Dadnapped
junior novel cover
Directed by	Paul Hoen
Produced by	Don Schain Douglas Sloan (executive)
Written by	Alan Silberberg
Starring	Emily Osment David Henrie Moises Arias Jason Earles George Newbern Phill Lewis
Music by	Adam Cohen
Cinematography	David A. Makin
Editing by	Terry Stokes
Distributed by	Disney Channel Family
Release date(s)	February 16, 2009 (US) March 20, 2009 (Canada) May 1, 2009 (UK)
Running time	1 hour 30 minutes (without commercials)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4.5 million[1]

Dadnapped is a Disney Channel Original Movie which premiered February 16, 2009. Starring actors from Disney Channel Original Series,^[2][3][4] the movie garnered 4.6 million viewers for its premiere. Although the story centers on a hostage situation, the kidnappers are inept and the film "practically oozes kid-pleasing content".^[5]

[edit] Plot

Melissa Morris (Emily Osment) desperately tries to gain more attention from her always preoccupied father, Neil (George Newbern), a best-selling author. She lives in the shadow of Tripp Zoome (Jonathan Keltz), the adventurous and clever hero of her father's popular spy novels. Before a long overdue father-daughter vacation, Neil gets kidnapped by obsessive fans, Wheeze (David Henrie), Andre (Moises Arias), and Sheldon (Denzel Whitaker), so Melissa sets out to find her father. But just as she rescues her father, he gets kidnapped again, along with Melissa, by hotel manager Merv (Jason Earles), and brothers Maurice (Phill Lewis) and Skunk (Charles Halford). Now it's up to Wheeze, Andre, and Sheldon to save both Melissa and her father.

[edit] Cast

• Emily Osment as Melissa Morris
• George Newbern as Neil Morris
• David Henrie as Wheeze
• Jason Earles as Merv Kilbo
• Moisés Arias as Andre
• Denzel Whitaker as Sheldon
• Phill Lewis as Maurice
• Charles Halford as Skunk
• Jonathan Keltz as Tripp Zoome
• Elyjah Ranthan Jackson as Zimmer

[edit] Reception

The movie was considered a success. Its premiere attracted 4.6 million viewers, outdoing Nickelodeon's movie, Spectacular!, which premiered at the same time, by 39%.^[6]

[edit] Adaptations

Dadnapped: Junior Novel is a book based on the movie, which was due to be released September 30, 2008 in the US^{[citation needed]} and October 21, 2008 in the UK,^[7] but the release date was changed to February 2009 for unknown reasons. It is still available on Amazon.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Dadnapped at the Internet Movie Database