Zoom (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Peter Hewitt |
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| Story by | Adam Rifkin |
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Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe |
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| Narrated by | Courteney Cox |
| Music by | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography | David Tattersall |
| Edited by | Lawrence Jordan |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $12.5 million |
Zoom is a 2006 American family adventure film based upon the children's book Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe. Directed by Peter Hewitt, the film stars Tim Allen, Kate Mara, Spencer Breslin, Michael Cassidy, Kevin Zegers, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Ryan Newman, and Rip Torn. It was written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum. It was theatrically released on August 8, 2006 by Columbia Pictures. The film received negative reviews from critics, earned $12.5 million on a $35 million budget and was a box office bomb. Zoom was nominated for one Razzie Award, Worst Actor for Tim Allen (also nominated for The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and The Shaggy Dog), but he lost to Marlon and Shawn Wayans for Little Man. Zoom was released on DVD on February 13, 2007 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Decades prior to the start of the film, the Zenith team are five young superheroes who fought to protect the world from evil, led by Jack Shepard, a.k.a. "Captain Zoom" or "Zoom", who possessed super-speed, and his older brother, Connor Shepard, a.k.a. "Concussion", who could project sonic blasts. The American military sought to enhance the team's powers using an experimental form of radiation called "Gamma-13". This made Zoom faster and stronger, but it also turned Concussion evil and resulted in him killing his teammates Marksman, Ace, and Daravia, as he believed Zoom and the team betrayed him. Concussion was believed to have been destroyed by Zoom at the cost of his powers, but Zoom had actually sent him to another dimension.
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