Back to School with Franklin
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| Back to School with Franklin | |
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| Directed by | Arna Selznick |
| Written by | John van Bruggen |
| Starring | Cole Caplan, Bryn McAuley, Amanda Soha, Carolyn Scott, James Rankin, Scott Beaudin, Kristen Bone, Valerie Boyle, Elizabeth Brown, Leah Cudmore, Kyle Fairlie, Luca Perlman, Richard Newman, Ruby Smith-Merowitz |
| Release date(s) | August 19, 2003 |
| Running time | 48 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) |
| Followed by | Franklin and Granny's Secret (2006) |
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Back to School with Franklin was the third Franklin movie, released direct-to-video and DVD. It has since aired on Noggin and possibly on other networks as well.
Cole Caplan takes over for Noah Reid as the voice of Franklin the Turtle, ushering in the sixth season of the program, which would not make its way to the United States until 2006. He is joined by Bryn McAuley, who has voiced his sister Harriet since the first film and Carolyn Scott as the voice of a replacement teacher.
The main plot focuses around Franklin and his friends starting a new year of school, only to find that their teacher Mr. Owl (James Rankin) is absent. Their replacement teacher, Miss Koala, pulls up on a motorbike and at first Franklin finds her weird. She uses phrases such as "fair dinkum" and wants to create a brand-new soccer team. Soon, however, he and everyone else in the class are won over by her "can-do" attitude.
Meanwhile, Franklin's sister Harriet is upset because her best friend Beatrice has gone to preschool, meaning that she can't play with her for most of the day on weekdays. Her spirits are raised when she meets a new friend, Kit (Amanda Soha), but Kit is a bit shy and may not be ready for Harriet's rough-and-tumble play.
[edit] External links
1980s: Rock & Rule (1983) - The Care Bears Movie (1985) - Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986) - The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987) - Babar: The Movie (1989)
1990s: The Legend of the North Wind (1992) - The Return of the North Wind (1994) - Pippi Longstocking (1997) - Babar: King of the Elephants (1999) - Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
2000s: Redwall: The Movie (2000) - Franklin and the Green Knight (2000) - Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001) - The Little Bear Movie (2001) - Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (2001) - Back to School with Franklin (2003) - Rescue Heroes: The Movie (2003) - Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase (2003) - Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (2004) - Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle (2005) - The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie (2005) - Heidi (2005) - Franklin and Granny's Secret (2006)
