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30 July 2004 (USA) moreTagline:
Coming to the rescue morePlot:
When The Hood finds and invades International Rescue's secret base and traps most of the Tracy family, only young Alan Tracy and his friends can save the day. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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If you don't know it, don't make it! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brady Corbet | ... | Alan Tracy | |
| Debora Weston | ... | Teacher | |
| Soren Fulton | ... | Fermat | |
| Lou Hirsch | ... | Headmaster | |
| Alex Barringer | ... | Excited Kid | |
| Demetri Goritsas | ... | News Anchor | |
| Genie Francis | ... | Lisa Lowe | |
| Philip Winchester | ... | Scott Tracy | |
| Deobia Oparei | ... | Mullion | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Jeff Tracy | |
| Kyle Herbert | ... | Know It All Kid | |
| Dominic Colenso | ... | Virgil Tracy | |
| Ben Torgersen | ... | Gordon Tracy | |
| Sophia Myles | ... | Lady Penelope | |
| Ron Cook | ... | Parker |
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The Thunderbirds (USA) (working title)Thunderbirds - Les sentinelles de l'air (France)
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Rated PG for intense action sequences and language.Parents Guide:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (original rating) | Finland:K-7 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | Italy:T | Netherlands:MG6 | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PGFun Stuff
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The Hover Bike used by Alan to tow Tin-Tin and Fermat is modeled on the same equipment used by the Tracy brothers in episodes such as "City Of Fire" and "Attack Of The Alligators!" from the original series. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: After Thunderbird 5 raises its orbit to avoid re-entry, some of the debris is seen to be still accompanying it when it should have continued into the atmosphere. moreSoundtrack:
Thunderbirds Are Go moreFAQ
In what year is the movie set?Are there any basic differences between this movie and the TV series? Warning: contains spoilers!
Why are Lady Penelope and Parker seen at sea in a pedalo at the end of the film, and not FAB1?
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Once upon a time young children sat down with their Fathers or maybe their bigger siblings and they watched a show. It was a television program that held them transfixed with tales of bravura and technological wonders. Lots of young children dreamed beautiful creative dreams because of this show.
Fast forward to Christmas 2004. Lots of kids are gonna get a DVD called "Thunderbirds". The producers of this movie should get used to the singular "clang" sound because I can imagine lots of kids are going to toss this into wastebaskets the day after (or maybe the same day). They are throwing away the most thickheaded attempt at re-creating television greatness that this reviewer has ever seen.
I am not saying that the original "The Thunderbirds" was the best of shows. It was a puppet show for chrissake! It had huge limitations based on what we know today.
But then? If you were a seven to fourteen year old kid? The Thunderbirds was it! Jeff Tracey led and his sons followed, spirited and eager. Scott was the eldest and Jeff's "rock". He had Thunderbird 1 .reconnaissance and remote command and control platform . Virgil had the looks but was so committed to Dad and the project. He had Thunderbird 2 the perennial heavy duty workhorse. Gordon, John and Alan had the tough job of being expert in all the rest of the equipment .all heroes. And then there was Brains. An unparalleled engineering genius and our little secret. As much a part of the team as any other single member. As much flawed and quirky as he was amazing and lovable. Brains was not perfect, but he was the best Mother Earth had to offer.
But the true beauty of this old show, the reason all of us got up at 6.00am to watch, was those wonderful beasts, the Thunderbirds themselves. Gerry Anderson knew that his creations were the star of the show and he made sure they were kept front and center.
So, with this movie, what the hell where the producers thinking?
Whoever was in charge, and I am not saying it was the Jonathan Frakes, had simply no idea. Obviously they had no idea that they were playing with an institution as opposed to a "cool plot idea".
The whole movie was two things .a Spy Kids clone and a running advertisement for Ford ..and that's it!
OK, the technical stuff was there. I thought the updating of our beloved Thunderbirds was quite good to a point.
And Tracey Island seemed up to it. Had all the right stuff, except we never saw it work right.
After that? It was all downhill into the pits. And it went pretty low.
The script wasn't written, it was excreted. The casting was abysmal. The costuming was third rate.
As a Father, I would be embarrassed if my son said this was a cool film. It would mean I would have to explain to him why it isn't. He is gonna see the original series one day so I have to.
Whoever the mastermind is that concocted this mess should go away. To the producers that still own the rights? Give it another shot. People want to see the Tracey's solving problems as they do. Make my kids proud. Make me proud.