Safety Patrol (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writers:

Doug Draizin (story)
Savage Steve Holland (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Scout Bozell dreams of being on his school safety patrol, but he has never been allowed on because he is very clumsy...

Plot Keywords:

School | Patrol | Safety | Slapstick Comedy | Family Relationships

Cast

Bug Hall	...	Scout Bozell
Lainie Kazan	...	Mrs. Day
Curtis Armstrong	...	Bert Miller
Stephanie Faracy	...	Mrs. Marlowe
Alex McKenna	...	Hannah Zapruder
Ed McMahon	...	Grandpa Bozell
'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Himself
Charlene Tilton	...	Mrs. Zapruder
John Bennett Perry	...	Mr. Norman Zapruder
Phillip Van Dyke	...	Kent Marlowe
John Walsh	...	Himself
Wink Martindale	...	Himself
Leslie Nielsen	...	Mr. Penn
Katsy Chappell	...	Mrs. Brown
Brad Grunberg	...	Gym Teacher (as Johnny Cocktails)

Also Known As:

Disney's Safety Patrol (USA) (video box title)
Safety Patrol! (USA) (cable TV title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:U

Filming Locations:

Verdugo Hills High School - 10625 Plainview Avenue, Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Doug Draizin Productions

Trivia:

Hannah's father wants to capture everything on camera, in the hopes that he will capture something that will make him rich. His last name is Zapruder, a reference to Abraham Zapruder, the Dallas man who became rich because he filmed the assassination of John F. Kennedy on 22 November 1963.

Movie Connections:

References "Branded" (1965)

Cameos can't save this blunder of a film

I tried to think of something nice about this film but I couldn't, so I'll just rant instead. The many cameos in this movie (Weird Al Yankovic, Leslie Nielsen, John Walsh, etc.) prove that Disney has way too much money to spend on crap films such as this. This film is about an accident prone boy named Scout Bozell (who names their kid Scout?) who's only desire in life is to become a "safety" (member of the safety patrol). I could spend my time writing a detail plot synopsis, but I really don't want to seeing how I already wasted too much time even watching this film. So I'll make it short. Scout becomes a member of safety patrol, changes schools, feuds with bad guys, makes new friends, gets new safety patrol, loses friends, gets set up by bad guys, cries, gets old friends back, exposes bad guys, and gets girl, who is a 6th grader dressed up to resemble, and I'm sorry, a cheap whore. Within this movie is poor writing, even worse acting, and a lot of cameos by stars with too much time on their hands. This film is terrible, horrible, awful, and bad. I think the only reason I watched it is because I wanted to see if anything could have made it suck less. Really all I accomplished was wasting a couple hours when I should have been sleeping. I'd recommend that if you're channel surfing and you happen to see that "Safety Patrol" is on, turn off your television sets and go play outside. Don't put yourself through the self-inflicted torture that I did. You'll never be able to see Disney in the same light again. There is absolutely nothing good you can say about this film...so don't try.