Cow Belles (2006) (TV)

Director:

Francine McDougall

Writers:

Matt Dearborn (co-teleplay)
Matt Dearborn (story)

Release Date:

24 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Plot:

In order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the family business by their exasperated father. When company funds goes missing, it's up to the girls to save the day.

Plot Keywords:

Dairy | Sister | Kitchen | Business | Wealthy

Cast

Alyson Michalka	...	Taylor Callum
Amanda Michalka	...	Courtney Callum
Jack Coleman	...	Reed Callum
Michael Trevino	...	Jackson Meade
Sheila McCarthy	...	Fran Walker
Christian Serratos	...	Heather Perez
Ron Gabriel	...	Melvin Melville
Chris Gallinger	...	Philippe
Michael Rhoades	...	Bob Fenwick
Von Flores	...	Nick Perez
Sandy Robson	...	Thomas
Duane Murray	...	Big Pete
Ordena Stephens	...	Joyce (as Ordena Stephens-Thomas)
Dylan Roberts	...	Ralph
Stuart Clow	...	Keith Walker

Also Known As:

Dairy Girls (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Certification:

USA:G | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Just Singer Entertainment

Trivia:

Alyson Michalka got her permit just to do the driving scenes.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: In the first shot of Taylor driving her mother's car, a boom-mike is reflected on the car.

Quotes:

Female Dairy Worker: [Talking to Taylor] Look honey, we don't need your pity, we need answers.
Male Dairy Worker: Yeah what do you know? You're just a kid. You wouldn't even be here if you father didn't force you. Face it, you and your sister are just a couple of spoiled little brats.
Taylor: Y-your right. Maybe that's what I'm trying to change.

Movie Connections:

References Rain Man (1988)

Dairy Barbies Grow A Social Conscience

Cow Belles is a charming Disney Channel film starring real life sisters Alyson and Amanda Michalka playing a pair of rich sisters whose father, Jack Coleman operates a dairy plant. They're not bad girls, but their widowed father spoils them to death.

Before he leaves on a long needed vacation that is Coleman's number 2 guy at the plant, Michael Rhoades, has been urging on him to take in fact he gives him the money to do it, Coleman has both the girls actually get real jobs at the plant to see how the working folks really live.

The Michalka sisters get a lot more than they bargain for when the paychecks at the plant bounce because, Rhoades emptied the accounts of the business and ran off. They get quite a life's lesson in the realities of life and both develop a social conscience if not at the same time.

They even snag a pair of boyfriends Alyson teams with farm kid Michael Trevino and Amanda finds herself a French exchange student, Christian Gallinger.

Cow Belles is a pretty good film from the Magic Kingdom, nothing deep or profound, but in its own light way touching on some serious issues.