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Release Date:
November 7, 2006
Original Title:
Totally Awesome
Genres:
Comedy | TV Movie
Production Companies:
3 Arts Entertainment
Awesome Productions
The Weinstein Company
VH1 Original Movies
Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 94
Do you prefer to wax on or wax off? Preacher won't let you dance? Well then, put Baby in the corner and come on down, 'cause VH1 is bringing back more of the'80s you love in this feature-length film, Totally Awesome. The Gundersons have just moved across the country and the kids - Charlie, Lori, and Max - are trying their best to acclimate themselves into a new school and all kinds of dilemmas therein: the need to dance, the pitfalls of young love, the quest for popularity, scientific genius and of course the quirky but loveable Japanese gardener. Totally Awesome takes all your favorite '80s-flick mainstays and weaves them into the biggest and baddest plotline ever conceived. Tot say it is radical would be an understatement.
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Casting:
Nancy Nayor
Stuart Aikins
Natasha Cuba
Sean Cossey
Choreographer:
Paul Becker
Director:
Neal Brennan
Director of Photography:
Todd Elyzen
Editor:
Edward Chin
Music:
James Poyser
Producer:
Donald L. West
Production Design:
Graeme Murray
Script Supervisor:
Shane B. Scott
Debbie Divine
Writer:
Michael Schur
Neal Brennan
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