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Kelly Collins: It's alright, we can try again next year.
Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: Unfortunately... there isn't going to be a next year for me.
Kelly Collins: But why?
Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: My dad's been posted to Europe, so I'm moving.
[pauses]
Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: But it is my hope that you, Cadet Kelly, will one day become a platoon leader, and have to deal with little maggots...
[laughs]
Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: like yourself.
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[last lines]
Kelly Collins: [narrating] Since this is my first autobiography, I might not have gotten everything right, but the events are true, the feelings are genuine, and my memoirs are finished. But, I might've forgotten what everyone was wearing.
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Kelly Collins: I would really like to retain my individuality.
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[repeated line]
Brad Rigby: And that's an order.
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Kelly Collins: I am afraid of heights I am even hoping i won't get to tall!
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Cadet Captain Jennifer Stone: Once a maggot, always a maggot.
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Kelly Collins: [to Brad Rigby, while shining boots] Excuse me, sir, may I borrow some spit? I promise I'll pay you back!
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Description
Hilary Duff stars as Kelly Collins, an artistic, fashion-minded teen who's forced to go from flashy fab to olive drab at her new stepdad's military academy in this delightful comedy. As the clumsiest, most clueless recruit ever to botch basic training, Kelly seems to be fighting an uphill battle to fit in. But it's all-out war when she butts heads with Cadet Captain Stone (Christy Carlson Romano), a tough-as-nails, by the book "commanding officer" determined to break her spirit. See how once-carefree Kelly keeps it together amidst endless rules and regulations to win Stone's respect, and still manages to leave her own unique mark on the school.
Amazon.com
Presented by the producers of Private Benjamin, Cadet Kelly is the story of a young teenage girl's dilemma when her life of free-spirited creativity and unmasked familial love collides with a world of extreme military discipline and reserve. Kelly Collins, played by Hilary Duff, is a happy student at New York Middle School of the Arts whose whole world changes dramatically when her mother marries an army captain who's just been promoted to Commandant at George Washington Military Academy. Thrust into a rigid world of obedience that frowns upon creativity and individuality, Kelly manages to make one close friend, but clashes with Cadet Captain Stone (Christy Carlson Romano) and is eventually court-martialed. Sentenced to maintain the equipment for the drill team, Kelly's disdain for the team suddenly evaporates when she glimpses the beauty and creativity involved in their precise maneuvers. Eventually, Kelly experiences significant personal growth, finds an outlet for her creativity, and begins to forge an important connection with her new stepfather. DVD extras include commentary by Christy Carlson Romano and Aimee Garcia, a "learning the drills" segment with Hilary Duff and Christy Carlson Romano, a "drill team challenge" interactive game that will have viewers doing everything from lacing up a boot to deciphering military time, and a DVD-ROM party planner. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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