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After being cast in the hit teen sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989), six unknown young actors must deal with the Hollywood spotlight and the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.After being cast in the hit teen sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989), six unknown young actors must deal with the Hollywood spotlight and the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.After being cast in the hit teen sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989), six unknown young actors must deal with the Hollywood spotlight and the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Taylor Russell
- Lark Voorhies
- (as Taylor Russell McKenzie)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaMany of the original show's core cast members - including Tiffani Thiessen, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley - have gone on record denouncing this film and the memoir it is based on. Dustin Diamond himself has stated that many of the events in his memoir were greatly embellished by a ghostwriter, and that, in fact, most of the events depicted in the book are completely untrue. Nevertheless, Diamond serves as an executive producer for this film.
- GoofsWhen Tiffani-Amber and Elizabeth sign in to audition for the role of Kelly, the sign-in sheet shows Taylor Parker auditioning for the role of Jessie Spano. However, after Tiffani-Amber and Elizabeth audition, it's revealed there are only two female roles (Kelly and Lisa), and the producers wish to create a new role (Jessie) specifically for Elizabeth. Therefore the role of Jessie Spano couldn't have existed yet when the girls signed the sign-in sheet before the audition.
- Quotes
Mark-Paul Gosselaar: Look. The point of this is for the show to work, we have to help each other. If we're having fun, the audience will feel that. It's true.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Dwayne Johnson/Mel B/Chronixx (2014)
Featured review
Not Really Bad At All
The low score for this made-for-TV biopic on the iconic kid's series SAVED BY THE BELL was based on a book that none of the cast liked, written by Dustin Diamond, an actor none of the kids liked either, who played the comic relief Screech on the series: so the fans are probably siding with the cast about how this movie plays loosely with the facts...
The only thing is, there aren't many facts here at all... Nothing too controversial or that would make any of the real life actors look like they did anything wrong, other than argue with each other backstage, which is par for the course...
Overall it's not too shabby a biopic, even beginning with a few scenes about the first Haley Mills series from which it spun-off...
So it all flows pretty well, done in a breaking the 4th wall style that "Zack Morris" would do in the original series (inspired by older shows like Gidget and before that, Dobie Gillis)...
Only here, Dustin Diamond's persona takes the reigns (basically saying it's "his turn" to speak this time)... and while he provides his narration, the people in the scene would freeze (like the end of the Night Squad episodes)...
Meanwhile the girls don't look like their real life counterparts too much, but they are extremely cute in their own way... as for the guys, they kind of go through the motions...
Of course the true star here is Dustin Diamond's character and they make him the most vulnerable, being his story...
The only silly thing is, they make it seem as if Diamond didn't get girls and was an outcast/loser in real life, when in reality, he probably landed as many groupies as the more typically-handsome actors... but my parents once saw Don Knotts with a blonde on each arm, so life DOES NOT imitate art...
All celebrities have a great time, for a while, no matter how their careers eventually pan out.
The only thing is, there aren't many facts here at all... Nothing too controversial or that would make any of the real life actors look like they did anything wrong, other than argue with each other backstage, which is par for the course...
Overall it's not too shabby a biopic, even beginning with a few scenes about the first Haley Mills series from which it spun-off...
So it all flows pretty well, done in a breaking the 4th wall style that "Zack Morris" would do in the original series (inspired by older shows like Gidget and before that, Dobie Gillis)...
Only here, Dustin Diamond's persona takes the reigns (basically saying it's "his turn" to speak this time)... and while he provides his narration, the people in the scene would freeze (like the end of the Night Squad episodes)...
Meanwhile the girls don't look like their real life counterparts too much, but they are extremely cute in their own way... as for the guys, they kind of go through the motions...
Of course the true star here is Dustin Diamond's character and they make him the most vulnerable, being his story...
The only silly thing is, they make it seem as if Diamond didn't get girls and was an outcast/loser in real life, when in reality, he probably landed as many groupies as the more typically-handsome actors... but my parents once saw Don Knotts with a blonde on each arm, so life DOES NOT imitate art...
All celebrities have a great time, for a while, no matter how their careers eventually pan out.
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