''Up, Up and Away'' is a 2000

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. The film is a comedy/adventure about a boy from a family of

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es who, despite not having any super powers of his own, is called on to save the world.

Plot

Teenager Scott Marshall comes from a family of superheroes, but is the only one without powers, which he hopes will emerge on his 14th birthday. Meanwhile, an activist group called the "Earth Protectors" distribute

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s about the environment to Scott's classmates, with their programmer, Nina, seeking to use them to educate while her partner Malcolm plans to use them to brainwash people into committing crimes for him. Following a failed bank robbery, he realizes the program only works on children and conducts further tests to confirm and fix this. After Scott loses track of time due to being mesmerized by the CD-ROM, his father and older brother, Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle and Adam Marshall / Silver Charge respectively, investigate the bank, but the latter accidentally fries their systems with his electrical powers. When his birthday comes and he fails to develop powers, Scott pretends he inherited those of his parents' with help from his grandfather Edward Marshall / Steel Condor. When Malcolm uses Nina as bait to lure in Scott's family, his parents and birthday party guests convince him to save her as his first outing as a superhero. However, he loses his mask and almost gets himself and Nina killed until Jim rescues them, having learned the truth from Edward. Later, Malcolm recovers Scott's mask, matches it to him, and uses an improved CD-ROM to force him to reveal his family's secrets, such as their shared weakness to aluminum foil, before giving Scott a new CD-ROM for his parents to watch. While it ends up with his friend Amy, whose mother watches it, subconsciously robs a bank, and goes to Earth Protectors' HQ, Malcolm uses her to capture Scott's family with the intention of brainwashing them. Upon learning of this, Scott, Amy, and his best friend Randy head off to rescue them with help from Nina, who has realized Malcolm's true intentions. Scott's friends get captured by Malcolm's men, but Scott successfully destroys Malcolm's computer before his family is brainwashed. Afterwards, Adam uses his powers to erase everyone's memories of the Marshalls' identities, though his parents allow Randy to keep his so Scott can have someone to talk to about his abnormal life.

Cast

* Michael J. Pagan as Scott Marshall / Warrior Eagle * Robert Townsend as Jim Marshall / Bronze Eagle *

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as Judy Marshall / Warrior Woman *

Sherman Hemsley Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series ''All in the Family'' (1973–1975; 1978) and ''The Jeffersons'' (1975–1985), Deac ...

as Edward Marshall / Steel Condor * Kasan Butcher as Adam Marshall / Silver Charge * Arreale Davis as Molly Marshall * Kevin Connolly as Malcolm *

Olivia Burnette Olivia Burnette (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress who began her career as a child actress at the age of six. She is perhaps best known for her role in the NBC sitcom ''The Torkelsons'' (1991–1993), Homeless Woman in ''Sons of Anarc ...

as Nina *

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as Barker *

Chris Marquette Chris Marquette (born October 3, 1984) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in such films as ''The Tic Code'', ''Freddy vs. Jason'', '' The Girl Next Door'', ''Just Friends'', '' Alpha Dog'' and '' Fanboys''. He is also known for his ...

as Randy *

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as Amy * Scott Owen as Reach *

Joan Pringle Joan Pringle (born June 2, 1945) is an American actress known for her roles on ''General Hospital'' (1963), '' The White Shadow'' (1978), and ''Original Sin'' (2001). One of her best-known roles was that of vice principal (and subsequently princi ...

as Doris Marshall * Nancy Sorel as Mrs. Rosen *

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as Ms. Parker

Home Media

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, and

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. The film is also available on the streaming service

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Up, Up and Away 2000 television films 2000 films 2000 comedy films 2000s children's comedy films 2000s superhero comedy films Disney Channel Original Movie films American children's comedy films American comedy television films American superhero films Films directed by Robert Townsend 2000s American films

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