A government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.A government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.A government agent trains Cody Banks in the ways of covert operations that require younger participants.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNatalie Connors was named after producer Dylan Sellers' daughter Natalie Sellers who asked for Hilary Duff to play the role. The real Natalie has a cameo in the film as well.
- Goofs(at around 4 mins) Also in the opening action scene, the Volvo skids to a stop at the edge of the railroad track, where the train scrapes against the car's front left corner, shooting off sparks. When the front of the car is next shown, there is no damage whatsoever.
- Quotes
[using code to identify herself]
Ronica Miles: Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.
Cody Banks: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Ronica Miles: Bubble gum, bubble gum, in a dish.
Cody Banks: How many pieces do you wish?
Ronica Miles: This is what happens when you design a codebook in summer camp.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, the distributor chose to cut sight of a dangerous imitable combat technique (double ear clap) in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Hunted/Agent Cody Banks/Willard (2003)
- SoundtracksHot in Herre
Written by Chuck Brown, Nelly (as Cornell Haynes, Jr.), and Pharrell Williams (as Pharrell L. Williams)
Performed by Nelly
Courtesy of Universal Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Cody Saves The World And Gets Grounded
Taking advantage of a couple of hot teen television properties at the time, MGM fashioned this fantasy for kids about a typical teenage boy with one big secret. Agent Cody Banks is a CIA operative, part of a special program that trains kids for special missions. And in the title role Frankie Muniz gets to do them, providing he's not grounded.
The other hot property at the time was Hilary Duff who was in Disney's Lizzie McGuire series while Muniz was doing Malcolm In The Middle. She's Frankie's assignment, Duff is the daughter of a scientist who's gone missing and Frankie has to both protect her and find out what's going on.
It's something big all right, scientist Martin Donovan has invented some kind of artificial life that will eat anything carbon or silicon based. That could wreak a lot of havoc in the wrong hands.
Donovan is Duff's father, as for Muniz's parents they are unbelievably clueless, but that's part of the charm of these films. One who's not clueless is Muniz's immediate superior and handler Angie Harmon. She's got a great scene in the prep school where Muniz has been put to be close to Duff with some of the adolescent males there.
Agent Cody Banks with the star power of two current teen idols made a lot of money, so much so a sequel was made. Now if they had really wanted to do something different, they'd have made Duff the secret agent with Muniz her assignment.
The other hot property at the time was Hilary Duff who was in Disney's Lizzie McGuire series while Muniz was doing Malcolm In The Middle. She's Frankie's assignment, Duff is the daughter of a scientist who's gone missing and Frankie has to both protect her and find out what's going on.
It's something big all right, scientist Martin Donovan has invented some kind of artificial life that will eat anything carbon or silicon based. That could wreak a lot of havoc in the wrong hands.
Donovan is Duff's father, as for Muniz's parents they are unbelievably clueless, but that's part of the charm of these films. One who's not clueless is Muniz's immediate superior and handler Angie Harmon. She's got a great scene in the prep school where Muniz has been put to be close to Duff with some of the adolescent males there.
Agent Cody Banks with the star power of two current teen idols made a lot of money, so much so a sequel was made. Now if they had really wanted to do something different, they'd have made Duff the secret agent with Muniz her assignment.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Cody Banks
- Filming locations
- School of Theology, University of British Columbia, Robson Square Campus - 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(William Donovan Preparatory School)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,938,330
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,064,317
- Mar 16, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $58,795,814
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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