| Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century | |
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| Directed by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Produced by | Thom Colwell |
| Written by | Stu Krieger Marilyn Sadler (novel) |
| Starring | Kirsten Storms Raven-Symoné |
| Music by | Sabelle Breer Phil Marshall Kristina Rex |
| Production company | de Passe Entertainment |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | Disney Channel |
| Release date | January 23, 1999 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Followed by | Zenon: The Zequel (2001) |
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie, starring Kirsten Storms as the eponymous heroine and Raven-Symoné; this was the first work by Symoné for Disney.
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Zenon Kar is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family on an orbiting space station in 2049 A.D. After getting into trouble with Commander Edward Plank, the space station's commander, Zenon's parents punish her by grounding her to Earth to live with her Aunt Judy, who is afraid of space. Zenon finds out that her space station home's Computer system will crash causing the Space Station to also crash putting everyone on it in danger, but since Commander Plank sees all children as troublemakers, he convinces her parents not to listen to her when Zenon tries to tell them that the Space Station is in danger especially since Her idol Protozoa (and his pop-rock group Microbe) is also being sent the world's first space concert there putting them in danger as well.
With the help of her friends Andrew and Greg, she must find a way to save the space station and her family. Zenon manages to get to the Space Station when Protozoa recognizes her from a dance with Protozoa contest and takes her with him, his band, Mr. Windom, his assistant Lutz and Aunt Judy as well. Commander Plank is shocked to see Zenon on the station, but gets smitten with Aunt Judy. The Commander still has trouble Believing Zenon, especially when Windom accuses her of sabatoging the Station. Zenon manages to use the Computer Virus undo program Andrew created to save the Space Station and Mr. Windom and Mr. Lutz gets arrested.
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century was originally made as a pilot for a proposed television series.[1] It was directed by Kenneth Johnson and based on the book of the same name by Roger Bollen and Marilyn Sadler. The film was produced by de Passe Entertainment for cable television's Disney Channel, and executive produced by Suzanne de Passe and Suzanne Coston.[2]
Filming began in August 1998.[2] Scenes set on Earth were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; one well known location is the Plaza of Nations, where Zenon arrives and departs.
Zenon was originally slated to air on the Disney Channel in December 1998,[3] but ultimately premiered on January 23, 1999.[4] Walt Disney Home Video released it on VHS in September 2000.[5]
The film was followed by Zenon: The Zequel (2001) and Zenon: Z3 (2004).
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