Tiger Cruise (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Duwayne Dunham

Writers (WGA):

Anna Sandor (written by) and
Bruce Graham (written by)

Release Date:

6 August 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

Maddie wanted a father. What she found was a hero.

Plot:

In the wake of the World Trade Center attacks, a naval carrier with civilians on board is ordered in combat mode. |

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Boy | Cook | Unruly Children | Disobedience | Responsibility

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Hayden Panettiere	...	Maddie Dolan
Bill Pullman	...	Cmdr. Gary Dolan
Troy Evans	...	Chuck Horner
Bianca Collins	...	Tina Torres
Nathaniel Lee Jr.	...	Anthony
Mercedes Colon	...	Lt. Grace Torres
Mehcad Brooks	...	Kenny
Jansen Panettiere	...	Joey
Lisa Dean Ryan	...	Diane Coleman
Ty O'Neal	...	Danny Horner
Gary Weeks	...	Lt. Tom Hillman
Chris Ellis	...	Captain Anderson
Barbara Niven	...	Kate Dolan
Jennette McCurdy	...	Kiley Dolan
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Pop

Runtime:

Brazil:88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

USS John C. Stennis, Pacific Ocean

Company:

First Street Films

Trivia:

Tiger Cruise is one of the only two DCOMs to bear a Viewer Discretion warning at the beginning of the film. However, it encourages family viewing so that the family watching it could talk about the movie and the events of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The other such movie was Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006) (TV).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): As the air hostess goes to take Jansen Panettiere's character, Joey, up the escalators she calls him Jansen, his real name.

Quotes:

Cmdr. Dolan: [after he shows Maddie his quarters] I do outrank you just a bit.

Movie Connections:

References Pearl Harbor (2001)

Soundtrack:

My Hero Is You

One of the better Disney TV movies

Where Disney movies have been cheesy in the past, Tiger Cruise is definitely an exception. It follows a Navy Brat's journey on a "Tiger Cruise" only days before 9/11.

I think this film really captures the emotion of a lot of people who were involved in this atrocity, and really helps people understand how hard people had to work to keep themselves calm.

It was a stunning performance by Hayden Panettiere who is a star in her own right, and her brothers acting was on par to hers. I would like this film to be shown on other Disney Channels, ie Disney Channel UK, as I reckon it would help people understand 9/11 a lot better. A brilliant, wonderful, and touching movie.