Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Director:

Harald Zwart

Writers (WGA):

Ashley Miller (screenplay) &
Zack Stentz (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Save the world. Get the girl. Pass math.

Plot:

A government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Scientist | Runaway Car | Snowboard | Prep School

Awards:

4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Dec. 27	4:00 PM	WGNAMER
Wed. Dec. 30	6:00 PM	TOON

Cast

Frankie Muniz	...	Cody Banks
Hilary Duff	...	Natalie Connors
Angie Harmon	...	Ronica Miles
Keith David	...	CIA Director
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Mrs. Banks
Arnold Vosloo	...	Molay
Daniel Roebuck	...	Mr. Banks
Ian McShane	...	Brinkman
Darrell Hammond	...	Earl
Martin Donovan	...	Dr. Connors
Marc Shelton	...	Surveillance Van Agent
Chris Gauthier	...	Surveillance Van Agent
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Double Agent
Connor Widdows	...	Alex Banks
Eliza Norbury	...	Mom

Also Known As:

Cody Banks (USA) (working title)
L'agent Cody Banks (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence, mild language and some sensual content.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG (No. 39151)

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

At the very end of the film, Cody's hologram-projecting phone rings. It's the ring from Our Man Flint (1966), also used by Austin Powers.

Goofs:

Continuity: Natalie's hair always goes from being curly to being straight and the other way round.

Quotes:

Cody Banks: All her classes, isn't that kind of creepy?
CIA Director: Creepy? We're the CIA, creepy is what we do.

Movie Connections:

References Dr. No (1962)

Soundtrack:

What's Real

Bore Galore

Harald Zwart (who wrote and directed the great Norwegian short film "Parents") directed this shot, that could be seen as a curious mixture between Robert Rodriguez's "Spy Kids", Ian Fleming's "James Bond series" and those Saturday morning cartoons, however real action buffs should be warned: there´s nearly no action and nearly no suspense in this flick, even the above-mentioned films are more exciting than "Agent Cody Banks"! The synthesizer-score sounds like as if it was stolen from Fleming´s movies or Rodriguez's series and the only notable thing is the appearance of "Baywatch babe"-legend Angie Harmon - unfortunately, she doesn´t save the film at all! Yawn...