Radio Rebel (TV 2012)

High schooler Tara, a girl so painfully shy that she can't even write a single letter on the board in front of a class, has an awesome secret - she is "Radio Rebel". When Tara puts on that ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Howitt

Writers:

Danielle Joseph (based on novel), Erik Patterson,

Stars:

Debby Ryan, Sarena Parmar, Adam DiMarco

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Debby Ryan	...	Tara
Sarena Parmar	...	Audrey
Adam DiMarco	...	Gavin
Atticus Dean Mitchell	...	Gabe (as Atticus Mitchell)
Merritt Patterson	...	Stacy
Allie Bertram	...	Kim
Iain Belcher	...	Barry
Rowen Kahn	...	Larry
Nancy Robertson	...	Principal Moreno
Martin Cummins	...	Rob
April Telek	...	Delilah
Mercedes de la Zerda	...	DJ Cami Q
Brenda Crichlow	...	Mrs. Brower (as Brenda M. Crichlow)
Keith MacKechnie	...	Janitor Margowsky
Chanelle Peloso	...	Neckbrace Girl

Storyline

High schooler Tara, a girl so painfully shy that she can't even write a single letter on the board in front of a class, has an awesome secret - she is "Radio Rebel". When Tara puts on that headset in her room and does her daily podcast, she becomes a confident, outspoken, inspiring, anonymous voice on the airwaves. When her stepfather, the owner/producer guy at SLAM radio, finds out that Tara is Radio Rebel, Tara gets to move from her bedroom to a sound studio to do live shows for SLAM. Everything is the perfect amount of chaos until Principal Moreno, whose only goal in life seems to be to destroy others, cancels Prom and all the students blame Rebel.

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Plot Keywords:

principal | secret | stepfather | voice | hide and seek | 

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Taglines:

Can the girl who never speaks... Become the voice of a generation?

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shrinking Violet

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Two 4 The Money Media, Goldenring Productions, Morp Services

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs Spartacus (1960)

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Soundtracks

"Turn It All Around"
Performed by Mike Liorti
Written by Matthew Tishler and Andrew Ang
Produced by Matthew Tishler

User Reviews

Great message and great plot

One of the best Disney movies out. Not a bad message to the viewers and it doesn't seem fake, like most of Disney's stuff. The message of being yourself, letting your voice be heard is something a lot of kids in the viewing audience needs to see and hear. Debby Ryan is amazing. I loved her in Jessie but she really shines in this movie. The Stacey character is bit annoying, and each "group" has an airhead best friend, that is getting really old but Disney has to have those ditsy characters to make it funny I guess. The story line goes along well with what is going in the world, with the protests. It really makes a stand on the whole 'fight the power' and 'sticj it to the man' concept. Let your voice be heard, right?