Catch That Kid
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| Catch That Kid | |
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 Catch That Kid film poster |
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| Directed by | Bart Freundlich |
| Produced by | Andrew Lazar, Uwe Schott |
| Written by | Michael Brandt, Derek Haas |
| Starring | Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards Corbin Bleu |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 6 February 2004 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$18,000,000 |
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Catch That Kid is a 2004 film directed by Bart Freundlich. It is a remake of the Danish blockbuster Klatretøsen (2002). The movie's working titles were Mission Without Permission (which was also the film's UK title) and Catch That Girl.
Taglines:
- (as Catch That Kid) They're on a mission without permission
- (as Mission Without Permission) None added for UK release
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[edit] Plot
Maddy, with help from her two best friends, Austin and Gus, robs the state-of-the-art bank in which her mother, Molly, works in order to get the money required to save her dying father, Tom, who is suffering the after-effects of a fall during a hiking expedition. During the heist, the kids overcome high-tech security systems, guard dogs, and a nasty Head of Security to get to a bank vault suspended 100ft off the ground. Maddy, who takes after her father with a love for climbing, was the one to make the 100ft climb while Gus looked on and Austin handled the security cameras from the Head of the Bank's office. She has to free-climb the last 20ft because her rope gets stuck, but gets a burst of courage at the memory of her dad who did the same thing during the last 20ft of his climb to the summit of Mount Everest after his own rope got caught. She makes the climb and hangs from the vault while trying to figure out what password her mom had set the code for. The password ends up being her own first name, Madaline.
However, this is not the only conflict in the story. Austin and Gus are both in love with Maddy and when Maddy kisses one of them on the cheek a couple of days before the robbery, the other gets mad and jealous and refuses to help anymore, although they need him for the robbery.
So Maddy formulates a plan. She buys a pair of necklaces, one that says "LO" and one that says "VE" and gives one each to each boy, telling them that she likes him the most and that she has the other half. Before they get away with the money on go-karts, both the boys find out that she is lying, and get mad and leave her. Then they feel the guilt and come back. At the end of the film, Maddy saves her dad, the boys forgive her and they remain friends.
[edit] Cast
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* Although incorrect (the character is referred to in dialogue as 'Chad'), this is how the credit appears on-screen.
