Big Time Movie is a television film adaptation based on the Nickelodeon television series, Big Time Rush and the songs of The Beatles, which aired March 10, 2012 in the United States. It features the members of Big Time Rush visiting London for their world tour, where they also have to save the world. The film appears to be a loose remake of the film Help!, which featured the Beatles.
Plot
Kendall, James, Carlos, and Logan are on their plane ride to London, their first stop for their tour. They finally start off as they join Penny in a black spy van with an AI, while Gustavo and Kelly worry about what the boys are up to like causing trouble while they are away from them. Meanwhile, Gustavo and Kelly are mad at for the boys being late for their soundcheck rehearsal, and end up doing their best to find them. Meanwhile, for the storyline of Katie and Mrs. Knight, they were having their pastime with the Duke Of Bath which Katie really wants her mom to fall in love with over the pastime so Katie can become a princess like in her dream. While everyone's busy, and, the guys, including Penny disguise themselves so they could get past Moon's crew through the park so they could carefully get to the soundcheck. They don't really get to the park safely-they get into problems, like being chased by fans, being chased by a dog, and more. After the boys finish their soundcheck, they meet up with Penny backstage and rush to the field where Moon's helicopter landed. However, only the boys see Moon, Penny Wants to assault Moon to make sure he losses. The MI6 Agency figure out Moon's plan and try to stop him but can't because Moon is jamming communication signals so no one gets in his way. After the boys manage to defeat Moon and save Katie, the MI6 agents arrive at the scene to give the boys a helicopter ride to Hyde Park just in time for the boys to finally start their world tour. After finished their first tour concert, Gustavo finally allowed the boys to go anywhere, including of visiting every single tourist spot in London. As the boys realized they don't have a ride, Penny and Agent Lane coming back and offered them a ride. As the boys agreed to ride one more time, they ride off and disappear into the night.
Big Time Movie averaged 4.1 million total viewers and ranked as the week’s number-one telecast with kids 2-11, kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14. Over the whole weekend, Big Time Movie reached over 13.1 million total viewers.
Home media
The film was released on DVD on August 28, 2012, together with Rags.
Soundtrack
The Big Time Movie Soundtrack is the official soundtrack of the movie which features six songs from The Beatles. It was released on March 6, 2012. Because it sold over 10,000 copies in its first week, it debuted at number 44 on the top 200 charts in March, and also reached number 2 on the iTunes pop albums chart becoming a hugely popular release.
Awards and honors
The movie received a nomination at the 65th Directors Guild of America Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Program. It was also ranked the 4th Best Movie Overall of 2012 as voted by viewers on the Hit Zone Hit List website's best of 2012.
Track listing
The movie contains cover versions of several songs from The Beatles:
