ZOOMing Out

ZOOMing Out is a ZOOM feature film released on July 20th, 2001. The script was written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, the writer-director team behind the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall; and was directed by James Bobin, co-creator of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords.
A sequel, ZOOMers Recovery Time, was released a year later on July 16th.
== Plot ==
When ZOOM is cancelled due to PBS funding cuts, the ZOOMers are forced to go their separate ways. However, after seeing a tape in which a gang of trolls including one named Harold put WGBH Studios in fire, Caroline, Kenny, Rachel, former ZOOMer Keiko, and their new friend from space camp Stacia get the ZOOMers back together to stop Harold and save the day.
== Cast ==
* Matt Dillon as Harold, a CGI troll who lives in a small, cabinet-like door in Kenny and Caroline's temporary North Carolina home with other trolls.
* Jennifer Aniston as Stacia, a woman who works at Rachel's space camp and helps reunite the ZOOMers.
* Courteney Cox as Rosie, a kids' camp counselor whose class Buzz attended for a while after the ZOOMers broke up.
* Dave Grohl as Koony, a thug Kenny doppelganger who is a member of DOOM, a ZOOM tribute band.
* The DOOMers, a Richmond-based ZOOM thug tribute band whom Eric joins for a while.
**Maria Signorile as Caroloone
** Kayla S. Levels as Joosica "Joosie"
** Gina Marie Tortorici as Zooe
** Jessica Conde as Aloosa
** Gabriel Plener as Rooy
** Zachary Soza as Cloodio
** Thomas Sharkey as Ooric
* Kevin "Buzz" Fatt
* Caroline Botelho
* Eric Rollins
* Frances Dormond
* Kaleigh Cronin
* Kenny Yates
* Rachel Redd
* Keiko Mathewson
* Pablo Velez Jr.
* Celine Dion as Caroline's fairy godmother
* Julie Aigner-Clark as herself, the founder of the Baby Einstein Company, which Frances works on for a short period of time before the ZOOMers get back together.
* Mark Burr as himself, a man who works for the Baby Einstein Company and on "Baby Santa's Music Box," which Frances witnesses the filming of.
* Markie Scholz as herself, a puppeteer on the set of the Baby Einstein video "Baby Santa's Music Box," which Frances witnesses the filming of.
* Rob Corddry as First AD, who announces the commence of filming for Baby Einstein's "Baby Santa's Music Box"
* Alice Tai as 1998 Keiko, "Man or ZOOMer"
* Salma Hayek as Future Caroline
* Kids
** Aspen Clark
** Sierra Clark
** Gabrielle Margas
** John Margas
** Shelby Gary
== Songs ==
# ZOOM theme song - performed by the ZOOMers
# "Man or ZOOMer" - performed by Keiko Mathewson, 1998 Keiko, Caroline Botelho, and future Caroline
# "You'll Be in My Heart" - performed by the ZOOMers
# "Our Show" - performed by the ZOOMers
# "Memories" - performed by Eric Rollins and Frances Dormond
# "Let's Talk About Me" - performed by Harold
# DOOM theme song - performed by Eric Rollins and the DOOMers
# "My Heart Will Go On" - performed by Caroline Botelho
# "Something So Right" - performed by Caroline Botelho, Kenny Yates, Celine Dion, and the ZOOMers
# "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - performed by Stacia, Keiko Mathewson, Pablo Velez Jr., and the ZOOMers
== Trivia ==
* This is ZOOM's first theatrical film.
* When first released, the movie flopped at the box office, although many people went to see it in theaters.
* The movie was filmed in late 2000 and was released on June 24th, 2001.
* Fannee Doolee is only mentioned once in this movie. However, there are some scenes where ZOOMers speak in Ubbi Dubbi and one scene has the ZOOMers and Stacia reciting their address and zip code.
* The 70s show is mentioned several times in this movie.
* Unlike the TV series, the movie was dubbed in Spanish.
* It is revealed that Caroline received a Christmas video message from people who worked on Sesame Street.
* It is revealed that Rachel is ZOOM's biggest fan, even before she got on the show.
* Unlike most movies, ZOOMing Out rarely has fourth wall breaking.
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