The Game Plan (film)

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The Game Plan
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Directed by	Andy Fickman
Produced by	Mark Ciardi Gordon Gray
Written by	Nichole Millard Kathryn Price Audrey Wells
Starring	Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Madison Pettis Kyra Sedgwick Morris Chestnut
Music by	Nathan Wang
Cinematography	Greg Gardiner
Editing by	Michael Jablow
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	September 28, 2007 March 7, 2008
Running time	110 min.
Country
Language	English
Budget	$22 million (est)
Gross revenue	Domestic: $90,636,983 Worldwide: $144,608,461
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The Game Plan is a 2007 feature film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

This is the last movie in which Johnson uses his ring name "The Rock."

1 Cast
2 Synopsis
3 Trivia
4 Box office performance
5 DVD release
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Cast

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Joseph "Joe" Kingman
Madison Pettis as Peyton Kelly
Kyra Sedgwick as Stella Peck
Roselyn Sánchez as Monique Vasquez
Morris Chestnut as Travis Sanders
Hayes MacArthur as Kyle Cooper
Brian J. White as Jamal Webber
Jamal Duff as Clarence Monroe
Paige Turco as Karen James
Tubbs as Spike the Dog
Lauren Storm as Cindy the Nanny
Gordon Clapp as Coach Mark Maddox
Kate Nauta as Tatyana
Robert Torti as Samuel Blake, Jr.
Gavin Corey as The Boss

[edit] Synopsis

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Superstar quarterback and bachelor Joe Kingman (Johnson) plays for the fictitious Boston Rebels football team, who are competing for their first championship with Kingman. Joe is living a good life: he's rich, famous, and an energetic party-goer. One day, an 8-year-old girl named Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) shows up at his door claiming to be his daughter. She claims her mom suddenly had to leave for Africa, and presents a letter and a birth certificate as proof. Kingman and his agent are doubtful, but they decide not to run a paternity test as it may interfere with contract negotiations. Joe and Peyton continue to bond, until when having lunch with Monique (Peyton's ballet instructor), Peyton accidentally reveals that she had to return home before she was discovered missing. Peyton then confesses that she had looked for Joe without her guardian's knowledge. While Peyton is in the hospital stemming from an allergic reaction to nuts, it is discovered that Sara, Peyton's mother and Joe's ex-wife, had died in a car accident six months earlier. As a result, Peyton was left in the care of Karen, Sara's sister and Joe's ex-sister-in-law. Outside of the hospital room, Karen and Joe argued over what was the best for Peyton. Peyton had overheard Joe's agent on the phone saying that if Joe proceeds with a custody battle, his career would be at stake. Fearing that she may be interrupting his successful career, Peyton decides to return home with her aunt Karen. Distracted by Peyton's departure, Joe plays badly during the championship game and is injured by another player from the opposing team. After receiving his diagnosis, Joe suggests a fellow quarterback to take his position, and tells his coach that he cannot go back in. As he is resting in the locker room, he finds Peyton there. She asks him what he is doing just sitting in the locker room ignoring the game, and reminds him that Joe Kingman does not give up easily. Realizing the mistake he is making, Joe gets up, goes back onto the field, and gets back in the game. The Boston Rebels win the championship game, and Joe and Peyton end up living together.

[edit] Trivia

In the movie, the featured radio station "WZPZ" is also the radio station on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, probably because both are set in Boston.
In the movie, Joe has problems with the remote, and accidentally turns on the Disney Channel with Hannah Montana on (a show in which Johnson himself made an appearance).
When Peyton goes to the tea party place at the mall, in the background you can hear Aly & AJ singing "Do You Believe in Magic" and Hannah Montana singing "Pumpin' Up the Party".
In the movie, Peyton turns on the Disney Channel and you can hear Hannah Montana singing "The Best of Both Worlds".
Robert Torti from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody who plays the boys' dad and Carey's ex-husband, Kurt, also plays Sam, the owner of Fanny's Burgers in this film.
Disney's Movie Surfers are shown when Peyton messes with the TV.
Madison Pettis, who plays Peyton, also plays Sophie Martinez in Cory in the House.
The Rock has appeared on the hit Disney Channel series Hannah Montana and Cory in the House alongside Madison Pettis as a promotion for the movie.
A clip of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode "Forever Plaid" was shown on Joe Kingman's television and a NASCAR clip.
The name Peyton Kelly could be a reference to 2 highly regarded NFL Quarterbacks, current Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning and former Buffalo Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly
Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce makes a cameo in this film

[edit] Box office performance

On September 28, 2007, The Game Plan opened to 3,103 theaters domestically, while earning $22,950,971 and the number one spot for its opening weekend.^[1] During its run in the theaters, the movie was able to gross $90,636,983 in the U.S., and $54,765,991 in foreign ticket sales, for a worldwide total of $145,402,974.^[2]

[edit] DVD release

The Game Plan was released on Disney DVD and Disney Blu-ray on January 22, 2008. Through April 27, 2008, DVD rentals for The Game Plan were able to stay in the Top 50 chart, while earning more than $48 million.^[3] Special features include deleted scenes, bloopers, and audio commentaries.