Max Keeble's Big Move (2001)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Tim Hill

Writers (WGA):

David L. Watts (story) and
Jonathan Bernstein (story) ...
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Release Date:

5 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Tagline:

His World. His Rules.

Plot:

Max Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns he's moving; it backfires when he doesn't move after all.

Plot Keywords:

Moving | School | Revenge | Principal | Bully

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Alex D. Linz	...	Max Keeble
Larry Miller	...	Principal Elliot T. Jindraike
Jamie Kennedy	...	Evil Ice Cream Man
Zena Grey	...	Megan
Josh Peck	...	Robe
Nora Dunn	...	Lily Keeble
Robert Carradine	...	Don Keeble
Clifton Davis	...	Supt. Bobby 'Crazy Legs' Knebworth
Amy Hill	...	Mrs. Rangoon
Noel Fisher	...	Troy McGinty
Orlando Brown	...	Dobbs
Amber Valletta	...	Ms. Dingman
Justin Berfield	...	Caption Writer
Veronica Alicino	...	Mrs. Talia
Brooke Anne Smith	...	Jenna
Greg Lewis	...	Janitor
Chely Wright	...	Mrs. Styles
Jonathan Osser	...	Worried Kid
Cory Hodges	...	Yearbook Photographer
Kyle Sullivan	...	Techie Kid
Jordan Mahome	...	Marley
Myra	...	Chelsea
Sarah Rush	...	Ms. Lane
Chelsea Bond	...	Mrs. Didion
Shawn Pyfrom	...	Bus Prankster
Dennis Haskins	...	Mr. Kohls
Teddy Lane Jr.	...	Phys Ed Teacher
Martin Spanjers	...	Runty Band Member
Countess Vaughn	...	Office Admin. Assistant
Bryan Matsuura	...	Eighth Grader #1
Andy Morrow	...	Eighth Grader #2
Adam Lamberg	...	Eighth Grader #3 on Bike
Nick Albert	...	Eighth Grader in Gym
E.J. De La Pena	...	Pudgy 7th Grader
Ashly Holloway	...	Adorable 6 Yr. Old Girl
Brendan Hill	...	Pimply 7th Grader
Marcus Toji	...	Food Fight Chess Player
Zachary Spound	...	Julius Klinghoffer
Alexandra Kaplan	...	Kelly Lloyd
Maximillian Kesmodel	...	4 Year Old Max
Christian Boewe	...	6 Year Old Troy
Jon Ryckman	...	Slav #1 (Football Player)
Steve Provenzano	...	Slav #2 (Football Player)
Joe Unitas	...	Slav #3 (Football Player)
Lil' Romeo	...	Lil Romeo
Marcus Hopson	...	Pizza Parlor Kid
Nicholas King	...	Skater Wannabe
Tony Hawk	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew James Allen	...	Valdimir (uncredited)
Mark Blackwell	...	Pizza Guy (uncredited)
P.J. Byrne	...	D.J. / Young Executive (uncredited)
Kira D. Foltz	...	Female student (uncredited)
Carmen Lynch	...	Extra girl student (uncredited)
Loretta Shenosky	...	Worried Kid's Mom (uncredited)
Jeffrey Weissman	...	McGoogles (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim Hill

Writing credits (WGA)
David L. Watts		(story) (as David Watts) and
Jonathan Bernstein		(story) &
Mark Blackwell		(story) &
James Greer		(story)
Jonathan Bernstein		(screenplay) &
Mark Blackwell		(screenplay) &
James Greer		(screenplay)

Produced by
Russell Hollander	....	co-producer
Mike Karz	....	producer
Raymond Reed	....	co-producer
Guy Riedel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Wandmacher

