Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

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Drake & Josh Go Hollywood

DVD cover
Directed by Steve Hoefer
Produced by Dan Schneider
Robin Weiner
Joe Catania
Written by Story
Dan Schneider
Steven Molaro
Teleplay
Dan Schneider
Starring Drake Bell
Josh Peck
Miranda Cosgrove
Nancy Sullivan
Jonathan Goldstein
Music by Michael Corcoran
Cinematography Mike Spodnik
Editing by Marc Lamphear
Skip Collector
Distributed by Nickelodeon
Release date(s) January 6, 2006
Running time 73 min.
Country United States
Language English
Followed by Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp

Drake & Josh Go Hollywood is a TV movie starring Drake Bell and Josh Peck from the popular Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh. The movie first aired on January 6, 2006 and was released on DVD on January 31, 2006. The movie premiered on Nickelodeon Israel on September 19, Nickelodeon UK on October 26, 2006, and in Canada on YTV November 19, 2006. Additionally, it aired in Australia on Nickelodeon on December 16, 2006. According to TV Guide, the movie was the highest rated program on all of cable during its opening week.

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[edit] Plot

Drake Parker (Bell) and Josh Nichols (Peck)'s parents leave to go on a ten-day cruise, leaving Drake and Josh in charge. But when Drake and Josh accidentally put their little sister Megan (Miranda Cosgrove) on the wrong flight to Los Angeles, Drake and Josh leave to search for her in L.A., Once Drake and Josh figure out that she is okay, they decide to stay in L.A. for a while. But, Josh finds out that his G.O. (an MP3 player) was accidentally replaced with another guy's G.O. When the guy and his companion have a little "talk" with Drake and Josh on the G.O's, Drake and Josh runs around L.A in a stolen Viper which happens to be Tony Hawk's.

When the think they have lost them, Drake and Josh get pulled over by the L.A.P.D. But, the two "cops" happen to be two more guys who works with the other two guys. They kidnap Drake and Josh and take them to a warehouse and lock them away. Back when Drake and Josh were at the airport back in San Diego, Josh watched the news about some crooks who stole a money machine from the U.S Treasury Department three days ago. Josh figures out that they were the crooks. After making so much money, the crooks decide what they are going to do with Drake and Josh.

Meanwhile, Megan finds one of the crooks wallet in her hotel room. She has her limo driver take her to the warehouse, where she finds Drake and Josh. She alerts the police, but the connection goes out. Therefore, she sneaks into the warehouse and cuts on the large fan, which blows around all of the money. Drake and Josh finally escape The police come and arrest the crooks and Megan uses the money she acquires from the warehouse to help her get to Denver. Josh remembers that he met a guy in the hotel bathroom about having Drake to play on TRL. For capturing the crooks, the police offers to give Drake an escort to Sunset Studios. They arrive to TRL in time, which Drake performs his new song, "Hollywood Girl". After his performance, Drake and Josh cruise around and enjoy L.A, with two very pretty girls by their side.

[edit] Cast

Character Actor/Actress
Drake Parker Drake Bell
Josh Nichols Josh Peck
Megan Parker Miranda Cosgrove
Audrey Parker-Nichols Nancy Sullivan
Walter Nichols Jonathan Goldstein
Deegan Matt Newton
Brice Granger Nick von Esmarch
Milo McCrary John J. York
Ah'Lee Jorge Luis Abreu
MTV talent booker Jordan Belfi
MTV Secretary Colleen Kirley
Security Guard Dylan MacKenzie
Police Chief Michael Ralph
Tony Hawk Tony Hawk

[edit] Music

Along with the music composed for the film by Michael Corcoran, there were several songs featured in the movie.

  • "Steppin' Out" – Safety Orange
  • "To Save a Man" – Safety Orange
  • "Boyz" – Saucy Monky
  • "Find Your Own" – A Million Seeds
  • "A Little Bit Lonely" – Julie Gribble
  • "It's True" – Odds Against Tomorrow
  • "Hollywood Girl" – Drake Bell
  • "Don't Preach" – Drake Bell
  • "Get It Right" – Backhouse Mike
  • "Highway to Nowhere" – Drake Bell
  • "Summer Sun" – Safety Orange

[edit] Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (June 2009)
  • The video Josh was watching on his computer of Drake and his band was actually when Drake Bell guest starred in Zoey 101.
  • The film does not feature a laugh track. In addition, it was shot in widescreen and has movie camera angles, The movie also doesn't feature the theme song.
  • One of the guys that worked for TRL said to meet him at Sunset Studios at 4:00 for sound check. Sunset Studios is where shows such as Drake & Josh and Zoey 101 are shot.
  • When Megan's "Pacific Air" plane lands in LA, you can see the "American Airlines" logo on the tail.
  • When Drake and Josh's "Pacific Air" plane lands in LA, you can see the "Southwest Airlines" logo on the tail.
  • In "Drake and Josh Go Hollywood", Drake and Josh drive Megan to the airport in what looks like Drake's "muscle" Mustang. The next year during "My Dinner With Bobo" in Season 4, Drake tells Walter about this awesome retro Mustang. Josh adds that it has over 200,000 miles on it. Prior to that scene, Walter tells Drake that he had his own car which Drake replied "which I lost".
  • G-O is a parody of the iPod.
  • A book titled Drake & Josh Go Hollywood was released on November 1, 2006.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Viewers

Network Date Viewers
Nickelodeon January 6, 2006 13.42
Nickelodeon UK October 13, 2006 6.42

[edit] Ratings

Review Name Rating
Amazon.com Five Stars
IMDB.com 6.0 Stars
Flixter.com 73%
Epinions.com 4 1/2 Stars

[edit] Sequel

[edit] External links

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Drake & Josh
Episode list • Characters • Go Hollywood • Really Big Shrimp • Merry Christmas
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