Recess: School's Out

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1h 22min

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Animation Comedy Family

TJ and company must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.TJ and company must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.TJ and company must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.

Director
- Chuck Sheetz
Writers
- Paul Germain(television series Recess)
- Joe Ansolabehere(television series Recess)
- Jonathan Greenberg(story)
Stars
- Andrew Lawrence(voice)
- Rickey D'Shon Collins(voice)
- Jason Davis(voice)

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Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Recess: School's Out (2001)

Andrew Lawrence

Tjas Tj
(voice)

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Vinceas Vince
(voice)

Mikeyas Mikey
(voice)

Gretchenas Gretchen
(voice)

Gusas Gus
(voice)

Spinellias Spinelli
(voice)
(as Pamela Segall Adlon)

Principal Pricklyas Principal Prickly
(voice)

Mikey's Singing Voiceas Mikey's Singing Voice
(voice)

Melissa Joan Hart

Beckyas Becky
(voice)

Fenwickas Fenwick
(voice)

Benedictas Benedict
(voice)

Guard #2as Guard #2
(voice)

Miss Grotkeas Miss Grotke
(voice)

Tech #1as Tech #1
(voice)

Digger Samas Digger Sam
(voice)

Bald Guyas Bald Guy
(voice)

Dan Castellaneta

Guard #1as Guard #1
(voice)

Director
- Chuck Sheetz
Writers
- Paul Germain(television series Recess) (story)
- Joe Ansolabehere(television series Recess) (story)
- Jonathan Greenberg(story) (screenplay)
All cast & crew
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It's the most exciting time of year at Third Street Elementary-- the end of the School Year! But boredom quickly sets in for protagonist TJ Detweiler, as his friends (the other 5 protagonist children) are headed for Summer Camp. One day, while passing by the school on his bike, he notices a green glow coming from the school's auditorium. This is the work of the insidious ex-principal of Third Street, Phillium Benedict and his gang of ninjas and secret service look-alikes! Benedict is planning to get rid of Summer Vacation using his newly-acquired Tractor Beam, which he stole from the US Military Base in an effort to raise US Test Scores, and it's up to the Recess Gang to stop him! In the end, TJ and the gang, with the help from the other students, Principal Prickly, Ms. Finster and the other teachers, destroy the laser, Benedict and his henchmen are arrested, and the kids (TJ's buddies) decide to spend their Summer with TJ. —FREAKAZOID!

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Trivia
Burt Reynolds was originally cast as Benedict but was replaced with James Woods as the producers thought Reynolds' performance was too over-the-top and sinister.

Goofs
After Prickley gets dematerialized outside the school's main entrance only his shoes remain on the ground, T.J runs home to get Beckey to help him round up his friends and leaves the steaming shoes on the ground. But when T.J arrives at the baseball camp to collect Vince, he appears to have the shoes and shows them to Vince to reveille that he is telling the truth.

Quotes
Principal Prickly: I'll let you in on a little secret, Detweiller. Every adult you've ever known was a kid at sometime in his life. You think we don't remember summer vacation? Riding our bikes down the creek. Catching polliwogs in a jar. Camping out under the stars. Well you're wrong! Sometimes I sit there in my office, looking out at you kids in the playground and I think, "They don't know how good they got it. In a few years, they'll be grownups like me and all those good times will be memories for them, too". So go ahead. Put a whoopie-cushion in my chair. Put fake vomit on my carpet. Make fun of my "big, saggy butt". But don't ever say I don't care about summer vacation, 'cause those memories are the last part of childhood I got left.

Crazy credits
At the start of the credits there is 1960's style song being played by the characters.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Sweet November/Recess: School's Out/Down to Earth/Faithless/Yi Yi (2001)

Soundtracks
Dancing in the Street
Written by Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, William Stevenson
Performed by Martha & The Vandellas
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

Top review

9/10

A film about 6 school friends who are trying to save their school from bad guys.

I love the film and thought it has everything a perfect film needs.The action,the comedy and everything else that makes the actual movie great.Rickey D'sh on Collins,Ashley Johnson,Paul Willson,Jason Davis,Andrew Lawrence,Courtland Mead,Pamella Segall,Dabney Coleman, April Winchell were perfect as the voices of the characters and so was everyone else that was involved with the movie.I love watching the cartoons on T.V. and don't really think that they are for little kids.Recess schools out shows the story about 6 school friends who find out some strange goings in their school and save it from bad guys who are trying to get rid of summer vacation.

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Oct 3, 2005

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Release date
- February 16, 2001 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United States
- Japan
Official site
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Recess: The Ultimate Summer Vacation
Production companies
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Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $36,706,141
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,065,873
- Feb 18, 2001
Gross worldwide
- $44,460,850

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 22min
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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