Tiger Cruise (film)

Tiger Cruise
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Directed by	Duwayne Dunham
Written by	Anna Sandor Bruce Graham
Produced by	Bill Borden Barry Rosenbush
Starring	Hayden Panettiere Bill Pullman
Music by	Hayden Panettiere
Distributed by	Disney Channel
Release dates	August 6, 2004
Running time	88 min.
Language	English

Tiger Cruise (August 6, 2004) is the 53rd Disney Channel Original Movie. It stars Hayden Panettiere , Bill Pullman, and Hayden's real-life brother Jansen Panettiere (to date, this is the Panettiere siblings' first and only film together). The film's fictional events are intertwined with the real-life events of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Plot Summary

Maddie Dolan is on a mission to convince her dad to give up his naval career and come home to his family where he belongs. To do this, Maddie accepts her dad's offer to participate in Operation Tiger, a week-long cruise for family and friends aboard his aircraft carrier. Then, she sits down with her father and tries to convince him to find a job that would keep him close to home and his family.

Also along for the trip is Tina, whose older sister, Grace, is a Navy aviator. Tina is fascinated by military life and hopes to, one day, join her sister as a pilot. Grace has spent years trying to convince Tina that Navy life isn't as glamorous as it seems. In addition, there's Anthony, who's not interested in anything that's happening on board. He also thinks there's too many rules on the ship.

Maddie thinks her plans might actually work until September 11, 2001, two days into the cruise. When the ship goes into high alert, Maddie gets to see her father's courage, honor, and commitment to his family firsthand and discovers the importance of the sacrifice he makes to serve his country, and she now understands why her dad wants to (and has to) serve.

Tiger Cruise is a fictional story inspired by actual events on what happened aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64), as well as 9/11.

Inconsistencies

When the Constellation arrives at San Diego, California, Downtown San Diego is featured in the background showing the Twin Hyatts where only the first one had been completed by September 2001, roughly around the time of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Much of the movie was shot on board John C. Stennis (CVN-74) with additionally filming on board Nimitz (CVN-68) (the Constellation was decommissioned before production started). The hull numbers of all three ships are visible at various times throughout the movie. Actual crew members of the Stennis were used as extras, and a few can be seen wearing Stennis ballcaps instead of the prop Constellation caps.

Music

• My Hero Is You-Hayden Panettiere

Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Hayden Panettiere	Maddie Dolan
Bill Pullman	Cmdr. Gary Dolan
Bianca Collins	Tina
Nathaniel Lee, Jr.	Anthony
Mercedes Colon	Grace
Mehcad Brooks	Kenny
Jansen Panettiere	Joey
Lisa Dean Ryan	Diane
Troy Evans	Chuck Horner
Ty O'Neal	Danny Horner
Gary Weeks	Lt. Tom Hillman
Barbara Niven	Kate Dolan
Jennette McCurdy	Kiley Dolan
Mark Christopher Lawrence	Pop
Ben Schenk	Tiger Kid

Trivia

Tiger Cruise is one of the few Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOMs) to have a PG rating

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.

Tiger Cruise was based on real events which happened on CV-64 USS Constellation while on its week long trip to Hawaii. Crew members and their families were alerted about the events of the World Trade Center attacks. They only spent one day in Hawaii due to the seriousness and because they were on high alert.