The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
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| The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Polly Draper |
| Produced by | Polly Draper (Executive) Albie Hecht (Executive) Michael Wolff (Co-Executive/Music) Tim Draper (Consulting) Ken H. Keller (Producer) Caron Rudner-Keller (Line/Producer) Kari Kim (for World Wide Biggies) Michael A. Levine (Music) |
| Written by | Polly Draper (Creator/Writer) |
| Starring | Nat Wolff Alex Wolff Michael Wolff David Levi Thomas Batuello Qaasim Middleton Cooper Pillot Jesse Draper Allie DiMeco Donna Lynn Leavy Saorise Scott Grace Cartwright |
| Music by | Nat Wolff Alex Wolff |
| Cinematography | Ken H. Keller (Photography/Camera) |
| Editing by | Craig Cobb |
| Distributed by | Nickelodeon |
| Release date(s) | June 6, 2007 (Nickelodeon); June 17, 2008 (DVD) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Naked Brothers Band (TV Series) |
| Followed by | The Naked Brothers Band (TV Series) |
| Official website | |
The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears is part documentary and part rock-mockumentary musical comedy. It's the 11-13th Naked Brothers Band final episode and TV movie of season 2 on Nickelodeon.[1]
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[edit] Plot
The band's next concert stop is in New Orleans, where they stay with Onita (Donna Lynn Leavy)—an old friend of Nat and Alex's mom. Nat and Alex also get to see their childhood friends—Onita's daughters: Big Ella (Saorise Scott) and Little Grace (Grace Cartwright). During the ride down there, Jesse (Jesse Draper) heard about a funny movie a guy from Blockbuster told her about, and she told Alex to watch it. It turned out to be the film, An Inconvenient Truth starring Al Gore. After Alex watched it he became obsessed with saving the polar bears because of global warming. Meanwhile Nat starts hanging out with Little Grace, causing Rosalina (Allie DiMeco) to take it the wrong way—thinking he's in love with her. Later on, Qaasim tries to flirt with Little Grace (with advice from Rosalina), which creates a problem for the four of them! At a press conference, Alex (Alex Wolff) is looking at a calendar and says,
| “ | Look at the calendar. Our picture, we're bigger than Santa Claus. | ” |
The reporters only hear "We're bigger than Santa Claus," and the band ends up running to Onita's trailer, hiding from the reporters. Afterwards, the concert was cancelled. In the end, Alex shows Nat proof that Qaasim really loves Little Grace. Alex plays the tape and the clip of Rosalina asking Qaasim if he really believes Nat loves Little Grace plays. Nat looks at the screen and say,
| “ | No, no, I love you Rosalina! How could she not know I'm in love with her. | ” |
Alex tells Nat she does now, and Nat turns around, seeing Rosalina in the room. Nat and Rosalina kiss, while Alex and Big Ella try and keep the cameras from watching them. The next morning, the rest of the band finds out Nat and Rosalina are an item and Big Ella told news reporters on live television about the mix up at the press conference. The band ends up raising money at the state dinner and gives it to a charity that helps global warming.
[edit] Background and production
When Nat and Alex were very young, they came out of the bathtub shouting, "We're the Naked Brothers Band!"[2] They formed a band in preschool with Nat's best friends.[2]
Ms. Draper said before The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie was being produced:[3]
| “ | Nat kept putting signs on his door, 'I want to be a child actor.' I said no, it's too brutal. | ” |
After a while, Draper decided to make a compromise with Nat. In 2003, she let him film his own sitcom, Don’t Eat Off My Plate, which was the origin of The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie.[4] Nat and Alex Wolff wrote all of the songs performed in that movie and this one.
The brothers real-life mother Polly Draper (best known for her role as Ellyn Warren on the 1987–91 show thirtysomething) is the director, screenwriter, creator, and executive producer of this film and their father Michael Wolff (who was the band-leader for The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989–94) is the co-executive producer and music supervisor of this film. Wolff stars as the brothers' geeky father, who plays the accordion, and acts like a kid.[4][2]
This film is based on when the family watched the Al Gore movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
Polly Draper:[5]
| “ | Nat and Alex have became a fanatic about recycling and saving the environment—and mostly Alex, because after we watched it he completely flipped out about it. He refused to take baths. [Laughs] Only foot and butt bath's. And we hope that this movie will get kids' to recycle and think about the polar bears and the environment. | ” |
The film was filmed in New Orleans, where Michael Wolff was born.
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie is Draper's first time directing a film. Her first time screen-writting was in 1999 with, The Tic Code. Starring actor-and-tap-dancer Gregory Hines. The film was both informed by Wolff's struggles with Tourette Syndrome and his love for the jazz piano.[4]
The executive vice president/general manager of Nickelodeon, Tom Aschiem:[4]
| “ | At first we were intrigued by the idea, but we weren't sure that kids would understand the vague tongue-and-cheek of it. Then a bunch of us took it home to our own children, and they loved it. | ” |
Albie Hecht, the other executive producer of the series who watched The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival:[4]
| “ | They're just real: real brothers, real friends; it's all the stuff kids do when they're hanging out on the playground. The idea that you're watching a documentary is so much fun. Then you put them into that fantasy of being a world-famous rock band, and that's the sauce that makes it work. | ” |
Their online videos have been played by fans more than 11 million times in October 2006. Two months later, one of those watchers recognized Nat and Alex in a Florida hotel. She sent them a note, "Are you the Naked Brothers?" They were so excited, Ms. Draper said. "The show hasn't even aired yet and now walking down the streets kids are calling out their names. They can't believe it."[3]
[edit] Guest Stars
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Matt Pinefield | "self" |
| George Lopez | "self" |
| Phil Collins | "self" |
[edit] Songs
| Title | Episode # | Written and Sung by | Keyboards by | Drums by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "I've Got A Question" | 11/13 | Nat Wolff | Nat Wolff | Alex Wolff |
| "Flying Away" | 11 | Nat Wolff | Nat Wolff | Alex Wolff |
| "I'll Do Anything" | 12 | Nat Wolff | Nat Wolff | Alex Wolff |
| "Why" | 13 | Alex Wolff | Alex Wolff | N/A |
| "Eventually" | 13 | Nat Wolff | Nat Wolff | Alex Wolff |
[edit] Crew
| Role | Crew |
|---|---|
| Director | Polly Draper |
| Screenwriter | Polly Draper |
| Creator | Polly Draper |
| Executive Producers | Polly Draper Albie Hetcht |
| Music Supervisor | Michael Wolff |
| Music Producers | Michael Wolff Michael A. Levine |
| Co-Executive Producer | Michael Wolff |
| Consulting Producer | Tim Draper |
| Producers | Ken H. Keller Caron Rudner-Keller |
| Line Producer | Caron Rudner-Keller |
| Director of Photography | Ken H. Keller |
| Camera | Ken H. Keller |
| Post Production Supervisor | Ken H. Keller |
| Producer for World Wide Biggies | Kari Kim |
| Editor | Craig Cobb |
| Extras Casting | Tuffy Questall Serena Stanley |
| Casting Directors | Sharon Lieblein Laura Maxwell-Scott |
| Art Department | Craig Cobb |
| Composer (Music Score) | Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nick.com/turbonick/?extvideoid=95645
- ^ a b c http://www.tagworld.com/timdraper/World/MyWeb.aspx?page=3664aeab-b084-44e5-ad23-f53b2fbb2a37
- ^ a b http://www.tourettetexas.org/PublicDocs/nakedbros.htm
- ^ a b c d e A TV Family Bound By Blood and a Band - New York Times
- ^ wcbstv.com - Video Library
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