Minutemen (2008) (TV)

Director:

Lev L. Spiro

Writers:

John Killoran (teleplay)
David Diamond (story) ...

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A comedy/sci-fi/adventure about three high school kids who invent a time machine to spare others just like them from the humiliation they've endured.

Plot Keywords:

Time Machine | School | High School | Boy Genius | Geek

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Dolley	...	Virgil Fox
Luke Benward	...	Charlie Tuttle
Nicholas Braun	...	Zeke Thompson
Chelsea Staub	...	Stephanie Jameson
Steven R. McQueen	...	Derek Beaugard
Kara Crane	...	Jeanette Pachelewski
Dexter Darden	...	Chester
J.P. Manoux	...	Vice Principal Tolkan
James Jamison	...	Agent Renquist
Jason Tatom	...	Winthorpe
Trenton James	...	Connors
Kellie Cockrell	...	Jocelyn
Charlie Fratto	...	Eugene von Hoserberg
Joe Pitti	...	Street Performer
Shawn Carter	...	Grunge Kid

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Murray High School - 5440 S. State Street, Murray, Utah, USA

Company:

Disney Channel

Trivia:

Vice Principal Tolkan is named for actor James Tolkan who played the similarly bald and bow-tied principal in Back to the Future (1985).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Zeke and Charlie are running back to the vortex, Charlie's goggles move from being on his left side to behind neck to his right side. The goggles keep moving back and forth.

Quotes:

Charlie Tuttle: [after the NASA technicians tell him they already know about his time travels] So you already know about the black hole?
FBI Agent: What?
Charlie Tuttle: The black hole. Oh, I knew you guys were underfunded, but come on!

Movie Connections:

References One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Soundtrack:

Run It Back Again

Entertainment for everyone

Disney always knew how to make a movie for all ages. Just remember legendary small WW car Herbie...This movie is about three youngsters in high-school which will become friends, and have a lot of troubles when they invent or better said "lend" time traveling equations from NASA. Apparently they build time traveling machine from microwave oven, projector and many other parts. As time passes they decide to use machine for helping people in school, which at first seems to go very good. But the most brightest student of all, finally understands they have created a black whole which will expand and destroy all town, and after that whole Earth. Physics in the movie is something awkward, but have in mind this is a movie just for entertainment.

All in all, this is a killer time movie worthing watching, if you have time to spare. It's funny, childish, but I do not see this as a problem, because we are all children, no matter how old we are.