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Jump In!
Official film poster for Jump In!
Directed byPaul Hoen
Written byTony Cordetti
Patrick Kelly
Jordan D.
Andre' Mclemoore
Produced byLauren Peimbert
StarringCorbin Bleu
Keke Palmer
Laivan Greene
Shanica Knowles
David Reivers
Kylee Russell
Rebecca Williams
Distributed byDisney Channel
Release dates
January 12, 2007
Running time
85 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.8 million (est.)

Jump In! is the 69th Disney Channel Original Movie and premiered on January 12, 2007. The movie, starring Corbin Bleu from High School Musical and Keke Palmer from Akeelah and the Bee, revolves around a young boxer, Izzy Daniels (Corbin Bleu), who trains to follow in his father's footsteps by winning the Golden Glove. When his friend, Mary (Palmer), however, asks him to substitute for a team member in a Double Dutch tournament, the young man discovers a hidden passion for jumping rope.[1] Filming took place from June-July 2006 in Toronto, Canada.


Synopsis

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Izzy is the star boxer and one of the most popular kids in his school. When his little sister Karin wants to go to a Double Dutch tournament, he does not want to be caught dead at such a thing and refuses to take her. But when his father, who is also his coach, makes him take her anyway, suddenly everything changes.

Izzy finds he likes Mary, a member of the jump team the Joy Jumpers, who place fourth in the tournament. They make the city finals, but lose hope when one of the members quits the team to join the First place winners, The Dutch Dragons. After Izzy shows off his jumping ability for the girls, they ask him to join the team, but he refuses because of what his friends might think. When the other members of the Joy Jumpers, Keisha and Shauna, ask him to fill in until they find a permanent replacement, he finally relents. His conditions are that they practice before school and in his dad's boxing gym, where no one's going to watch.

Meanwhile, Izzy has a boxing match with Rodney (The school bully) determining who will win the "Golden Gloves" which goes to the best Boxer. Izzy beats him, but Rodney doesn't accept it. He claims he just got lucky and pushes Izzy for a rematch. Izzy says no, and walks out of the gym.

Izzy improves tremendously, and begins to love the sport. He tells the Joy Jumpers that he'd like to be on their team permanently, and they happily agree. But when Rodney finds Izzy jumping double dutch before class, he snaps some photos, prints them and hangs them all over the school. Rodney laughs at Izzy saying, "So that's why you won't give me a rematch! 'Cuz you're too busy jumping double dutch!" Izzy becomes mad and says he'll do the rematch. But in the middle of the fight, he tells Rodney that he's sick of being mad and that he's not going to let his anger control him. He walks out of the match and Rodney runs after him, intent on beating him up. But he trips on the cords surrounding the ring, giving Izzy a chance to get even. Instead, he just walks out.

One of the girl boxers, Tammy, understands how Izzy feels. She gives him a pep talk on how she never quit boxing when the guys teased her, and that he shouldn't quit either, just because they made fun of him.

Meanwhile, Mary, Keisha and Shauna meet up for the city finals, but without Izzy, they feel like giving up. Izzy then walks in and asks, "What, were you really gonna start without me?" He apologizes and Mary smiles and hands him a uniform. They change their name to the Hot Chili Steppers and all is forgiven as the tournament begins. They get first in the compulsory, then second in speed. They are then tied with the Dutch Dragons and the freestyle will determine it all. The Hot Chili Steppers get first, and can go on to World Championship.

After winning first place, Izzy notices that Rodney is in the crowd. Rodney apologizes and he and Izzy become friends. It is then revealed that Rodney has been telling the story all along to a group of youngsters at Izzy's father's boxing gym. Template:Endspoilers


Production

Jump In! is the 69th Disney Channel Original Movie and went into production in 2006. Earlier titles for the film included "Jump", "Jump In" and "Jump Start", with some early trailers even showing the "Jump Start" title.

Doreen Spicer, the original writer of "Jump In!", is credited as Co-Developer and Supervising Producer of the critically acclaimed, "The Proud Family" on Disney Channel Network.

