| Teen Spirit | |
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| Directed by | Gil Junger |
| Produced by | Steven Gary Banks James Middletown Robert F. Phillips |
| Written by | David Kendall Kathryn McCullough Bob Young |
| Starring | Cassie Scerbo Lindsey Shaw Chris Zylka |
| Cinematography | Dave Perkal |
| Production company | ABC Family |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | ABC Family |
| Release date | August 7, 2011 |
Teen Spirit is a television movie starring Cassie Scerbo and Lindsey Shaw. It premiered on ABC Family on August 7, 2011.[1] It is directed by Gil Junger.
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Amber Pollock, a mean and popular high school senior, dies after being named Prom Queen at her senior prom when her crown ends up electrified. While in Limbo, an angel gives her the task of returning to her high school as a ghost to arrange that the school's least-popular student, Lisa Sommers, becomes Prom Queen in her place within one week at the makeup prom.
Things do not go as planned because at first, Lisa doesn't want to be crowned Prom Queen. After Amber convinces Lisa that she can get her attention from her crush, Nick Ramsey, Amber insists they should go shopping to get Lisa some new outfits for school and the prom. Their plans for Lisa running for Prom Queen becomes complicated as Amber's former friend, Carlita Cache, decides to run and starts dating Nick.
When Carlita decides to throw a house party, Amber and Lisa decide to mess with Carlita's plan by changing the party's date and sending this change in an email from a school computer to everyone's phone at their high school. With Carlita's party plans ruined, Amber and Lisa plan a party at Lisa's house the same night since her parents are away at a spa treatment. During the party, Amber gets Lisa up on stage to sing "Typical" which attracts the attention of Nick. Lisa and Nick talk after her performance and the two end up sharing an unexpected kiss and Nick then tells her he will break it off with Carlita.
Amber and Lisa soon find out from Vice-Principal Richardson that Lisa's friend, Raj Kurkuri, who trying to buy a used calculator online, accidentally forgot to log off on a school computer before Lisa send the changed party date message, holding Raj responsible for the damages at Carlita's house. Lisa ends up passing on her friends' plans for finishing a claymation pig film now that she is popular. Meanwhile, Amber's sister Clementine feels her mother is too busy mourning the death of Amber to pay any attention to her. Seeing this for herself, Amber helps guide her mother into paying more attention to Clementine now that she has passed away. Lisa's friend Selena decides to use black magic to tell Amber to leave Lisa alone as Amber tells her she needs to right what she did wrong in order to get into Heaven.
Amber realizes she has ruined Lisa's life and jumps into her body to drive her out to Oak Springs on Highway 7 (out in the middle of nowhere) so she would not make it back to town in time for the prom that evening. After calling all her friends on a pay phone, Lisa is unsuccessful in getting a ride back into town until she reaches Selena. When Selena (along with Raj and Collin) make it to pick her up, Lisa learns being popular isn't what it is cracked up to be. She also learns Raj was suspended and has to perform community service to fix Carlita's yard. Meanwhile, Amber reports her failure to the angel and takes a ride down to Hell in a flaming prison shuttle bus.
After just making it to prom night, Lisa confesses to her vice principal and the rest of the school that it was her that sent the mass email about the change to Carlita's party, not Raj. She then makes a speech on stage that everyone should break down the barriers between the popular and unpopular by voting Raj as Prom King which almost all of the students agree upon. After Raj is elected Prom King, Amber is transported off the bus to Hell to get her wings to enter Heaven as the least popular student was voted Prom King. Carlita (angry that she didn't get crowned Prom Queen) tries to stop the music by pulling wires from the stage's control box, electrocuting herself in the process. Then, the angel which gave Amber her assignment at the beginning of the movie can be heard saying: "Here we go again." The End
Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina.[2]
| Country / Region | Channel | Premiere |
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| United States | ABC Family | August 7, 2011 |
| Netherlands | Disney Channel | Winter 2011 |
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