Spy Kids
Directed by	Robert Rodriguez
Produced by	Robert Rodriguez
Written by	Robert Rodriguez
Starring	Alexa Vega Daryl Sabara Antonio Banderas Carla Gugino Alan Cumming Cheech Marin Tony Shalhoub
Distributed by	Dimension Films Troublemaker Studios
Release date(s)	March 30 2001
Running time	88 min
Language	English
Budget	$35 million (est.)
Gross revenue	$112,719,001 (US)
Followed by	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
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Plot

Carmen and Juni Cortez live with what they think are their boring parents. However, they don't know yet that they are secret spies. Their parents, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were married at the edge of a cliff. During the wedding ceremony, a strange helicopter flies overhead. They escape the attack by jumping off the cliff, landing in a boat with a "Just Married" banner in the back. They retire from the OSS, the spy organization they were working for, to raise their family. Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez is a fictional character in the Spy Kids films, played by Alexa Vega. ... Juni Rocket Racer Rebelde Cortez is a fictional character in the Spy Kids films played by Daryl Sabara. ...

Ten years later, the family is facing some problems. Carmen enjoys tormenting her younger brother to a fault, who does not have many friends. In fact, the only enjoyment in his life comes from watching "Floop's Flooglies", a children's TV show starring a man named Fegan Floop, his sidekick Alexander Minion, and strange, humanoid Flooglies that speak in gibberish. Gregorio longs to return to his life as a spy, while Ingrid just wants everyone to be happy.

Trouble begins when Gregorio is called in on a mission to locate some OSS Agents that have gone missing. The latest disappearance was that of Donnagon. The next morning, as Juni watches Floop's show, the strange host introduces a new Flooglie character- "Donnamight." Gregorio and Inez realize that the strange character resembles Donnagon. The camera reveals that Floop is actually working for a villain named Mr. Lisp, and was paid quite a lot of money to develop an army to take over the world. Lisp is unhappy with the Flooglies, and is prepared to cut all funding for the project. Floop and Minion quickly present their latest idea-the Spy Kids, child-sized robots that have the athletic prowess and intelligence of the world's best spies. Unfortunately, the robots are currently brainless-but Floop has a plan...

Back at the house, Gregorio and Ingrid receive a message that the missing spies have been located. They call an old ally, Uncle Felix, to watch the kids. Unfortunately, the message was a trick-Ingrid and Gregorio are captured in Floop's twisted, fun-house like castle! When Lisp's allies attack the house, Felix reveals the secrets of their parent's pasts to Carmen and Juni. They protest- "they're not cool enough!" But when Felix opens the secret passage that leads to the parent's secret spy workshop, the kids are convinced. Felix manages to program a sub to take them to a safe house just as he is captured. His last message is "Find the OSS! Tell them the Third Brain lives!"

In Floop's Castle, Ingrid and Gregorio escape their holding cells, staring at the Flooglies that speak desperate gibberish to them. They find Floop in his dining room, where he uses a TV to demonstrate his evil Flooglie technology-on Felix! Minion turns a clay version of Felix's head into a disgusting, bald-headed creature and presses a button, transforming the poor man into "the new character for the Christmas season." Gregorio asks why they have been captured, and Floop reveals that he wants the Third Brain. It seems that long ago, Gregorio worked on the "Ten Brains" project for OSS. Its mission was to create extremely life-like brains out of technology. OSS canceled the project, but Gregorio decided to keep the one he was working on. Now, Floop plans to use the brain to make his Spy Kids intelligent-and has Carmen and Juni versions ready to recover it!

At the safe house, the kids experiment with gadgets until a lady appears at the door-Ms. Gradenko. She claims to be with the OSS, and reveals Floop's plots to the kids. She also reveals that the gibberish the Flooglies speak is just a desperate cry for help backwards- "Floop is a mad man, help us, save us!" Carmen gives them Gradenko Felix's message, and she and her men tear the place apart until they find the Third Brain. Carmen and Juni realize that they are actually plotting with Floop, and use the gadgets in the safe house to stop them long enough to recover the brain and escape.

While exploring the nearby city, Carmen and Juni run into the robotic versions of themselves, who manage to steal the Third Brain. The kids need help, and turn to an old wedding photo of their father and another man for a clue. The man is Machete, the children's uncle. He makes spy gadgets for a living. When the Cortezes beg for help, Machete refuses, as he and Gregorio had a fight years ago. Instead, the kids steal some gadgets and sneak off to Floop's castle themselves.

In the castle, Floop has become troubled by all of the evil deeds he must perform-all he really cares about is his show. Unfortunately, Minion has bigger plans, and turns on Floop. He traps him in the Image Room where the show is filmed and mutates Gregorio into a Flooglie. While this is happening, Carmen and Juni sneak into the castle and begin to explore. The two are separated, and Juni finds Floop in the Image Room. They talk, and Juni angrily yells at Floop for being evil. Floop explains that he is actually just cowardly, and terrified of what stronger people might do to him if he disagrees. Juni inspires him not to give up, and helps him to escape. Inspired, Floop frees Ingrid and turns the captured Flooglies back to their old selves. Juni then uses his amazing ability to mimic voices to lure Minion to the Transforming Room, and the family teams up to transform him!

