Dadnapped

Dadnapped
Film poster
Written by	Alan Silberberg
Directed by	Paul Hoen
Starring	Emily Osment David Henrie Moises Arias Jason Earles George Newbern Phill Lewis
Theme music composer	Adam Cohen
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Don Schain Douglas Sloan
Editor(s)	Terry Stokes
Running time	90 minutes
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Budget	$4.5 million^[1]
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)

Dadnapped is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered February 16, 2009. Starring actors from Disney Channel Original Series,^[2]^[3]^[4] the movie had 4.6 million viewers for its premiere. Although the story centers on a hostage situation, the kidnappers are inept and the film "practically oozes kid-pleasing content".^[5]

Plot

Melissa Morris (Emily Osment) desperately tries to gain more attention from her always preoccupied father, Neal, a best-selling author (George Newbern). Melissa lives in the shadow of Tripp Zoome (Jonathan Keltz), the adventurous and clever hero from her father's popular spy novels. Before a long overdue father-daughter vacation, her father gets kidnapped by obsessive fans: Wheeze (David Henrie) with his friend, Sheldon (Denzel Whitaker) and his brother, Andre (Moisés Arias).

However, the tables turn when she must team up with them to find and rescue him from Merv (Jason Earles) and his brothers, Maurice (Phill Lewis) and Skunk (Charles Halford). It turns out Merv is just using Skunk and Maurice as part of a plan to get Neal to write one final book and uses his daughter as a hostage. Wheeze, Andre and Sheldon get all of the Trip Zoome fans in town to gather together to rescue Melissa and Neal and they attack when Melissa manages to signal them.

The fans attack Merv, Maurice and Skunk and they try to run but are stopped by more fans. Merv sneaks out with Neil while Skunk and Maurice go after Melissa who escapes. Melissa defeats them and ties them up. Merv nearly gets away, but Sheldon, who had been trying to find where everyone went, spots him and alerts everyone else. Neil is rescued, but Merv tries to get away.

As he runs, Skunk, still tied up, come out and see this and, regretting what they've done, use the floss they're bound in to trip Merv, knocking him down and ending his escape. The police arrest Maurice, Merv and Skunk while Neil thanks his fans. Wheeze gives his number to Melissa before she and her father leave on their long-overdue vacation.

Cast

Emily Osment as Melissa Morris
David Henrie as Wheeze
Jason Earles as Merv Kilbo
Moisés Arias as Andre
Denzel Whitaker as Sheldon
Phill Lewis as Maurice
Charles Halford as Skunk
Jonathan Keltz as Tripp Zoome
George Newbern as Neal Morris
Jennifer Stone as Debbie (voice)

Reception

Its premiere attracted 4.6 million viewers, outshining Nickelodeon's movie, Spectacular!, which premiered at the same time, by 39%.^[6]

Despite its commercial success and positive fan response, it was negatively received by critics. David Nusair called the movie (along with Hatching Pete) "typically underwhelming Disney Channel fare."^[7]

Adaptations

Dadnapped: Junior Novel is a book based on the movie, which was due to be released September 30, 2008 in the United States and October 21, 2008 in the UK,^[8] but the release date was changed to February 2009 to coincide with the movie's release.

References

↑ "Salty Pictures gets incentive to shoot 'Dadnapped' in Utah". BNET. 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Dave Smith. "Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia" (PDF). Disney Channel. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Alan Baltes (September 2007). "Dadnapped! Casting Information". Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ "Dadnapped TV Show - Reviews, Cast, Schedule & Times and More. Television Shows at Film.com". Film.com. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
↑ Emily Ashby. Dadnapped. CommonSenseMedia.org. Accessed 2009-03-01.
↑ "Disney Channel Shines with "Night of Stars" Programming Event" (Press release). Disney Channel. February 17, 2009. Retrieved 2016-08-12 – via TV by the Numbers.
↑ "Hatching Pete/Dadnapped". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
↑ "Amazon.co.uk: Dadnapped: Junior Novel: Disney Press: Book". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-07-25.

External links

Official website
Dadnapped at the Internet Movie Database

Disney Channel Original Movies

1990s	Under Wraps (1997) You Lucky Dog (1998) Brink! (1998) Halloweentown (1998) Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) Can of Worms (1999) The Thirteenth Year (1999) Smart House (1999) Johnny Tsunami (1999) Genius (1999) Don't Look Under the Bed (1999) Horse Sense (1999)

2000s	Up, Up and Away (2000) The Color of Friendship (2000) Alley Cats Strike (2000) Rip Girls (2000) Miracle in Lane 2 (2000) Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000) Ready to Run (2000) Quints (2000) The Other Me (2000) Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000) Phantom of the Megaplex (2000) The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) Zenon: The Zequel (2001) Motocrossed (2001) The Luck of the Irish (2001) Hounded (2001) Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) The Jennie Project (2001) Jumping Ship (2001) The Poof Point (2001) Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001) 'Twas the Night (2001) Double Teamed (2002) Cadet Kelly (2002) Tru Confessions (2002) Get a Clue (2002) Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) A Ring of Endless Light (2002) The Scream Team (2002) You Wish! (2003) Right on Track (2003) The Even Stevens Movie (2003) Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off (2003) The Cheetah Girls (2003) Full-Court Miracle (2003) Pixel Perfect (2004) Going to the Mat (2004) Zenon: Z3 (2004) Stuck in the Suburbs (2004) Tiger Cruise (2004) Halloweentown High (2004) Now You See It... (2005) Buffalo Dreams (2005) Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005) Go Figure (2005) Life Is Ruff (2005) The Proud Family Movie (2005) Twitches (2005) High School Musical (2006) Cow Belles (2006) Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) Read It and Weep (2006) The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) Return to Halloweentown (2006) Jump In! (2007) Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007) High School Musical 2 (2007) Twitches Too (2007) Minutemen (2008) Camp Rock (2008) The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) Dadnapped (2009) Hatching Pete (2009) Princess Protection Program (2009) Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)

2010s	Starstruck (2010) Den Brother (2010) Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010) Avalon High (2010) The Suite Life Movie (2011) Lemonade Mouth (2011) Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011) Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) Geek Charming (2011) Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011) Frenemies (2012) Radio Rebel (2012) Let It Shine (2012) Girl vs. Monster (2012) Teen Beach Movie (2013) Cloud 9 (2014) Zapped (2014) How to Build a Better Boy (2014) Bad Hair Day (2015) Teen Beach 2 (2015) Descendants (2015) Invisible Sister (2015) Adventures in Babysitting (2016) The Swap (2016)

Upcoming	Descendants 2 (2017) High School Musical 4: East Meets West (2017)

Films directed by Paul Hoen

The Luck of the Irish (2001) Tru Confessions (2002) You Wish! (2003) Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off (2003) Read It and Weep (2006) Jump In! (2007) The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) Dadnapped (2009) Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010) Let It Shine (2012) The Mistle-Tones (2012) Cloud 9 (2014) How to Build a Better Boy (2014) Invisible Sister (2015)

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