''Drake & Josh Go Hollywood'' is a 2006 American

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starring

Drake Bell Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as an actor in the early 1990s at the age of five with his first televised appearance on ''Hom ...

and

Josh Peck Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. Peck began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and had an early role on the Nickelodeon sitcom ''The Amanda Show'' from 2000 to 2002. Peck ...

from the

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television series ''

Drake & Josh ''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows two teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) as they live together despite opposite personalities. The ser ...

''. It first aired on January 6, 2006, and was released on VHS and

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that same year on January 31. The film was the highest rated program on cable for the week with 5.4 million viewers.

Plot

For his school assignment, Josh must write an essay on one of the greatest adventures of his life, in which he struggles to think of anything fun or fulfilling he has ever done. Meanwhile, Drake is frustrated with his band manager for booking him and his band inappropriate gigs at boring venues, so Josh offers to become his new manager, using this experience to write his essay, which Drake reluctantly accepts. When their parents, Audrey and Walter, leave to go on a ten-day

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, Drake and Josh drive their sister Megan to the airport to visit her friend Jessica in

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. However, Drake and Josh accidentally put Megan on the wrong flight to

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. Megan asks for a flight to Denver, but she is told she cannot because there is a storm in Denver, so she has to wait for the storms to clear up to go to Denver. Megan is angry at the boys for putting her on the wrong flight but uses Walter's credit card to book a

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service and a luxurious stay at the Chambroulay Hotel, which she comes to enjoy. When Drake and Josh fly to LA to find Megan and keep an eye on her, Josh meets a music producer in the hotel bathroom while playing one of Drake's songs on his laptop. The producer decides to book Drake an appearance on

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(TRL) for the next day. However, Josh finds out that his G.O. (an

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) was accidentally replaced on the flight with that of a man named Deegan due to an obese lady falling on Josh’s lap, containing blueprints for counterfeit money. When Deegan and his companion Brice Granger find and confront Drake and Josh on the G.O., the boys attempt to escape, driving around LA in a

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stolen from

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. When they think they have lost them, Drake and Josh get pulled over by two men claiming to be

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agents. In reality, however, they are two more criminals who work with Deegan and Brice. The offenders abduct Drake and Josh and take them to a

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, locking them away. Back when Drake and Josh were at the San Diego airport, Josh had watched the news about some crooks who stole a monetary printing press from the

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three days before. Josh figures out that the group of criminals who kidnapped them, led by Milo McCreary, stole the printing press to

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. After making $500 million, the offenders plan to

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Drake and Josh and then escape to

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. Meanwhile, Megan is disappointed at Drake and Josh abandoning her again and initially enjoys her free time in peace, but soon becomes concerned about them when she finds Brice's wallet in her hotel room containing the address to the warehouse. The following morning, she has her limo driver take her to the warehouse, where she finds Drake and Josh tied up. She tries to alert the

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, but the phone connection goes out. Therefore, she sneaks into the warehouse and turns on two large fans, which blow around all the money. In all the ensuing chaos, Drake and Josh finally escape and battle the crooks in a large fight until the police come and arrest the crooks for counterfeiting money. Megan uses some of the money she acquired from the warehouse to help her get to Denver, giving a portion as a tip to the limo driver. As a reward for capturing the crooks, the police offer to give Drake an escort to Sunset Studios for his ''TRL'' appearance using Tony Hawk's Viper, which Hawk's manager gives them permission to use because Hawk has three more Vipers. Drake and Josh arrive at ''TRL'' just in time, where Drake performs his new song, "Hollywood Girl". After his performance, the producer tells Drake he will pull some strings to allow him to audition for Spin City Records in

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. With success in Drake's hands and Josh finally having something to write about for his greatest adventure, Drake and Josh cruise around and enjoy LA with two girls who have become fans of Drake's music during his ''TRL'' performance.

Cast

as Drake Parker *

as Josh Nichols *

Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She was the highest-paid child actor in 2012 and was included on ''Forbes'' magazine's " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. She is known for her career on television, parti ...

as Megan Parker * Nancy Sullivan as Audrey Parker Nichols * Jonathan Goldstein as Walter Nichols *

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as Milo McCreary *

Matt Newton Matthew Newton (born May 11, 1977) is an American actor, filmmaker and acting coach. Personal life Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Newton was raised in Guilford, Connecticut. He is the son of Thomas Newton and Jennifer Newton (nee. Chase), who ...

as Deegan *

Nick von Esmarch Nick von Esmarch (born November 2, 1976) is a former American actor. Born in San Mateo, California, he played high school football and did a small bit of amateur acting before being convinced by a friend to audition for the part of Dwight White f ...

as Brice Granger * Jorge Luis Abreu as Ah'Lee *

Jordan Belfi Jordan Belfi is an American actor. He is best known for his work on HBO's ''Entourage'', in which he plays agent Adam Davies, the nemesis of Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). Early life Belfi was born in California and graduated from Wesleyan University ...

as Mitch Gordon * Colleen Kirley as MTV secretary * Dylan MacKenzie as Security guard *

Michael Ralph Michael Ralph (born c. 1963 in Waterbury, Connecticut) is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor. He is known for his recurring roles as Spencer Boyer on the sitcom ''A Different World (TV series), A Different World'', Tyrell Livingston ...

as Police chief *

as himself

Music

Along with the music composed for the film by Michael Corcoran, there were several songs featured in the film. * "Steppin' Out" – Safety Orange * "To Save a Man" – Safety Orange * "Boyz" –

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* "Find Your Own" – A Million Seeds * "Little Bit Lonely" – Julie Gribble * "It's True" – Odds Against Tomorrow * " Hollywood Girl" –

* "Don't Preach" – Drake Bell * "Get It Right" – Backhouse Mike * " Highway to Nowhere" – Drake Bell * "Summer Sun" – Safety Orange

Reception

The movie has no critic score on

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, but it contains a 78% score from the audience. On

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, it has a 6.9/10.

References

External links

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