Floop realizes that the Third Brain has already been copied and ingrained into every Spy Kid's head, and runs off to try to reverse the process before they can leave the castle. The Cortezes team up in the main room and prepare to fight Lisp, Gradenko, and even Minion, who now has four heads and three arms. Minion summons the Spy Kids, and the family prepares to fight-even Machete, who appears at the last minute to provide support. Floop is suddenly struck with inspiration thanks to Juni's words. The Spy Kids are programmed to do only evil deeds...so he changes their understanding of right and wrong! The newly happy robots play with the villains by tossing them into the air, and the whole family returns home. In the end, Floop uses the Carmen and Juni robots on his show, which prove to be just what it needs, and the chief of the OSS (George Clooney in an obvious cameo) summons Carmen and Juni to another mission. George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–99), and his rise as an A-List movie star...

Cast

• Alexa Vega - Carmen Cortez
• Daryl Sabara - Juni Cortez
• Antonio Banderas - Gregorio Cortez
• Carla Gugino - Ingrid Cortez
• Alan Cumming - Fegan Floop
• Danny Trejo - Machete
• Cheech Marin - Felix Gumm
• Tony Shalhoub - Alexander Minion
• Teri Hatcher - Ms. Gradenko
• Emily Osment - Gerti Giggles
• Robert Patrick - Mr. Lisp

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Soundtrack

The film score is written by John Debney and Danny Elfman, with contributions from a variety of others, including director Robert Rodriguez and Marcel Rodriguez. Among Elfman's contributions is "Floop's Song (Cruel World)", which is performed by Alan Cumming. Los Lobos covers the Tito Puente song, "Oye Como Va" (adapted as "Oye Como Spy" by David Garza and Robert Rodriguez). The song was nominated for "outstanding song in a motion picture soundtrack" at the 2002 ALMA Awards. The closing theme, "Spy Kids (Save the World)", is by the Los Angeles indie pop band Fonda. In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Image File history File links 3. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ... The Faculty is a 1998 horror/science-fiction film, written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodríguez. ... Spy Kids is a name of a movie trilogy released from 2001 to 2003. ... John Debney (born Glendale, California, 18 August 1956) is a prolific American film composer who received an Oscar nomination for his score for Mel Gibson`s The Passion of the Christ. ... Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician who led the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer / songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995, and has composed film scores extensively since 1985s Pee-wees Big Adventure. ... Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ... Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor best known for his film roles of Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United and on the stage with his Tony Award-winning performance as the Emcee in the highly successful revival of Cabaret. ... Los Lobos is an American rock band, heavily influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk, R&B, blues, and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. ... Tito Puente Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. ... Oye Como Va is a song written and composed by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente and popularized by Carlos Santanas cover of the song in 1970 on his album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Top 100. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Alma Awards or American Latino Media Arts Awards are distinctions awarded to Latino performers (actors, film and television directors, and musicians) who promote positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment field. ... In the context of popular music, the term indie (from independent) is often used to refer to a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by (real or perceived) independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach. ...

The score won an award at the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards.

Track listing

1. "Cortez Family" (Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Teixeira Pereira, Harry Gregson-Williams) – 1:39
2. "My Parents Are Spies" (Danny Elfman) – 2:09
3. "Spy Wedding" (Los Lobos, Robert Rodriguez) – 2:11
4. "Spy Kids Demonstration" (John Debney, Robert Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez) – 1:06
5. "Parents on Mission" (John Debney, Danny Elfman, Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Teixeira Pereira) – 1:17
6. "Kids Escape House" (Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Teixeira Pereira) – 3:14
7. "Pod Chase" (John Debney, Danny Elfman, Harry Gregson-Williams) – 1:38
8. "The Safehouse" (John Debney, Danny Elfman) – 0:47
9. "The Third Brain" (John Debney, Robert Rodriguez, Marcel Rodriguez) – 1:00
10. "Buddy Pack Escape" (Danny Elfman) – 1:39
11. "Oye Como Spy" (Davíd Garza, Tito Puente, Robert Rodriguez) – 2:59
    • Performed by Los Lobos
12. "Floop's Song (Cruel World)" (Danny Elfman) – 0:59
    • Performed by Alan Cumming
13. "Spy Go Round" (Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Teixeira Pereira, Marcel Rodriguez) – 2:11
14. "Minion" (Chris Boardman, Gavin Greenaway, Heitor Teixeira Pereira, Robert Rodriguez) – 1:03
15. "Sneaking Around Machetes" (Danny Elfman) – 0:35
16. "The Spy Plane" (John Debney, Danny Elfman) – 1:29
17. "Floop's Castle" (Chris Boardman) – 1:29
18. "Final Family Theme" (Harry Gregson-Williams) – 1:44
19. "Spy Kids (Save the World)" (Emily Cook, David Klotz and Dave Newton) – 2:20
    • Performed by Fonda

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Awards

External links

• Spy Kids at All Movie Guide
• Spy Kids at the Internet Movie Database