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Thunderbirds (2004)

PG 95 min  -  Action | Adventure | Comedy  -   30 July 2004 (USA)
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When The Hood finds and invades International Rescue's secret base and traps most of the Tracy family, only young Alan Tracy and his friends can save the day.

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Writers:

Gerry Anderson (television series), Sylvia Anderson (television series), and 4 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brady Corbet ...
Debora Weston Debora Weston ...
Teacher
Soren Fulton ...
Lou Hirsch Lou Hirsch ...
Headmaster
Alex Barringer Alex Barringer ...
Excited Kid
Demetri Goritsas ...
News Anchor
Genie Francis ...
Lisa Lowe
Philip Winchester ...
Deobia Oparei ...
Bill Paxton ...
Kyle Herbert Kyle Herbert ...
Know It All Kid
Dominic Colenso Dominic Colenso ...
Ben Torgersen Ben Torgersen ...
Sophia Myles ...
Ron Cook Ron Cook ...
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Storyline

The year is 2010. Teenager Alan Tracy, sent off to a distant boarding school, is the youngest of the sons of Jeff Tracy, a retired American astronaut. Jeff, a widower, has formed International Rescue, and raised his sons to act as a secret, volunteer organization which uses highly advanced technology to save lives worldwide. Jeff and his older sons John, Virgil, Scott, and Gordon, who like Alan were named after the Mercury Seven astronauts are joined in this effort by Lady Penelope and her butler/chauffeur Parker. Their futuristic hardware is largely developed by a genius scientist known as Brains, who lives at the International Rescue base on Tracy Island, somewhere in the Pacific. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}  

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Plot Keywords:

Island | Rescue | Astronaut | Oil Rig | Scientist  | See more »

Taglines:

Climb into the drivers seat of the most advanced rescue vehicles on the planet See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for intense action sequences and language See all certifications »
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Details

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Thunderbirds - Les sentinelles de l'air See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$57,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,350,974 (UK) (25 July 2004) (436 Screens)

Gross:

$6,768,055 (USA) (22 August 2004)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

SDDS  | Dolby Digital EX  | DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Cameo: [Jonathan Frakes] as a policeman at the end of the movie. His wife, Genie Francis, appears as a newscaster throughout the movie. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: Scenes of the Thunderbirds entering London show them flying from the East- passing Tower Bridge, then the London Assembly building and so forth. But maps showing their flightpaths, shots of the landings at the London Eye and shots of them passing over English coast and countryside imply that they're flying from the West. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
News Anchor: From a secret island in the South Pacific, the courageous Tracy family run an organization called International Rescue. When disaster strikes anywhere in the world, they are always first on the scene. They go by the name they gave they're incredible machines. The Thunderbirds. 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - Thunderbirds are GO!
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are animated (cartoon style) with the 4 Thunderbird
Rescue Craft "saving"/manipulating the text which is in danger of being
destroyed by disasters (Volcano Lava, Meteors, etc.). For those who have
never seen the original TV Shows, it offers a peek at the design of the
Craft and how they function at the disaster sites. A jazzed-up/updated
version of the TV Theme Music is used for this sequence. See more »

Connections

Featured in "The Blockbuster Buster: Thunderbirds (#1.11)" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Thunderbirds are Go!"
(Original TV Series Theme)
(Barry Gray)
Arrangement by Ramin Djawadi & Hans Zimmer
Courtesy of Universal Pictures Music See more »