Recess: School's Out Page #8

Synopsis: It's the most exciting time of year at Third Street Elementary-- the end of the School Year! But boredom quickly sets in for protagonist TJ Detweiler, as his friends (the other 5 protagonist children) are headed for Summer Camp. One day, while passing by the school on his bike, he notices a green glow coming from the school's auditorium. This is the work of the insidious ex-principal of Third Street, Phillium Benedict and his gang of ninjas and secret service look-alikes! Benedict is planning to get rid of Summer Vacation using his newly-acquired Tractor Beam, which he stole from the US Military Base in an effort to raise US Test Scores, and it's up to the Recess Gang to stop him! In the end, TJ and the gang, with the help from the other students, Principal Prickly, Ms. Finster and the other teachers, destroy the laser, Benedict and his henchmen are arrested, and the kids (TJ's buddies) decide to spend their Summer with TJ.
Director(s): Chuck Sheetz
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
G
Year:
2001
82 min
$34,801,195
Website
1,687 Views


You may take away summer, butyoull

never take away summervacation.

Well, I can try.

Do it... now !

Yes, sir.

Begin photon channeling.

Photon channeling begun.

Setmagnification

coordinates.073.

- Coordinates set.

- Engage tractor beam.

- No !

- [LoudBang]

Hey, teacher,

leave them kids alone !

- Ms. Finster.

- Muriel, its you.

Youre still a vision

ofloveliness.

Yeah ?Andyourestilla two-bit,

recess-hatingprettyboy.

That hurt, Muriel. But Ill forgiveyou

ifyoull just come back to me.

Ha ! Id rather eat

playground dirt.

That can be arranged,

my dear.

Not before I takeyou down.

Take me down ? Yeah, right.

You and what army ?

Me and this army.

The teachers !

[ Shouting ]

[ Karate Shouts ]

Get them !

No, no, no, no

no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no

no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no

no, no, no, no

-No, no, no, no, Nobody can do the

-Shimmy

-LiKe Ido, Nobody can do the

-ShaKe

-LiKe Ido, Nobody can do the

-Boogaloo

-LiKe Ido, Nobody can do the

-Shimmy

[Continues]

[ Screaming ]

Fire !

-Letme tellyou, Nobody

-Nobody

-Nobody

-Nobody

-Nobody

-Nobody

- [ Gasps ]

- Drink soda, ninjas !

Halt !

Flying press !

- Nice flying press, Spinelli.

- Thanks. Ive been working on it.

No, no, no, no

no, no, no, no

You !

[Ms. Finster]

Stop right there, KojaK.

Its go time.

-Nobody can do the

-ShaKe

-LiKe Ido, Nobody can do the

-Boogaloo

- Thanks, Ms. Finster.

-Just doing myjob, Detweiler.

Hurry !

Theres still time.

Faster, you idiot !

Faster !

Holditright there, Phillium.

Thesemesters overforyou, pal.

Not so fast, Pete. You might fall asleep

and miss the festivities.

- Hey, Phillium,

theres a spot on your tie.

- Where ?

[NinjaScreams]

- Itsjammed.

- Youre too late, Pete.

This time I win.

Vince !

The photon channeler.

And forget what they told you.

Aim it. Dont throw it.

- Look out ! Shes gonna blow !

- [ All Screaming ]

All my plans,

my hopes and dreams...

ruined.

Ruined !

Getyour hands offthe suit,

you classless feeb !

I am the former

secretary ofeducation.

Yeah, yeah. And Im the former

princess of Morocco. Get in the car.

B-B-But its all his fault.

I was only following orders.

Ill turn states evidence.

Geez, what a squealer.

Come on, Grotke. Ill takeyou on.

My boxing againstyour martial arts.

East meets West.

Well see who wins.

I dont know, Muriel. Im only supposed

to use it for self-defense.

What an exciting summer.

T.J. saved the world...

and Becky made assistant

fry chefat Floppy Burger.

Come on, Ellie. The reporters wanna

talk to us about how we raised a hero.

Listen, Becky, I heard about howyou

saved my life and everything, and...

- well, here, I think this is yours.

- My diary ?

I cant believe it. You realize

this means you dont have

any leverage over me anymore ?

Hey, what can I say ?

Maybe Im just growing up.

Gee, youre an all-right

little brother after all.

But, Teej, what about the

extra copies you got stashed

away up in the tree house ?

Oh, I wasjust bluffing

about those.

So, Teej, we got two weeks

ofsummervacation left.