Promotion for the film began in the Summer of 2006, with a poster appearing in the program for the High School Musical Tour. Advertisements highlighted Corbin Bleu's association with High School Musical and ran heavily during re-airings of that film. Several videos from the film were also put into heavy rotation on Disney Channel, airing during breaks in regular programming.

Corbin Bleu became so proficient at jumping during the production of the film that he performed his character's flips, back flips and cartwheels himself, without the use of a stunt double, like the other jumpers.

Reaction

Jump In! broke the record previously set by The Cheetah Girls 2 as the highest rated DCOM premiere with 8.2 million viewers. [1]

It was generally well recieved by audiences, garnering a 5.6 at the Internet Movie Database.


Special screenings

  • Jump In! and Dance It to the Limit: A special screening of the movie with a special dance-along to Push It to the Limit, hosted by the male annoucer of Disney Channel.
  • Jump In! Jab & Gab: A special screening of the movie, in which viewers play the online game, Jab & Gab and send shout-outs to their friends, family or the cast of the movie.

Trivia

  • Corbin Bleu's real-life father, David Reivers, played the part of Kenneth Daniels, Izzy's father, in the movie.
  • Normally during the premiere of a new DCOM, teaser trailers and promos for the next DCOM would air. But in this case, the big news released during the film's premiere was for the Kim Possible season four premiere.
  • The duration in which each scene changes to another, there would be a New York City subway train. The train shown was the number 1 line. In reality, the number 1 line only reaches from Van Cortlandt Park 242nd Street in the Bronx, all the way down to South Ferry in Manhattan. The number 1 line does not run in Brooklyn, where the story is taken place.
  • The language spoken in Jump In!, like that in Cory in the House, contains ebonics, which may confuse foreign watchers.
  • The plot of Jump In! was very similar to the plot of High School Musical. Corbin Bleu starred in both movies coincidentally. However, Bleu was the main character in this movie instead of the main character's best friend as in High School Musical.
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Jump In! Freestyle Edition.

DVD

The DVD release of Jump In! carried the subtitle "Freestyle Edition" and was released on April 3, 2007.

Special features will include:

  • Keke Palmer's "Jumpin" Music Video
  • T-Squad's "Vertical" Music Video
  • Behind the Scenes Featurette - "Learning the Moves"
  • Making of Featurette - "Inside the Ropes"
  • Sing-a-long mode

Soundtrack

Jump In! Soundtrack

A soundtrack featuring songs from the movie was released on January 9, 2007. The full soundtrack could also be heard on [2] the official Jump In! website. It was removed on January 5, 2007. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 on January 17, 2007, with 49,000 copies sold,[2] and rose to #3 in the next week, selling 57,000 copies.[3] In its third week, it fell to number nine with 44,000 copies sold.[4] In March 2007, the album was certifed Gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

  1. "It's On" - NLT
  2. "It's My Turn Now" - Keke Palmer
  3. "Push It to the Limit" - Corbin Bleu
  4. "Vertical" - T-Squad
  5. "Where Do I Go From Here" - Sebastian Mego
  6. "Jump to the Rhythm" - Jordan Pruitt
  7. "Jumpin’" - Keke Palmer
  8. "Go (Jump! Mix)" - Jupiter Rising
  9. "I’m Ready" - Drew Seeley
  10. "Gotta Lotta" - Prima J
  11. "Live It Up (Jeannie Ortega song)" - Jeannie Ortega
  12. "Jump" - Lil’ Josh
  13. "Let It Go" - Kyle

There will also be a be a Jump In!: Remixed! CD, released in a string of Disney Channel Remix CDs releasing Summer of 2007, including Hannah Montana: All Mixed Up!, The Cheetah Girls: The Cheetah-Licious Remixes, and Disney Channel Remixed!

Notes

  1. ^ Corbin Bleu's online journal, June 24, 2006,
  2. ^ Katie Hasty, "'Dreamgirls' Remains No. 1 As Sales Keep Sliding", Billboard.com, January 17, 2006.
  3. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Daughtry Edges Out 'Dreamgirls' To Claim No. 1", Billboard.com, January 24, 2007.
  4. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Pretty Ricky, Shins Grab Top Album Chart Spots", Billboard.com, January 31, 2007.
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