StarStruck (2010) (TV)

Director:

Michael Grossman

Writers (WGA):

Barbara Johns (teleplay) and
Annie DeYoung (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:

14 February 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Musical

Plot:

Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind that visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet Christopher Wilde...

Plot Keywords:

Los Angeles California | Wet Jeans

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Sterling Knight	...	Christopher Wilde
Danielle Campbell	...	Jessica Olson
Maggie Castle	...	Sara Olson
Brandon Smith	...	Stubby (as Brandon Mychal Smith)
Chelsea Kane	...	Alexis (as Chelsea Staub)
Matt Winston	...	Alan Smith
Toni Trucks	...	Libby Lam
Abbie Cobb	...	AJ
Beth Littleford	...	Barbara Olson
Dan O'Connor	...	Dean Olson
Alice Hirson	...	Grandma Olson
Lauren Bowles	...	Sherry Wilde
Ron Pearson	...	Daniel Wilde
Hugh Dane	...	Howard
Sunkrish Bala	...	Dr. Sanjay Lad
Harry Perry	...	Skater
Brittani Osborne	...	Allie Smith
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carrie Blasgen	...	Club goer (uncredited)
Shaun Davis	...	Paparazzi (uncredited)
Korey Dunaway	...	Concert Goer (uncredited)
John Embry	...	Paparazzi Van Driver (uncredited)
Peter Sebastian Wrobel	...	Beach Boyfriend (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Grossman

Writing credits (WGA)
Barbara Johns		(teleplay) and
Annie DeYoung		(teleplay)
Barbara Johns		(story)

Produced by
Jayne Bieber	....	producer
Jon Brown	....	co-executive producer
Douglas Sloan	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Thal	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
David Lawrence

Cinematography by
Horacio Marquínez

Film Editing by
Tara Timpone

Casting by
Barbie Block
Sally Stiner

Production Design by
Mark Hofeling

Set Decoration by
Debra Combs

Makeup Department
Jeff Lewis	....	makeup department head
Brad Look	....	key makeup artist
Lygia Orta	....	makeup artist
Joe Podnar	....	makeup artist
Brad Scott	....	department head hair
Natalie Thimm	....	makeup artist (makeup artist)

Production Management
Mary Church	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Brent Geisler	....	additional second assistant director
Lance W. Lanfear	....	second assistant director (as Lance Lanfear)
Fred Mandel	....	second second assistant director
John Pontrelli	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jason Bikowski	....	art department production assistant
Christopher Casey	....	leadman
Barry Jones	....	lead painter
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Tom Caton	....	boom operator
Rob Cunningham	....	boom operator
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Friedgen	....	supervising sound editor
Dick Hansen	....	production sound mixer
Michael Kaleta	....	sound utility technician

Visual Effects by
Eric Heavens	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt double: Sterling Knight
Nikki Hester	....	stunt double: Danielle Campbell
Tim Trella	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jon Callesen	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Jesse Crusing	....	additional electrician
Jose Elias Felix	....	chief rigging technician
Mark Gutterud	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Patrick R. Heffernan	....	key grip
Pete Johnson	....	rigging grip
Rex Kenney	....	grip: day player
Bill-Brady Majors	....	key rigging grip
Cedric Martin	....	steadicam operator
Kevin Miles	....	camera production assistant
Louis Normandin	....	additional film loader
Richard Ralston	....	chief lighting technician
Rj Erin Reilly	....	rigging grip
Jeff Smith	....	a dolly grip
Lisa Stacilauskas	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Mitchell Ursetta	....	electrician
Scott Webb	....	dimmer board operator
Marc Wiercioch	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Claire Benjamin	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pete Corona	....	costume assistant
Jennifer Tyre	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Adam Lambert	....	post-production coordinator
Andrea P. Stilgenbauer	....	post-production supervisor
Reigh Casimir	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Amber Funk	....	music editor
Matt LaPoint	....	score mixer
Aaron Shang	....	musician: piano
Steven Vincent	....	music supervisor
Pancho Burgos-Goizueta	....	composer assistant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Embry	....	driver: cast
Lauren Levine	....	transportation
Brian McQuown	....	transportation captain
Michael A. Moreno	....	driver
Lin C. Smith	....	driver
Robert J. Young	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Barbara Biddle	....	in-house producer
Alasdair Boyd	....	location manager
Darren Bulmer	....	production assistant
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Sarah Galley	....	production assistant
Matt Heder	....	body double: Sterling Knight'
Herb Johnson	....	production accountant
Marc Meaut	....	key crafts service
Trish Pertschi	....	assistant production coordinator
Judy Race	....	production coordinator
Nancy Solomon	....	script supervisor
Christopher Wade	....	payroll accountant
Zachary Woodlee	....	choreographer
Matt Heder	....	stand-in: Sterling Knight (uncredited)
Jack E. Herman	....	extras set coordinator (uncredited)
Marta Tomkiw	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)

Distributors

• Disney Channel (2010) (Germany) (TV)
• Disney Channel (2010) (Greece) (TV)
• Disney Channel (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Filmtools  expendables
• Micdi Productions  music editorial

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Runtime:

USA:90 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Goofs:

Factual errors: The drivers license shown for Sarah at the airport is the wrong type since she is under 21. It should have been vertical instead of horizontal; all minors (under 21) in the state of Michigan have been issued with vertical id's since July 1, 2003.

Soundtrack:

New Boyfriend

Going Hollywood From Kalamazoo

It struck me almost immediately while watching Starstruck that I'd seen this plot in an old movie, to be precise one that's almost 80 years older than this product from the Disney Studios.

Back in 1933 William Randolph Hearst produced a film for Marion Davies in which she played a star struck teacher of French in a girl's school who falls in love with a radio crooner. The crooner was none other than the biggest crooner of the day, Bing Crosby. So Marion goes off to Hollywood to meet her idol, in fact the name of the film was Going Hollywood.

Now I'm willing to bet that Sterling Knight and newcomer Danielle Campbell have no idea that they are stepping into roles originally created by Bing Crosby and Marion Davies. I really do think Going Hollywood was the inspiration for Starstruck.

Danielle is your average teen girl from Kalamazoo, Michigan crushing out on teen bubblegum idol Sterling Knight. Like Davies she goes cross country to meet her heartthrob. But Knight like most celebrities leads an insulated life, heavily insulated by the people who depend on him for a living including Knight's parents. The only one who gives him an occasional reality check is pal Brandon Mychal Smith, Knight's fellow cast member from Disney's Sonny With A Chance.

Chelsea Staub another Disney teen player from the Jonas series is in this as Knight's vapid and shallow Hollywood girlfriend. As for Sterling he's far from the self centered Chad Dylan Cooper from Sonny With A Chance. He's a decent soul inside, but that soul is way deep inside covered with layers of Hollywood tinsel.

There's been eighty years of change in musical taste and while I might not find the score here equal to what Bing sang and Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed composed, it's decent enough and I daresay with the marketing techniques of the Magic Kingdom will sell quite a few CDs.

Starstruck is easy enough to take, nothing terribly outstanding, but does show off its young cast to good advantage. Even Bing and Marion might be pleased.