Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)

An inquisitive teenager pries into suspected dodgy dealings on her space station home - and ends up being sent down to Earth.

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writers:

Marilyn Sadler (book), Roger Bollen (book)

Stars:

Kirsten Storms, Raven-Symoné, Bob Bancroft

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kirsten Storms	...	Zenon Kar
Raven-Symoné	...	Nebula Wade
Stuart Pankin	...	Commander Edward Plank
Holly Fulger	...	Aunt Judy Kling
Frederick Coffin	...	Parker Wyndham
Bob Bancroft	...	Mr. Lutz
Greg Thirloway	...	Mark Kar
Phillip Rhys	...	Proto Zoa
Gwynyth Walsh	...	Astrid Kar
Lauren Maltby	...	Margie Hammond
Danielle Fraser	...	Lynx
Brenden Jefferson	...	Andrew (as Brenden Richard Jefferson)
Blair Slater	...	Aquillat
Zach Lipovsky	...	Matt
Neil Denis	...	Leo

Storyline

Zenon Car is a trouble-prone 13-year-old girl who, in the year 2049 AD, lives on a space station with the rest of her family. When she runs afoul of Parker Windom, the owner of the station, Zenon is determined to be "incorrigible", and as punishment is exiled to the worst place imaginable: The planet earth. After several painful weeks of adjustment to her new surroundings, Zenon enlists the aid of her earthbound pals to return to her "real" home with evidence that the "respectable" Mr. Windom is up to no good.

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Plot Keywords:

year 2049 | space station | earth | 13 year old | punishment | 

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Taglines:

She's one galactic girl who saves the day in a stellar way!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Zenon Kar was born in 2036.

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Goofs

Outside views of the space station, there are windows all around (or mostly), but on the inside there are only windows inside of some rooms, not in the halls like it shows on the outside.

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Quotes

Matt: Reality pill, Margie. It was never you he liked, it was the car.

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Alternate Versions

The film was originally shot in a 16:9 aspect ratio, but was cropped for 4:3 televisions when it was aired on the Disney Channel. More recent digital releases of the film and Disney Channel airings feature the original widescreen footage.

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Connections

Featured in Disneycember: Descendants 2 (2017)

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Soundtracks

Super Nova Girl
Music and Lyrics by Kristian Rex and Sabelle Breer

User Reviews

IT WAS SO CORNY BUT I LOVED IT!

The Zenon movies are so corny but very cool! I love the language they use and the clothes. I like this movie better than all of the rest of the Disney Channel Movies. IF you're not willing to sit and laugh at this movie (that I really don't believe is meant to be serious but a cheesy movie) then don't watch it. But I loved the whole movie. From her whole adventure of being grounded to meeting Gregory Smith (who now plays Ephraim on "Everwood") and saving the whole Space Station this movie is totally Awesome "MAJOR." I actually loved this movie so much that I'm going to have a party to celebrate the new Zenon Movie coming out Z3. This party is going to be totally awesome because it's going to be a Zenon Marathon where we watch all Three Zenon movies. YAY ZENON!!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

De Passe Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD