Step Up (2006)

Director:

Anne Fletcher

Writers (WGA):

Duane Adler (screenplay) and
Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Every second chance begins with a first step.

Plot:

In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in an Afro-American lower class neighborhood...

Plot Keywords:

College | High School | Musician | Mother Daughter Relationship | Death

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Channing Tatum	...	Tyler Gage
Jenna Dewan	...	Nora Clark
Damaine Radcliff	...	Mac Carter
De'Shawn Washington	...	Skinny Carter
Mario	...	Miles Darby
Drew Sidora	...	Lucy Avila
Rachel Griffiths	...	Director Gordon
Josh Henderson	...	Brett Dolan
Tim Lacatena	...	Andrew
Alyson Stoner	...	Camille
Heavy D	...	Omar
Deirdre Lovejoy	...	Nora's Mom / Katherine Clark
Jane Beard	...	Lena Freeman
Richard Pelzman	...	Bill Freeman
Carlyncia S. Peck	...	Mac's Mother (as Carlyncia Peck)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, brief violence and innuendo.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Hong Kong:IIA | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42658) | Ireland:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Malaysia:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Eketahuna LLC

Trivia:

All of the artwork displayed in the school comes from Carver Center for the Arts and Technology, a high school in Baltimore County. The artwork is from students in the visual arts prime.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nora is talking to Director Gordon about Tyler being her new dance partner, there are a few papers lying around on her desk. In the next shot, the paper is tidy. But after Tyler repeats himself as "adequate", her desk is back to messy again.

Quotes:

Tyler Gage: What? I'm not late
Nora: You're not dress either... You can change at the back
Tyler Gage: I can change here...
[taking of his jacket]
Nora: I told you to bring tights
Tyler Gage: Do I look like I own tights?
Nora: Shoes?
Tyler Gage: I move better with them

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2006-08-12)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Imma Shine

Step Up does justice to its genre by not pulling any stops in delivering a truly enjoyable movie

Choreographer and now director Anne Fletcher hits the mother lode with this gem of a dance flick! Having painfully seen similar dance-themed teen movies in the past (Take the Lead, Save the Last Dance, etc.), Step Up does justice to its genre by not pulling any stops in delivering a truly enjoyable movie. Hindi nagtipid sa pasikat.

Unlike similar movies where the audience agonizingly waits through scene after scene of boredom for a grand dance finale (which usually fails to enthrall anyway), Step Up treats the audience to several impressive, memorable sequences thoughtfully scattered throughout the movie. Finally, we are entertained by a dance flick where the leads (Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum) are both beautiful to watch, have good chemistry (enough to sustain the kilig factor) and can really deliver the moves.

Dewan is a superb dancer; she has a fabulously fit body, not the anorexic ballerina type, and she dons her outfits exceptionally well for someone who's only 5'3". It was also amazing to watch such a tall, gorgeous man like Tatum move the way he does (it must help that the boy knows his Kung Fu!). His deadpan facial expression makes his line deliveries unexpectedly funny. The supporting cast also amply sustains the rest of the story. Step Up churns out enough high points that you pardon its hiccuppy subplots and scene-stealing extras.