Cadet Kelly

Infobox_Film
name= Cadet Kelly


caption = "Cadet Kelly" film poster
imdb_id=0294425
writer=Gail Parent
Michael Walsh
starring=Hilary Duff
Christy Carlson Romano
director=Larry Shaw
music=David Kitay | distributor=Disney Channel
released=March 8, 2002
runtime= 101 min.
language=English
movie_series= Disney Channel Original Movies
awards=
preceded_by =
followed_by= Cadet Kelly 2 (2008)
producer=Kevin Lafferty
budget=

"Cadet Kelly" is a Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano. The movie premiered with 7.8 million viewers, a high for the network at the time [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_March_11/ai_83681714]

Plot Summary

The plot of the movie concerns Kelly, a hyperactive and free-spirited middle school girl whose mother gets married to Brigadier General Joe "Sir" Maxwell (played by Gary Cole). When her new stepfather becomes the Commandant of a military school, Kelly enrolls there because it is the only school in the area. Kelly at first has trouble fitting in and obeying the orders of the officers above her, especially Cadet Capt. Jennifer Stone, played by Christy Carlson Romano, who likes a fellow student named Cadet Major Brad Rigby who is played by Shawn Ashmore. They reach the point of being taken to court and seeing Kelly sentenced to shine the uniforms of the drill team, a team she looked down upon, seeing the drill team members as robots. However, she gradually takes a liking to them and tries out. She makes the drill team and even helps the school win second place at the regional drill competition.

During the competition her father, who had promised to be there, is injured during a photo shooting, in which he falls over the side of a cliff edge. Kelly, and Sir leave the competition when Kelly's father calls her on the her cell, which is their 'lifeline.'They find and rescue him, but by the time Kelly gets back to the competition, they've lost five points. They manage to make it to second place.

Cast

* Hilary Duff ... Cadet Private Kelly Collins
* Christy Carlson Romano ... Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone
* Gary Cole ... Brigadier General Joe "Sir" Maxwell
* Shawn Ashmore ... Cadet Major Brad Rigby
* Aimee Garcia ... Gloria
* Andrea Lewis ... Carla
* Sarah Gadon ... Amanda
* Linda Kash ... Samantha
* Nigel Hamer ... Adam
* Joe Matheson ... General Archer
* Beverlee Buzon ... Grace
* Dalene Irvine ... Marla
* Avery Saltzman ... Kevin
* Christopher Tai ... Sr. Cadet officer
* Josh Wittig ... Cadet bugler
* Edie Inksetter ... Math teacher
* Stewart Arnott ... Captain Lawrence
* Desmond Campbell ... Lt. Col. Ross
* Tim Post ... Col. Mikkelson
* Martin Roach ... Drill instructor
* Ashley Leggat ... Dancer (Uncredited)
* Steve Bryan ... Background Performer (Uncredited)

Note

* The very first Disney Channel Original Movie to air on "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC in the United States and CBC in Canada. The second DCOM to air on ABC and CBC was "Camp Rock".