Center Stage (2000)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Nicholas Hytner

Writer (WGA):

Carol Heikkinen (written by)

Release Date:

12 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

Life doesn't hold tryouts.

Plot:

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Dancer | Dancing | Love | Dance

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Amanda Schull	...	Jody Sawyer
Zoe Saldana	...	Eva Rodriguez (as Zoë Saldana)
Susan May Pratt	...	Maureen Cummings
Peter Gallagher	...	Jonathan Reeves
Donna Murphy	...	Juliette Simone
Debra Monk	...	Nancy Cummings
Ethan Stiefel	...	Cooper Nielson
Sascha Radetsky	...	Charlie Sims
Julie Kent	...	Kathleen Donahue
Ilia Kulik	...	Sergei
Eion Bailey	...	Jim Gordon
Shakiem Evans	...	Erik Jones
Elizabeth Hubbard	...	Joan Miller
Victor Anthony	...	Thomas
Christine Dunham	...	Audition Teacher

Also Known As:

Centre Stage (Australia)
City Ballet (USA) (working title)
The Dance Movie (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some sensuality.

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Brazil:12 | Malaysia:U | Finland:S | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:A | France:U | Germany:12 (original rating) | Germany:o.Al. (video rating) | New Zealand:M | Norway:A | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37228) | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Fordham University, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Columbus Avenue & 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

When Cooper blows Jody off after the performance and walks off with another girl ( leaving Jody standing alone by the door) the "other girl" is played by Ethan Stiefel's real-life girlfriend, ballerina Gillian Murphy.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the film, when Jody and Eva leave to smoke, the number on their dorm door says 903C, later when Jody, Maureen, and Eva leave to celebrate Eric's birthday, their dorm door says 903A.

Quotes:

Charlie: Whatever you feel, just dance it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2000-05-13)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Get Used to This

Cliché city, but I LOVED it!

Let's see--you've got a bunch of young hopefuls in a tough ballet school in NYC--you have the tough, but lovable, black girl; the token gay man; the sweet virginal heroine; the arrogant Russian guy; the sweet lovable guy who's perfect for the sweet heroine, but she doesn't know it; the b**** who's starving herself to death; the guy who loves her and wants to help her; the tyrannical (but lovable) ballet teachers--yep, they're all here! The script is utterly predictable, you know how it's going to end 10 minutes into the movie, but I loved it! The acting is surprisingly good, it's beautifully filmed, the whole cast is attractive and the dancing is simply superb. I wasn't bored once during the entire 2 hours. Well worth seeing.