Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century is a 1999 American film directed by Kenneth Johnson. It is a Disney Channel Original Movie and was released on January 23, 1999.
The film is the first instalment in the Zenon film series.
== Plot ==
The year is 2049 and Zenon Kar is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family on an Earth-orbiting space station. After Zenon gets into trouble with the space station's commander, Edward Plank, her parents punish her by sending her to Earth to live with her Aunt Judy. On Earth, Zenon experiences trouble fitting in with other kids, who consider her name, space-station stories and slang to be weird. Likewise, Zenon considers the children at her school woefully out of touch with pop culture. Eventually, Zenon makes friends on Earth with two boys: Andrew and Greg (with whom she develops a relationship). Along the way, the kids learn to be more accepting of one another and to look past first impressions.
During her time on Earth, Zenon uncovers a plot masterminded by station bigwig Parker Wyndham to use a computer virus to crash the space station and collect the insurance money. When Zenon tries to warn her parents of the danger, Commander Plank, who sees all children as troublemakers, convinces Zenon's parents not to listen to her. Plank believes that her story is only a plot to get back onto the space station to attend an upcoming concert by her idol Proto Zoa and his pop-rock group Microbe.
Andrew and Greg join in to help Zenon find a way to save the people on the space station. Andrew creates a computer antivirus, but Zenon must get Andrew's disk to the space station. Zenon goes to the launch yard, hoping to sneak onto a rocket to the space station. Proto Zoa, who is about to depart for the concert, recognises Zenon from a "Dance with Proto Zoa" contest, has her join him on the launch to the station. Wyndham and Lutz enter the rocket to try to stop Zenon, and Aunt Judy follows them. Upon arrival, Commander Plank is shocked to see Zenon, but lets her stay when he becomes smitten with Aunt Judy. Plank still won't believe Zenon's story, especially when Wyndham accuses her of trying to sabotage the station. Zenon manages to load Andrew's antivirus program on the station's computers in time. Wyndham is arrested with his assistant Lutz while everyone else enjoys the Microbe concert.
== Cast and Characters ==
* Kirsten Storms as Zenon Kar
* Raven-Symoné as Nebula Wade
* Lauren Maltby as Margie Hammond
* Stuart Pankin as Commander Edward Plank
* Holly Fulger as Aunt Judy Cling
* Phillip Rhys as Proto Zoa
* Frederick Coffin as Parker Wyndham
* Bob Bancroft as Mr. Lutz
* Greg Thirloway as Mark Kar
* Gwynyth Walsh as Astrid Kar
* Danielle Fraser as Lynx
* Brenden Richard Jefferson as Andrew
* Blair Slater as Aquillat
* Zach Lipovsky as Matt
* Neil Denis as Leo
* Gregory Smith as Greg
* Kea Wong as Gemma
* David Meyer as Proto Zoa's Groupie
== Sequels ==
* Zenon: The Zequel
* Zenon: Z3
Category:Zenon
Category:Disney Channel Original Movies
Category:Films
Category:Live-action Films
Category:1999 Films
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