Shredderman Rules
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| Shredderman Rules | |
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| Directed by | Savage Steve Holland |
| Produced by | Lauren Levine/Joel S. Rice (executive), Gerald T. Olson (producer), Aaron Staudinger (associate) |
| Written by | Russell Marcus, Wendelin Van Draanen (book) |
| Narrated by | Devon Werkheiser as Nolan Byrd |
| Starring | Devon Werkheiser Dan Roebuck Andrew Caldwell Tim Meadows Dave Coulier Mindy Sterling Francia Almendarez |
| Music by | Paul Doucette |
| Cinematography | William D. Barber |
| Editing by | Cindy Parisotto |
| Distributed by | Nickelodeon Original Movie |
| Release date(s) | June 9, 2007 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Shredderman Rules is a 2007 television movie based on Wendelin Van Draanen's Shredderman book series. It originally aired on Ned/Shred Weekend along with the series finale episode of Ned's Declassified on June 9, 2007, and had 3.9 million viewers, surpassing Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up by 700,000 people on Nickelodeon. The film is also the first film to be aired under the Nickelodeon Original Movie banner
The film stars Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide's Devon Werkheiser as Nolan Byrd (also known as "Shredderman"). Shredderman Rules chronicles Nolan's attempts at stopping Bubba Bixby (Andrew Caldwell) from bullying him by setting up a website and pretending to be "Shredderman."
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The release was August 28, 2007 along with The Last Day of Summer and the Ned's Declassified episode Guide to: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, & Weasels.
[edit] Plot
In Shredderman Rules, Devon Werkheiser plays Nolan Byrd, an 8th grader who, along with many other kids, is bullied by Bubba Bixby (Andrew Caldwell). When his teacher Mr. Green (Tim Meadows) announces that he wants his class to do a multimedia project, Nolan decides to do his project on Bubba. Nolan goes undercover, spies on Bubba, films him bullying kids at his school, and airs it on his new website www.shreddermanrules.com. Nolan takes the name "Shredderman" (Mr. Green labeled his test with a personal note "You Shred, Man!") because he doesn't want anyone to know he was behind this. Bubba gets in trouble with the principal Dr. Voss (Mindy Sterling) after she sees what Bubba has done. Nolan goes farther. He tapes the evils that faculty do around the school, especially that of Dr. Voss, and they get busted. Nolan soon finds out that Bubba's dad, (Daniel Roebuck) who is a big-time owner of a sewer company, wants to destroy a pond and turn it into a sewer for the city. Nolan tries to stop it by putting it on his web site, and word quickly spreads about this. Although some agree with the idea, most people hate it, and many kids get together and protest. Nolan does research on the construction and tries to see if he can stop it.
Meanwhile, Nolan's dad (Dave Coulier), a writer for the newspaper, tries to be the first one to get the story on the construction. Bubba and his dad do bad things and blame Shredderman. Bubba steals Claudette, the guinea pig who belongs to Isabel (Francia Almendarez), Nolan's crush. Max, who used to be Nolan's best friend, helps Nolan, even though he's on Bubba's side. They go to the pet shop and retrieve Claudette, who almost gets run over by a sewage truck. The day that the deed is expected to be signed for construction, kids protest. Nolan sneaks into a tree and controls two airplanes and a boat to ruin the signing. The treaty gets blown onto a nearby truss being used as part of the stage, and Bubba's dad Bob climbs the truss to retrieve it. Mr. Green and Nolan's Dad are there, and Nolan's dad is taking all the events down so he can publish this story. When the treaty is retrieved, a small model boat come by the shore of the pond and Bob's voice is heard on it, saying he doesn't care about nature or the pond. Dr. Voss tries to stop Nolan, as she is romantically involved with Mr. Bixby, but she gets covered in blue slime. Bob and Bubba are exposed.
Bob is arrested and forced to do community service at Nolan's school. The principal's face is blue because the slime dried and is "given a vacation" by her bosses. Nolan's dad got published and goes to Britain to write a bigger story and leaves the family for a small trip. Everyone knows about Shredderman, and everyone wants to meet him, but Nolan doesn't tell anyone that he is Shredderman. He goes on with his life like a normal kid. Nolan finally asks out Isabel (but not before she does a few Lois Lane-like guessings at who Shredderman's true identity is) on a date, and she accepts. She then reveals that her guinea pig, Claudette is pregnant but still wonders how it had happened. Everything works out in the end.
[edit] Cast
- Devon Werkheiser as Nolan Byrd/Shredderman
- Tim Meadows as Mr. Green
- Andrew Caldwell as Alvin "Bubba" Bixby
- Daniel Roebuck as Bob Bixby
- Mindy Sterling as Dr. Sheila Voss
- Dave Coulier as Steven Byrd
- Clare Carey as Mrs. Byrd
- Francia Almendarez as Isabel Lopez
- Kendre Berry as Max Smith
- Marisa Guterman as Miriam
[edit] Trivia
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- The film's theme song is "Better Days" by Paul Doucette.
- To create the cartoon segments within the movie, talent from the flash animation site Newgrounds.com was hired, including David Gemmill, and Ryan Khatam.
- Nolan's computer in his bedroom appears to be a normal PC, however, he has a keyboard designed for the Apple Computer desktop Mac products.
- A Sega Dreamcast video game console is seen when Max is playing a video game while Nolan wants to talk to him about saving Claudette.
- Tim Meadows and Dave Coulier Previously Worked Together on The Even Stevens Movie.
- When Nolan is riding home from the petstore and almost run over by Bixby, his license plate said "901 UTE" which if turned into letters is "polute".
[edit] Differences from the Book
- Nolan is only in 5th grade in book
- In Book 1 there is no pond
- Bubba's dad was never mentioned as being part of the sewage business in book
- Isabelle, Claudet , Diego and Tina are not in book
- Bubba names Nolan "Bird-Turd" in the movie, but just "Nerd" in the book ( Turd is mentioned in the book once)
- In the book Nolan's grandma does not appear
- Max was never said to be Nolan's friend
- Miriam is not weird in the book
- Mr. Green is Caucasian in the book, he is also a "Happy Hippie" (Bubba's nickname for him)
