Agent Cody Banks
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| Agent Cody Banks | |
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| Image:Movie poster agent cody banks.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Harald Zwart |
| Produced by | Guy Oseary |
| Written by | Ashley Miller Scott Alexander Larry Karaszewski |
| Starring | Frankie Muniz Hilary Duff Angie Harmon Keith David Cynthia Stevenson |
| Music by | John Powell |
| Cinematography | Denis Crossan |
| Editing by | Jim Miller |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | March 14, 2003 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Country | Image:Flag of the United States.svg |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million |
| Gross revenue | $47,811,138 |
| IMDb profile | |
Agent Cody Banks is a 2003 film that follows the adventures of 15-year-old Cody Banks (played by Frankie Muniz) who has to finish his chores, avoid getting grounded, and save the world by going undercover for the CIA. Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Ian McShane, and Arnold Vosloo co-star. The film is directed by the Norwegian director Harald Zwart. The film was released in the U.S. on March 14, 2003
This film was the first major motion picture project for Duff apart from the film spinoff of her Lizzie McGuire TV series. The same can be said for Harmon, who had just come off a three-year stint as Assistant D.A. Abbie Carmichael on NBC's Law & Order.
A sequel, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, was released the following year.
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[edit] Plot
Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a 15-year-old boy who applies for a junior position for the CIA. Under the disguise of summer camp, children are trained to be agents. Cody is called upon a mission to find information about a scientist named Dr. Connors (Martin Donovan) who ends up working for ERIS led by an evil mastermind named Dr. Brinkman (Ian McShane) and his henchmen Francois Molay (Arnold Vosloo). Cody does this by going to his daughter, Natalie Connors' (Hilary Duff), school. Cody accepts but soon finds he has no social skill with girls and has no time to do this while balancing his chores and homework. The CIA decides to help by doing his chores and homework, trying to build his status, and going into the school to set him up with Natalie. Natalie finally decides to invite Cody to her 16th birthday party, where he goes undercover to her father's lab. Cody finds that Dr. Brinkman is planning to use nanobots-which can destroy any carbon or silicon-based substance-to destroy the world's defense systems so he can threaten anyone who opposes him. Since the nanobots are inactive in the cold, he plans to use ice cubes to distribute them.
Cody soon falls in love and almost ruins the whole operation by telling Natalie everything causing the CIA to let him go after a fight with some students at the party. After finding out, Dr. Brinkman sends Francis and some men to kidnap Natalie and bring her into his base in the mountains. Cody is still fired from the mission because he got too close to the subject. His parents then ground him for coming home late. But Cody is set on rescuing Natalie. Cody asks his brother Alex (Connor Widdows) to make sure his parents don't find out that he is gone. Cody manages to sneak into the CIA weapons hold and steals a rocket powered snowboard and other devices. Cody then gets a ride to the top of the mountain and snowboards to the factory where Natalie is held. On the way, he gets caught in a grove of trees as CIA agent Ronica finds him using a SoloTrek XFV (see above). He convinces her that he needs to save Natalie and they go in. Cody manages to rescue Natalie but Ronica and Natalie are caught going out. Natalie is held hostage by Dr. Brinkman who threatens her father to program the nanobots to destroy the world or his daughter dies. Cody turns the tables by planting a time bomb and Natalie places the melted ice containing a nanobot into Dr. Brinkman's mouth killing him. Startled, Ronica, Natalie and her father get away, and Connors and Ronica run to a chopper with the CIA agent piloting. Cody and Natalie, split from the others by the collapsing base, manage to barely escape and they fly home after Cody defeats Francis. With Francis arrested, Cody is given many awards and is reinstated into the CIA.After this, Cody and Natalie have their first kiss.
[edit] Cast
- Frankie Muniz as Cody Banks
- Hilary Duff as Natalie Connors
- Angie Harmon as Ronica Miles
- Keith David as CIA Director
- Cynthia Stevenson as Mrs. Banks
- Daniel Roebuck as Mr. Banks
- Connor Widdows as Alex Banks
- Ian McShane as Dr. Brinkman
- Arnold Vosloo as Francois Molay
- Darrell Hammond as Earl
- Martin Donovan as Dr. Connors
[edit] Production
Mike Porter worked on the script for five years before finishing it. He said "This movie will make David an action star." He wrote the role of Cody Banks to be played by David Schwimmer but the script was rewritten after Mike Porter sold it.
The main characters attend "William Donovan Preparatory School". William Joseph Donovan ran the World War II Office of Strategic Services, predecessor to the CIA.
The film showcases then cutting-edge vehicles as the Segway and SoloTrek XFV.
[edit] Associated works
Hilary Duff and Frankie Muniz would later work together again in an episode of Lizzie McGuire.
[edit] External links
- Agent Cody Banks at the Internet Movie Databasede:Agent Cody Banks
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