Selection
   Play Movie
   Languages
      Audio Set Up: English
      Audio Set Up: French/Français
      Subtitles: English
      Subtitles: French/Français
      Subtitles: Subtitles Off
   Previews
      Open Season
      Are We Done Yet?
      Daddy Day Care
      Are We There Yet?
      Surf's Up
      Zathura
      Monster House
      Rv

Editorial Reviews

Tim Allen -- the voice of Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear and the only-on-TV space hero of Galaxy Quest -- puts his best action-hero foot forward in Zoom: Academy for Superheroes. Based on Jason Lethcoe's graphic novel series, the film casts Allen as the less-than-incredible Jack Shepard, a.k.a. Captain Zoom, a bitter former superhero who is called back into action to transform a squad of "misfits, outcasts, and weirdoes" into Team Zenith. The recruits include Cindy, age 6 (Ryan Newman), a petulant princess with Herculean strength; Tucker, 12 (Spencer Breslin), a plus-size boy with expandable body parts; Summer (Kate Mara), 16, an empathetic high schooler with telekinetic skills; and Dylan, 17 (Michael Cassidy), who can make himself invisible. Jack's brother, whose exposure to gamma radiation transformed him into the villainous Concussion, decimated the original Team Zenith. Thought dead, Concussion is headed back to earth from another dimension to wreak havoc. Can Jack be inspired to become the hero he once was and rally the fractious new team to save the day? Viewers closer to Cindy's age will best appreciate Zoom's modest special effects, empowering action, rocking montages (all set to Smash Mouth songs, though there's not an "All-Star" in the bunch), and gross-out gags, such as demonstrations by Team Zenith applicants "gifted" in flatulence and snot production. Chevy Chase, as a bumbling scientist, and Rip Torn, as a hard-nosed general, elevate their scenes, but Courtney Cox is ill served as a maternal psychologist who is required to fall down a lot. Parents will appreciate that, at a mere 83 minutes, this film zooms by.

Barnes & Noble - Donald Liebenson