What doyou saywe do em up right ?

But dontyou guys have to get back

to camp, work on your futures and all ?

Well, weve been thinkin.

And weve decided theres plenty

oftime for preparing for our futures.

But only a little time left

forjust being kids.

So, what doyou saywe head down

to the pond and skip some rocks ?

You guys gotyourselves a deal.

Oh, boy ! My first

summervacation memories.

Uh, guys.

- Ill catch up with you.

I forgot something inside.

- Okay, but hurry.

- Principal Prickly ?

- Huh ?

Oh, its you, Detweiler.

I wasjust, um, cleaning up this mess

Phillium left.

Guyalways wasapacK rat.

Look at this. A Norwegian

weather map from 1 956.

Listen, sir, I never really got a chance

to thankyou for all the stuffyou did.

You know, quitting your golfgame,

telling Benedict to let me go,

helping me save the world

andjunk.

Oh, actually, Detweiler,

Im the one who should be thanking you.

- Huh ?

- You did me a big favor

by dragging me into this mess.

See, I didnt get into teaching for

the promotions or the pension plans...

or so I could get

to the golfcourse by 3:45.

I-- I... did it cause I wanted to

helpyou kids. And Id forgotten that.

- Till today.

- [KnocKing On Window]

- Come on, Teej.

- The pond awaits.

- Ill be there in a second.

- Hey, its a gorgeous summer day

and your pals are waiting.

Go have some fun

whileyou can... Teej.

You got it... Pete.

[RocK nRoll]

But dont forget !

Come September, youre mine.

I havent forgotten

that saggy butt comment.

Hey, September is

a long way off.

Let thesunshine

Let thesunshinein

Thesunshinein

-Let thesunshine

- Whoa, letitshine

-Let thesunshinein

- Come on

- Thesunshinein

-Everybodyjustsingalong

-Let thesunshine

-Let thesunshinein

-Let thesunshinein

- Open upyourheart

andletinshinein

- Thesunshinein

- Whenyourealone

Let thesunshine

[TJ. ]

One, two, three, four.

Dropyour silver

in my tambourine

Help a poor man

build a pretty dream

Give me pennies

Ill take anything

Now listen while I play

[ Echoing ]

My green tambourine

Watch thejinglejangle

start toshine

Reflections ofthemusic

thatismine

Whenyou tossa coin

youllhearitsing

Now listen while I play

[ Echoing ]

My green tambourine

Dropa dime

before I walKaway

Anysongyou want

Illgladlyplay

Money feeds

my music machine

Now listen while I play

[ Echoing ]

My green tambourine

ListenandIllplay

[Echoing]

Mygreen tambourine

ListenandIllplay

[Echoing]

Oh, yeah

Mygreen tambourine

Illplay

mygreen tambourine

Ifyoulisten

I willplay

Mygreen tambourine

[Woman Vocalizing]

Callingoutaroundthe world

Areyouready

forabrand-newbeat

Thesummersnear

andthe timeis right

Fordancing in thestreet

-Dancing in Chicago

-Dancing in thestreet

-Down in NewOrleans

-Dancing in thestreet

-In New YorK City

-Dancing in thestreet

All weneedismusic

Sweetmusic

Therellbemusiceverywhere

Therellbeswinging

andswaying

Andrecordsplaying

Dancing in thestreet

Oh, itdoesntmatter

whatyou wear

Justas long

asyouare there

So, come on

Everyboygrabagirl

Everywherearoundthe world

Therellbe dancing

Were dancing in thestreet

Isaid

wellbe dancing

- Whoo!

-Dancing in thestreet

Were dancing in thestreet

This isaninvitation

across thenation

A chance forKids tomeet

- Theyllbelaughingandsinging

-Laughing, singing

Andmusicswinging

Were dancing in thestreet

-Philadelphia, P.A.

-Dancing in thestreet

-BaltimoreandD. C. now

-Dancing in thestreet

- Cantforget the MotorCity

-Beep-beep, beep-beep Whoo!

All weneedismusic

Oh, music

Therellbemusiceverywhere

Therellbeswinging

andswaying

Andrecordsplaying

Dancing in thestreet

Oh, itdoesntmatter

whatyou wear

Justas long

asyouare there

Come on

everyboygrabagirl

Everywherearoundthe world

Therellbe dancing

Allaroundthe world

Everyboyandgirl

Dancing in thestreet

-Fromyourneighborhood

down to Hollywood

-Dancing in thestreet

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