''Big Time Movie'' (also known as ''Big Time Rush: The Movie'') is a 2012

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based on the Nickelodeon television series, ''

Big Time Rush ''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013 and is currently available in Paramount+. It focuses on the Hollywood mi ...

'' and the songs of

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, which aired March 10, 2012 in the United States. It features the members of

(a.k.a. the TV show and the band members) visiting

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for their world tour, where they also have to save the world. ''Big Time Movie'' has been viewed by over 13.1 million viewers in the USA, and become the most watched Nickelodeon original movie in

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Plot

Kendall, James, Carlos, Logan, Gustavo, Kelly, Katie (Kendall's younger sister) and Jennifer (Kendall's and Katie's mom) are on their plane ride to London for first stop on their world tour. At the baggage claim in the airport, MI6 Agent Simon Lane switches identical bags with Kendall, unbeknownst to the boys, to prevent henchmen from retrieving the Beetle, a powerful device capable of reversing gravity that Lane took from evil airline mogul Atticus Moon while his henchmen take him away. Big Time Rush check in at the Queen's Hotel and unknowingly to them, MI6 agents fail to take out the boys and they finally realize that Kendall has the wrong bag. In the same moment they also realize that MI6, Swedish spies and a mysterious woman in leather are all out to get the Beetle from them by any means necessary. The woman in leather is revealed as Penny, daughter of Agent Lane, and the band sets out with Penny in a black spy van with an AI to rescue her father, while Gustavo and Kelly worry about what the boys are up to like causing trouble while they are away from them. Meanwhile, Gustavo and Kelly are mad at the boys for being late for their soundcheck rehearsal, and end up doing their best to find them. Meanwhile, for the story line of Katie and Mrs. Knight, they were having their pastime with the Duke Of Bath which Katie really wants her mom to fall in love with over the pastime so Katie can become a princess like in her dream. While everyone's busy, (Gustavo and Kelly being tortured at the MI6 HQ) and (Katie and Mrs. Knight having pastime with the Duke Of Bath), the guys, including Penny disguise themselves so they could get past Moon's crew through the park so they could carefully get to the soundcheck. They don't really get to the park safely-they get into problems, like being chased by fans, being chased by a dog, and more. After the boys finish their soundcheck, they meet up with Penny backstage and rush to the field where Moon's helicopter landed. The MI6 Agency figure out Moon's plan and try to stop him but can't because Moon is jamming communication signals so no one gets in his way. The boys realize that Carlos' dream of becoming international super spies and singing the Beatles' is coming true so they follow Carlos' plan to stop Moon. After the boys manage to defeat Moon and save Katie, the MI6 agents arrive at the scene to give the boys a helicopter ride to Hyde Park just in time for the boys to finally start their world tour. After they finished their first stop on their world tour concert, Gustavo finally allowed the boys to go anywhere, including visiting every single tourist spot in London that they wished to visit. While the boys realized they don't have a ride, Penny and Agent Lane come back and offer them a ride. As the boys agree to ride one more time, they ride off and disappear into the night.

Cast

Kendall Schmidt Kendall Francis Schmidt (born November 2, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer, and actor. He played Kendall Knight in ''Big Time Rush'', and is a current member of the boyband with the same name, and has had small rol ...

as Kendall Knight *

James Maslow James David Maslow (born July 16, 1990) is an American actor, singer and dancer. He played the role of James Diamond on Nickelodeon's ''Big Time Rush'', had roles in '' Getaway'' and ''The Frozen Ground'', and is a member of the boyband Big Time ...

as James Diamond *

Carlos Pena Jr. Carlos Roberto PenaVega (; born August 15, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He starred on the Nickelodeon series ''Big Time Rush'' as Carlos García, and is a member of the group Big Time Rush. He was also the host of the network's game sh ...

as Carlos Garcia *

Logan Henderson Logan Phillip Henderson (born September 14, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He played the role of Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series ''Big Time Rush'' and is a current member of the Big Time Rush band. Early life and career Hend ...

as Logan Mitchell * Ciara Bravo as Katie Knight *

Challen Cates Challen Michelle Cates (born September 28, 1967) is an American independent film producer and actress, best known for portraying the role as Jennifer Knight on the TV series, ''Big Time Rush''. She has been the executive producer of two American ...

as Mrs. Knight * Stephen Kramer Glickman as Gustavo Rocque *

Tanya Chisholm Tanya Michelle Chisholm (born July 1, 1983) is an American actress and dancer. She is mostly known for her role as Kelly Wainwright on the Nickelodeon comedy series, ''Big Time Rush,'' and comedy film ''Big Time Movie''. also played Marcie on th ...

as Kelly Wainwright * Emma Lahana as Penelope "Penny" Lane * Teach Grant as the Concert Promoter *

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as Agent Lane, an MI6 agent. * Bob Poelking as the Pesky Government Teacher *

Trevor Devall Trevor Devall (born November 10, 1972) is a Canadian-American voice actor and podcaster. He worked for various other studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for years, before he relocated to Los Angeles, California, US in 2013. Early li ...

as Sir Atticus Moon, a millionaire businessman and the main antagonist. *

John DeSantis John DeSantis, sometimes credited as John De Santis or John Desantis, (born November 13, 1973) is a Canadian actor, best known as Lurch on Fox Family's television of '' The New Addams Family''. His other work includes a principal role in Disne ...

as Maxwell, henchman of Atticus Moon. * Michael Adamthwaite as Rikard *

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as MI6 "Agent A" *

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as MI6 agent #1 * Emily Holmes as MI6 agent #2

Release

The film premiered on March 9, 2012 in

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, and on May 26, 2012 in the

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and

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. ''Big Time Movie'' averaged 4.1 million total viewers and ranked as the week's (3/4/12-3/11/12) number-one telecast with kids 2-11 (6.1/2.2 million), kids 6-11 (8.9/1.9 million) and tweens 9-14 (8.2/1.7 million). Over the whole weekend, ''Big Time Movie'' reached over 13.1 million total viewers. The film was released on DVD on August 28, 2012, together with '' Rags''.

Soundtrack

The ''Big Time Movie Soundtrack'' is the official soundtrack of the movie which features six songs from the Beatles. It was released on March 6, 2012. Because it sold over 10,000 copies in its first week, it debuted at number 44 on the top 200 charts in March, and also reached number 2 on the iTunes Pop Albums chart.

Track listing

The movie contains

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s of several songs from the Beatles: * "

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" (The Beatles cover) * "

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" (The Beatles cover) * "

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" (The Beatles cover) * " A Hard Day's Night" (The Beatles cover)

Accolades

The movie received a nomination at the 65th Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Program.

References

External links

* {{Nickelodeon Original Movies 2012 television films 2012 films Nickelodeon original films American musical comedy films Canadian musical comedy films English-language Canadian films Films based on television series 2010s musical comedy films Films directed by Savage Steve Holland Films scored by Guy Moon 2010s spy comedy films Big Time Rush 2012 comedy films Films set in London American rock music films Canadian rock music films Films about singers Films shot in Vancouver 2010s English-language films 2010s American films 2010s Canadian films