- Seventeen Again
Infobox Film
name = Seventeen Again
director = Jeffrey W. Byrd
producer = Brandon Bates, Darlene Mowry, Mykelle Sabin, Robert Halmi Jr., Sharhonda Jones,Shawn Stockman ,Stewart St. John
writer = Stewart St. John
starring =Tamera Mowry Tia Mowry Maia Campbell
Mark TaylorTahj Mowry
music =Christopher Franke
Shawn Stockman
cinematography = John P. Tarver
editing = Jeffrey Cooper
distributor =Showtime Networks
released = flagicon|USNovember 12 ,2000
runtime = 97 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
amg_id = 1:224787
imdb_id = 0194422"Seventeen Again" is a romantic-family dramedy film. It was released by
Showtime onNovember 12 ,2000 and onDVD onApril 9 ,2002 . The film was rated PG when it was released on DVD for brief language.Plot summary
Teenager Sydney Donovan (
Tia Mowry ) lives with her nerdy brother, Willie Donovan (Tahj Mowry ). Willie concocts strange experiments while Sydney tries to live the life of a normal, if slightly unpopular, teenager. When one of Willie's experiments goes haywire, ooze contaminates a box of soap that is later used by Sydney and Willie's grandparents, Cat (Hope Clarke ) and Gene (Robert Hooks ). The next day, the grandparents awake to realize they have turned into teenagers - they are seventeen again. Cat and Gene (now portrayed byTamera Mowry and Mark Taylor) try out life as seventeen year olds in the new millennium, and often, Cat is mistaken for her granddaughter, Sydney, due to the fact that they look identical...for the time being. Gene and Cat go on dates (with people other than each other), go to school, and try to relive their lives. Unfortunately, the contaminated soap did not come without consequenses. Willie discovers that the soap has toxic chemicals that will eventually hurt the grandparents. He rushes to find a cure while Sydney tries to pull her life together. While at the school dance, Cat collapses and Willie rushes to the school with the cure. Willie tosses his concoction into the pool and the grandparents jump in. They are transformed back to their 67 year-old selves.Tagline: "It's a Major Mix Up!"
Cast
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Tamera Mowry — Young Cat Donovan
*Tia Mowry — Sydney Donovan
*Tahj Mowry — Willie Donovan
*Chris Collins — Leo
*Daryn Jones — Terrance
*Hope Clarke — Grandma Cat Donovan
*Latoya Lesmond — Trinka
*Maia Campbell — Ashley
*Mark Taylor — Young Gene Donovan
*Merwin Mondesir — Todd
*Nadia Nascimento — Elaine
*Novie Edwards — Julie
*Phillip Jarrett — Barry Donovan
*Robert Hooks — Grandpa Gene Donovan
*Tonya Lee Williams — Monique DonovanAwards & nominations
2001 Acapulco Black Film Festival
*Best Work in Progress — Jeffrey W. Byrd (winner)2001 Young Artist Awards
*Best Family TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Cable (nominated)
*Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy), Leading Young Actress — Tamera Mowry, Tia Mowry (nominated)
*Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy), Supporting Young Actor — Tahj Mowry (nominated)Trivia
*Filmed on location in
Toronto, Canada .
*School scenes in the movie were filmed at Eastern High School inToronto ,Canada .
*This film is edited when shown onDisney Channel , for content. Although an "edited for time and content" screen is never shown.The following lines and/or scenes are cut or edited on
Disney Channel :* The close up of the soap bottle when Sidney is making it at work is cut
* Ashley's line "I am class president! Class icon! Monarch HighIt Girl ! For God's sake. You know that." is edited to just "I am class president! You know that."
* The scene of Grandma Cat taking her medicine is cut.
* Sidney's health class is cut.
* During the conversation between Gene and Cat, when they first see each other after their transformation, two things are cut. The first is Gene touching himself the second time after telling Cat to feel his muscles. The second is the three times that Gene and Cat say "Booty."
* The scene where Gene is trying to get through to Terrence and Leo while they are playing the video game is shortened. Cutting out Terrance and Leo's dicussion about from where to order food.
* After Julie's phone call with Sidney, she gets a call from someone asking forDionne Warwick . This scene is cut.
* When Willie is riding his dirt bike to Sidney's school, and car swerves out of the way to avoid hitting him. This part is cut.External links
*amg title|id=1:224787|title=Seventeen Again
*imdb title|id=0194422|title=Seventeen Again
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