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| Susie Q | |
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| Genre | Comedy Drama Family Fantasy |
| Written by | Shuki Levy Douglas Sloan |
| Directed by | John Blizek |
| Starring | Amy Jo Johnson Justin Whalin Shelley Long |
| Music by | T.H. Culhane Raul Fernandez Shuki Levy Laurence O'Keefe |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original languages | English German |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Shuki Levy Lance H. Robbins |
| Producers | James Shavick Rosanne Milliken |
| Cinematography | Robert Fresco |
| Editor | David M. Richardson |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | Libra Pictures Shavick Entertainment |
| Budget | CAD2,000,000 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Super RTL[1]
Disney Channel (U.S.) |
| Release | 1996 |
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Susie Q is a 1996 fantasy-comedy television film directed by John Blizek and starring Justin Whalin, Amy Jo Johnson[2] and Shelley Long. It originally aired on Super RTL in Germany, followed by Disney Channel's airing of it in the United States on October 3, 1996, as a Disney Channel Premiere Film.[3] The film tells the story of a young woman dying with her beau (Bentley Mitchum) on her way to their Winter Formal back in the mid-1950s and coming back to her old house 40 years later in order to help her parents avoid being kicked out of their trailer park home.[4] Later, Zach (Whalin) moves into Susie's (Johnson) old house, but he is the only one who is able to see Susie.
The film was given a "TV-G" rating, and was already cut for some profanity, but not all, when it primarily aired on the Disney Channel.[5]
This film is the only Disney-related title produced by Saban Entertainment and its extensions. As a project commissioned by Disney on behalf of Super RTL and Disney Channel, it was produced by Saban's adult unit Libra Pictures rather than the main, child-friendly Saban output. It was released as a Disney Channel Premiere Film (DCPF) in 1996, a year before Disney Channel Original Movies (DCOM) made its debut in 1997.
However, Disney never owned the Susie Q copyrights[6] until Disney in 2001 acquired Fox Family Worldwide, which includes Saban Entertainment/Libra Pictures and its assets.[7] Susie Q is the only Saban Entertainment property which contains Disney logos and images in promotional and distributional materials also to be directly Disney-branded among the properties including produced in company's both of Saban and Disney era. Consequently Susie Q rights are currently held by The Walt Disney Company through its subsidiary BVS Entertainment.
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- ^ Watch Susie Q - Disney Channel Movie Online | Trailer, Reviews, News | Movies | SideReel
- ^ "U.S. Copyright Office Public Records System". publicrecords.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ Aydınlı, Barbaros; Köksal, Çınar Anıl; Ilie, Iulian (2022-09-14). "Disney+ And Missing Saban Entertainment & Fox Kids-Jetix Worldwide Library - Drew Ryan | Drew's Clues". drewsclues.boo. Retrieved 2024-03-12.