Cinematography by
Arthur Albert

Film Editing by
Tony Lombardo
Peck Prior

Casting by
Scot Boland
Victoria Burrows

Production Design by
Vincent Jefferds

Art Direction by
Kelly Hannafin

Set Decoration by
K.C. Fox

Costume Design by
Susan Matheson

Makeup Department
Jackie Dobbie	....	makeup department head
Karl Wesson	....	hair department head
André Dubois	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)
Camille Henderson	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Udi Nedivi	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Katie Carroll	....	second second assistant director
Christina Fong	....	first assistant director: second unit
Christina Fong	....	second assistant director
Rob King	....	second unit director
Rip Murray	....	first assistant director
Apirada Ann Rakpraja	....	dga trainee
Carrie Rudolph	....	assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Michael Barry	....	construction foreman
Curtis Baruth	....	construction coordinator (as Curtis W. Baruth)
Cameron Birnie	....	set designer
Chad Hagaman	....	assistant property master
Anne Hyvarinen	....	scenic artist
Sean Mannion	....	property master
Josh Persoff	....	on-set dresser
Patricia Rake	....	assistant property master (as Patty Rake)
Tim Snowber	....	lead man
Laura Evans	....	specialty props artist (uncredited)
Abigail Sheiner	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Sloane U'Ren	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Jeanette Browning	....	adr recordist (as Jeannette Browning)
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Tom E. Dahl	....	sound re-recording mixer
Valerie Davidson	....	sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Samuel F. Kaufman	....	adr recordist
David Kern	....	sound editor
Steve Kohler	....	dubbing recordist
Adam Kopald	....	sound editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound editor
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Todd Overton	....	boom operator
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound editor
Debora Seaman	....	foley recordist
David Spence	....	adr editor
Ann L. Thornberg	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne L. Thornberg)
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant sound editor
Richard Van Dyke	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Rick Figalan	....	special effects assistant
Chris Bailey	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Derek Crimmel	....	prop maker (uncredited)
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Bruce Mattox	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Steven Munson	....	mold/technical department (uncredited)
Chris Walkowiak	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kevin Kipper	....	digital artist
Patrick Denver	....	special props (uncredited)
Bonnie Kanner	....	executive producer: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Patrick Murphy	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Terry Naas	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Josh Novak	....	lead compositor: main title sequence (uncredited)
Reid Paul	....	digital effects supervisor (uncredited)
Ray Scalice	....	general manager: Pixel Magic (uncredited)
Everette Webber	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Allison Wilke	....	visual effects staff coordinator: Disney (uncredited)

Stunts
Nick Albert	....	utility stunts
Gary Baxley	....	utility stunts
Houston Nicole Baxley	....	utility stunts
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts
Sheelah Cassidy	....	stunt double: Megan
Laura Lee Connery	....	utility stunts
Christopher Doyle	....	stunt double: Evil Ice Cream Man (as Chris Doyle)
Shauna Duggins	....	utility stunts
Jonathan Eisley	....	utility stunts
Kurtis Epper	....	utility stunts
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunt double: Evil Ice Cream Man (as Cory Eubanks)
Eddie Fiola	....	stunt double: Max
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunt double (as Chris Fletcher)
Riley Hawk	....	stunts: skateboard kid
Richard Humphreys	....	stunt double: Evil Ice Cream Man (as Rich Humphreys)
Craig Jensen	....	utility stunts
Chris J. King	....	stunt double: Jindraike (as Chris King)
Michael R. King	....	utility stunts
Nicholas King	....	utility stunts
Rob King	....	stunt coordinator
Svetla Krasteva	....	stunt double: Max
Paul M. Lane	....	utility stunts (as Paul Lane)
Don W. Lewis	....	utility stunts
Janie Liszewski	....	stunt double: Mrs. Talia
Gary Littlejohn	....	utility stunts
Greg Owen	....	utility stunts (as Gregory James Owen)
Dan Plum	....	utility stunts
Kelly Premeaux	....	stunt double: Max
Vern Savage	....	utility stunts (as Vern Dennis Savage)
Dennis Scott	....	utility stunts
Lance Smith	....	utility stunts
Fred Spencer	....	utility stunts
Cody Weselis	....	stunt double: Max (as Cody Tyler Weselis)
Jim Wilkey	....	stunt double: Jindraike
Gene Williams	....	stunt double: Dobbs (as Gene E. Williams)
Merritt Yohnka	....	stunts
Josh Peck	....	stunts: Robe (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Berryman	....	second assistant camera
Anthony Lee Beverly	....	best boy grip (as Anthony Beverly)
Kelly Cummins	....	camera loader
David Eubank	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera and Steadicam
David J. Frederick	....	camera operator (as David Frederick)
Tom Harjo	....	key grip
James Jansen	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jamie Maxtone-Graham	....	director of photography: second unit
Will McGarry	....	still photographer (as William McGarry)
Tim McGinnis	....	chief lighting technician
Rob Nelson	....	24 frame video operator
Jorge Sánchez	....	first assistant camera
Christopher Taylor	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Kirk Tedeski	....	24 frame playback coordinator
Ric Urbauer	....	rigging key grip
Glenn Wade	....	dolly grip (as Glenn N. Wade)
Earl Williman Jr.	....	best boy electric (as Earl Williman)
David Wilson	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Eric Alan Donaldson	....	grip (uncredited)
Michael Eaton	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Chris Mack	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Robert W. Morgenroth	....	video supervisor (uncredited)
Lilith Simcox	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Tony Hobbs	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Camille St. Cyr	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Steven E. Adams	....	set costumer (as Steve Adams)
Bradley Inaba	....	set costumer
Marcy Lavender	....	costume supervisor
Lori Jean Sacks	....	set costumer (as Lori Sacks)
Mary Matthews-Smith	....	additional costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer
Joe Finley	....	digital colorist
Mark Harris	....	assistant film editor (as Mark E. Harris)
David Matusek	....	post-production assistant
Peter Pav	....	apprentice editor
Sheri Smith	....	first assistant editor (as Sheri Smith-Carter)
Clayton Woodhull	....	post-production assistant
Shannon Reid Wynne	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	orchestra contractor
Andrew Dorfman	....	music editor
Sidney James	....	composer: additional music
Tim Simonec	....	conductor
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator
Dan Wallin	....	music scoring mixer
Booker White	....	music preparation
Matthew Ferraro	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Michael Fey	....	music executive (uncredited)
Paul Wertheimer	....	music recordist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Elizabeth Chambers	....	transportation secretary (as Elizabeth L. Chambers)
Krister C. Johnson	....	transportation captain (as Krister Johnson)
James Lowder	....	transportation coordinator (as Jim Lowder)
Morgan McGuinness	....	transportation co-captain
Jim Moores	....	picture car coordinator
Kathryn Moll	....	driver (uncredited)
Thomas O'Donnell	....	driver: production van (uncredited)

