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

At some of the doors on the space station there are the Vtech Mini Wizard games used as pin pads.

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Goofs

When Zenon is closing the doors on Wyndom and Lutz, Wyndom says, "Nooo!", but his mouth reads, "Ahhhh!".

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Quotes

Andrew: [Zenon and her Earth friends are to get to a shuttle via VW Beetle] Quiet. Shh, don't wake my parents.
Zenon: How do we drive?
Andrew: It's got an auto pilot. It practically drives itself. Push!
Margie Hammond: [Margie comes up] Hello! I could have sworn I told you to stay away from Gregory.
Zenon: Margie, I'm dealing with a Crisis Major, and Greg is a big boy.
Greg: Who's here to tell you to stop being a halftone, all right? I'm not your boyfriend.
Margie Hammond: Not since she arrived.
Greg: Not ever. I never was. I never will be. Swallow the reality pill, read my ...
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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

Referenced in Disneycember: Lemonade Mouth (2018)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Awesome movie ... even for an original!

I really enjoyed this movie. I actually caught the tail end of it the first time through and I searched and searched and I finally found it coming on again last night and I tried to record it. Well, VCR won't work. Oh well, all this just means that I feel that this movie is definitely worth the time to watch it. :) I, too, hope that Disney makes a series from this movie!

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