Sky High
Short description
Will Stronghold is the teenage son of two of the world's most famous superheroes, the Commander and Jetstream. He is expected to follow them into the family business, but he has not developed any powers of his own. Instead of an ordinary high school, he attends Sky High, a floating institution where students with abilities are trained either as heroes or as sidekicks. Will must navigate classes, friendships and the pressure of his parents' reputation while hiding the fact that he may have nothing extraordinary to offer.
Mike Mitchell directed the film, which came after his earlier comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and Surviving Christmas. Michael Angarano plays Will, with Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston as his parents, Danielle Panabaker as his friend Layla, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Gwen Grayson and Bruce Campbell as Coach Boomer. The screenplay was written by Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley and Paul Hernandez, and Andrew Gunn produced. Made for about 35 million dollars, the film took in roughly 86 million worldwide, a solid return for a family adventure.
On IMDb it holds a 6.3 rating from around 101,000 votes, and on TMDB it also sits at 6.3, from roughly 2,500 votes. A critics' score of 6.6 from 127 reviews places it slightly above those audience figures. The result is a film that found a reasonably broad audience without becoming a standout of its year.
What's left behind the scenes
- Kurt Russell's suit had a cooling system built in (a closed system of tubes through which cold water circulated). Kelly Preston's suit, in turn, fit so tightly to the body that a cooling system simply wouldn't fit inside.
- Initially, it was planned that Linda Carter's character would wear gold bracelets – as a reminder to viewers of her role as Wonder Woman, which she played in the television series of the same name from the 1970s. The owner of the rights to the Wonder Woman character, Warner Bros., objected to the bracelets appearing in a film by Walt Disney Pictures, so the idea had to be abandoned.
- It was originally intended to cast an athletic actor in the role of Impulse, but Will Harris impressed the assistant director in charge of casting so much during the audition that the role was rewritten specifically for Harris.
- Gwen Grayson owes her first and last name to characters from two different franchises – Gwen Stacy from Marvel's Spider-Man comics and Dick Grayson from the DC Comics universe.
- Initially, the heroine's costume, as worn by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, was purple and gold, but during final editing, the colors were changed to black and gold.
- During filming, a romantic relationship developed between Michael Angarano and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, as well as between Steven Strait and Danielle Panabaker. Detailed information about this can be found in the DVD edition of the film.
- Cloris Leachman starred in the television series “Wonder Woman” (1975) as Hippolyta, the mother of the main character played by Lynda Carter.
- Dave Foley, who plays Mr. Boy, and Kevin McDonald, who portrays Mr. Bashki, once performed with the Canadian sketch comedy troupe "The Joyful Tablet" (1988-1994).
- During filming, romantic relationships developed between Michael Angarano and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, as well as between Stephen Strait and Danielle Panabaker.
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