Other crew
Alex Barnoya	....	medic
Michael Battaglia	....	unit publicist
Jason Bogard	....	production accountant
Bill Bouvier	....	accounting clerk
Katherine Brown	....	assistant to producer
Almarie Clifford	....	studio teacher
Lisa Collins	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jim DeMarco	....	post-production accountant
Rebecca Feldman	....	second assistant accountant
Laura Fox	....	first assistant accountant
Michael D. Gillis	....	set production assistant
Pascal Grapard	....	production assistant
Amie Griffith	....	assistant: Tim Hill (as Amie Griffith-Chiu)
Nathan Guynes	....	production assistant
Venus Kanani	....	assistant production coordinator
Ernesta Mensah	....	production assistant
Tony Milus	....	production assistant
Monica Ochoa	....	script supervisor
Leigh Paonessa	....	production assistant: second unit
Nerissa Politzer	....	animal coordinator
Angela Randazzo	....	payroll accountant
Michael Reyes	....	production assistant
Wendy Riseborough	....	production coordinator
Billy Rosenberg	....	assistant: Russell Hollander
David Ryan	....	assistant location manager
Paul Schreiber	....	location manager
Jack Stern	....	studio teacher
Cressandra Thibodeaux	....	assistant: Guy Riedel
Jeffrey Weissman	....	puppeteer
Paul Winze	....	production assistant
Merritt Yohnka	....	puppeteer
Brett Cody	....	video coordinator (uncredited)
Rebecca Edelson	....	script clearance administrator (uncredited)
DC Ford	....	stand-in: Clifton Davis (uncredited)
Michael Judd	....	production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Steven S. Lee	....	location scout (uncredited)
Dauv McNeely	....	computer and video playback technician (uncredited)
Meyerer Miller	....	production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Chip Murdock	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Chris Wessman	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Mario Iscovich	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures
• Karz Entertainment

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Finland) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Japan) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Net5 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Bob Dunn Animal Services  animals
• Buena Vista Imaging  opticals
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Buena Vista Sound  re-recorded by
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Cinesite  color grading: dream sequence
• E=mc²  24-frame video/computer playback
• One Step Up  foley recorded at
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M  score recording
• Picture Mill, The  main titles
• Rick Brainin Catering Inc.  catering
• Signet Sound Studio  score mixed at

Also Known As:

7th Grade Heart Attack (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some bullying and crude humor.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G | Germany:6 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies - 5931 W. 18th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Larry Miller suggested that Jindraike dress in louder clothes reminiscent of Mickey Rourke's character from The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Max walks out of the assembly room with trash all over him, Robe grabs a single noodle from Max's ear. In the next shot we see that Robe has many noodles wrapped around his fingers.

Quotes:

[waiting for Crazy Legs to arrive at the school]
Principal Jindraike: Come on, you idiot.
[instead, Crazy Legs has just arrived]
Principal Jindraike: He's coming! He's coming!
Principal Jindraike: [as he approaches the band] Straighten up, straighten up. Better. Ready? And...
Supt. Bobby 'Crazy Legs' Knebworth: [the band then begins playing while Jindraike gets excited to see Crazy Legs] Oh, at last! At last! The moment we've all been waiting for. Crazy Legs. You look fit.
Supt. Bobby 'Crazy Legs' Knebworth: Elliot. It's been too long.
Principal Jindraike: I agree completely. Slip me that biscuit. Ooh, that's a hot one. OK, smile!
[the photographers take a picture of Jindraike smiling while shaking hands with Crazy Legs]

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

Hey Baby

Not a horrible kiddie flick, but...

Max Keeble. Well then. Not horrible, but definitely not the best. The jokes are O.K., the cast isn't too bad (where have I seen all them before?), and the food fight was a hit. However, the little scenes between "Max" and "Jenna" weren't very good at all. Come on, what 9th grader would actually notice a 7th grader. Possible, not likely. It's a movie, though. I guess the directors can have their fun. This movie wasn't totally bad, it just needs a little more...something. 6 out of 10 for Max Keeble.