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DVD Features
- DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
- Running Time: 92 minutes (4 episodes)
- 1.33:1 Fullscreen (Original Broadcast Ratio)
- Dolby Digital 5.1 (English)
- Episodes originally aired between Aug. 18, 2006 and Nov. 3, 2006
- Suggested Retail Price: $19.99
The Movie
The show Hannah Montana has taken the Disney Channel by storm—the show airs several times daily, and child star Miley Cyrus and her dad, country singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus, are laughing all the way to the bank.
The show chronicles the young teenage life of Miley Stewart, who spends her mornings in school, her afternoons at the beach, and evenings rocking out as pop superstar Hannah Montana. Sounds like the perfect life for any 15-year-old. The fly in the ointment is the lengths Miley and her family will go to keep her stardom a secret—so she can have a relatively normal childhood. This means a lot of silly wigs and mustaches, running behind bushes, and hand-wringing over who can know the “secret.”
As cheesy as the show sounds, it’s actually entertaining by Disney Channel standards. The cast have a likable quality, especially her brother Jackson (Jason Earles) and her best friend, Lilly (Emily Osmet, sister of famous former child star Haley Joel Osmet). The plot lines may be lame, but the kids make the most of them. The tunes used in the show are catchy. Miley’s outfits are cute and pretty darn modest, which I applaud as a parent looking for positive examples for my kids.
While I don’t have anything against the show I am puzzled as to how Disney is releasing the episodes onto DVD. Last year Hannah Montana: Living the Rock Star Life came out on DVD with a paltry four episodes, and this new release does the same. In this set, all of the four episodes follow the same general storyline having to do with Miley’s love/hate relationship with movie star and fellow student Jake Ryan (Cody Linley). Since there are only four episodes on the DVD, there must be some smokin’ extras, right? Right?
The episodes
“New Kid in School” (23:39) – Originally airing on Aug. 18, 2006, this episode debuts Jake Ryan, who joins Miley’s school as a big-time television star. Miley gets fed up with the star treatment he is receiving at school from teachers and other kids, and decides to “come out” as Hannah Montana to the world. Her plan soon backfires, so bring out the crazy wigs and mustaches!
“More Than A Zombie To Me” (22:39) – Originally airing on Sept. 8, 2006, this episode continues with the Jake Ryan theme, “Hannah” guest stars as a Zombie girl on his television show and learns that Jake really likes a girl at his school named Miley Stewart. Zoinks!