Stuck in the Suburbs facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Stuck in the Suburbs
Film poster
Written by	Amy Engelberg Wendy Engelberg (teleplay & story) Daniel Berendsen (teleplay)
Directed by	Savage Steve Holland
Starring	Danielle Panabaker Brenda Song Taran Killam
Theme music composer	Jeff Vincent
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Richard Fischoff
Producer(s)	Richard D. Arredondo
Cinematography	Christopher Faloona
Editor(s)	Cindy Parisotto
Running time	82 minutes
Production company(s)	Richard Fischoff Productions
Distributor	Buena Vista Television
Budget	$1 million
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	July 16, 2004 (2004-07-16)

Stuck in the Suburbs is a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released on July 16, 2004, and stars Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons and Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz. Brittany, a regular middle school student in the suburbs, accidentally exchanges cell phones with pop singer Jordan Cahill. This was one of the first Television films by Disney which was also accompanied by its own soundtrack. The film gathered 3.7 million viewers which made the film the most-watched telecast in its time period in the kids 6–11 and 9–14 demographics. The film's soundtrack entered the U.S. Billboard 200 and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Top Kid Audio charts.

Plot

Brittany Aarons (Danielle Panabaker) is a regular teenage girl, one of the many who has a crush on popular pop singer Jordan Cahill (Taran Killam). However, she is bored of living a suburban existence and pines for excitement. At school, she meets a new girl, Natasha Kwon-Schwartz (Brenda Song), who informs Brittany that she moved to suburbia from several years on and off living in Europe and New York. Brittany's other friends dislike Natasha for her nonconformism, but Brittany pursues a friendship with her. Upon finding out that Jordan is filming a video nearby, Brittany invites Natasha to join her and her fangirl friends to watch the shoot. Jordan, at the video shoot, expresses dislike for the shallow new single, wanting to sing his own lyrics, which his record company denies him. When Jordan and his team knock into Brittany and Natasha after the shoot, Eddie (Jordan's assistant, best friend and confidante) and Brittany accidentally pick up one another's phones in the ensuing mess.

Brittany tries to return "Eddie's" phone but is denied entry at Jordan's hotel. Once they get a hold of Eddie and figure out the phone is Jordan's, they demand to speak with the pop star before they would return it, which Eddie refuses. Natasha convinces Brittany that it would be fun to mess with Jordan, and change his image. They prank call his hair stylist, get her to cut off all his hair, and get a new wardrobe for him. Along the way they find that Jordan's life is not the life he chooses, but rather the one his record company wants for him. At first he is terrified that his personal barber gave him a major haircut, but eventually accepts it as the first step towards a break from his manufactured image, enjoying his new wardrobe and look, which he thinks Eddie procured. Eventually, the girls demand Eddie have Jordan perform at a rally hosted by Brittany's mother to save a local landmark, which was previously failing to draw attention.

Jordan gets a hold of Brittany after Eddie confesses to the whole situation, and Jordan explains everything to her. She and Natasha make up from a falling out, and go to meet up with him while being chased by the record company who are tracking his phone. They send his lyrics for one of his songs "More Than Me" to everyone through Brittany's phone, ditch his phone and get a ride to the rally with Brittany's sister. At the rally, Eddie tries to stop Jordan from appearing but ultimately supports him, and the landmark is preserved. Brittany, Natasha, and Brittany's fangirl friends become dancers in the music video he was making at the beginning of the movie, which now features Eddie replacing Jordan. It is shown that Brittany and Jordan keep in touch, and although he invites her to go to New York with him (over the phone), she declines, saying things are really exciting in her suburban town.

Cast

• Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons
• Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz
• Taran Killam as Jordan Cahill
• Ryan Belleville as Eddie
• Amanda Shaw as Kaylee Holland
• Cici Hedgpeth as Ashley Simon
• Jennie Garland as Olivia Hooper
• Todd Stashwick as Len
• Kirsten Nelson as Susan Aarons
• Corri English as Jessie Aarons
• Patrick Stogner as Cooper Aarons
• Lara Grice as Soccer Mom (Olivia's Mom)
• Ric Reitz as David Aarons
• Drew Seeley as David (Desk Clerk at Hotel)
• Johnny Alonso as Trent (Music Video Director)

Soundtrack

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Allmusic

Walt Disney Records released a soundtrack for the album to promote the television movie with the original movie promotional poster. The songs below are included in the first edition of the soundtrack: Taran Killam who played Jordan Cahill confirmed on social media that he did not sing in the film. Singer and actor Drew Seeley (who had a brief role in the film) sang in place of Killam. Seeley also sang for Zac Efron 2 years later for High School Musical.

Songs

1. "A Whatever Life" – Haylie Duff
2. "Good Life" – Jesse McCartney
3. "Stuck" – Stacie Orrico
4. "Over It" – Anneliese van der Pol
5. "Stuck in the Middle With You" – Stealers Wheel
6. "Take Me Back Home" – Greg Raposo
7. "More Than Me" (Acoustic) – Jordan Cahill
8. "On Top of the World" – Jordan Cahill
9. "Make a Wish" – Jordan Cahill
10. "More Than Me" (Pop Version) – Jordan Cahill
11. "Fade Away" - Whitney Minson

Collectors edition

The enhanced golden collectors edition included the following songs with the same promotional movie poster:

1. "A Whatever Life" Remix – Haylie Duff
2. "Good Life" (Acoustic) – Jesse McCartney
3. "Stuck" – Stacie Orrico
4. "Over It" Remix – Anneliese van der Pol
5. "Stuck in the Middle With You" – Stealers Wheel
6. "Take Me Back Home" – Greg Raposo
7. "More Than Me" (Acoustic) – Jordan Cahill / Taran Killam
8. "On Top of the World" – Jordan Cahill / Taran Killam
9. "Make a Wish" – Jordan Cahill / Taran Killam
10. "More Than Me" (Pop Version) – Jordan Cahill / Taran Killam

Contributions

"Good Life" and "Over It" was featured in several DisneyMania and Walt Disney Records albums and complaition soundtracks. "More Than Me" by Jordan Cahill / Taran Killam was featured in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and Haylie Duff's "A Whatever Life" was in 7th Heaven.

Charts

See also

In Spanish: Stuck in the Suburbs para niños