Step Up (2006)

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Director:

Anne Fletcher

Writers:

Duane Adler (screenplay), Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay)

Stars:

Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Damaine Radcliff

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Channing Tatum	...	Tyler Gage
Jenna Dewan Tatum	...	Nora Clark (as Jenna Dewan)
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)

Storyline

In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in a lower class neighborhood. His best friends are Mac Carter and his little brother Skinny Carter and they used to hang around together, going to parties and stealing cars. After being expelled from a party, the trio breaks in the Maryland School of Arts and commits vandalism, destroying the stage. Tyler is arrested and sentenced to 200 hours of community service in the school and Director Gordon assigns him to help the janitor cleaning the place. One afternoon, the ballet dancer Nora Clark sees Tyler dancing in the parking area and when her partner Andrew has a strain and Tyler offers to help her in the choreography, she accepts the offer; they rehearsal and become close to each other while Tyler becomes friend of the students Miles Darby and Lucy Avila. When Andrew returns, Tyler that is known for quitting everything he starts gives up dancing and leaves Nora alone. After an incident, Tyler ...

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Plot Keywords:

dance | school | dancer | student | showcase | 

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Taglines:

Every second chance begins with a first step.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [United States] United International Pictures [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Let's Dance

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$20,659,573 (USA) (11 August 2006)

Gross:

$65,269,010 (USA) (13 October 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Offspring Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Channing Tatum - not a professional dancer - was initially really intimidated about appearing in the film, alongside people who had been dancing their entire lives.

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Goofs

In the scene where Tyler goes to the Maryland School of the Arts to apologize to Nora before the ballet class, they are walking along the side of the school, but as they walk, they don't make any progress down the sidewalk. The scene was clearly filmed in segments that don't coordinate.

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Quotes

Lucy Avila: [talking about Colin] He's sophisticated,a real man.
Miles Darby: Sophisticated? A real man? Yeah, his butt is gonna be surrounded by sophisticated in jail. How long you had your license? 6months? 7?
Lucy Avila: I am very mature for my age. Thank You.
Miles Darby: Oh yeah, that's great! That's so perfect for the witness stand!

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Crazy Credits

During the credits, clips from a contest held by the movie along with Ciara for dancers to submit videos via MySpace are shown.

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Connections

Referenced in On the Set: Step Up (2006)

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Soundtracks

(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me
Written by Sean Paul (as Sean Paul Henriques), Donovan Bennett, Nigel Staff, Jason Henriques, Ron Fair, and Keyshia Cole
Produced by Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett
Keyshia Cole produced by Ron Fair
Performed by Sean Paul featuring Keyshia Cole
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
Keyshia Cole appears courtesy of A&M Records

User Reviews

following in others footsteps

Step Up is a fair dance film about some kids that get their big performance break. The film is average in every way with little more for the viewer. A jock fights external prejudices to become a dancer with an accomplished partner and a teach who sees something special. The acting was fine, but the dialog and directing had little to add to overcoming a predictable story. None the less you still feel quite good about the outcome of the film. There were some dark scenes and some typical generalizations about dancers that went a little overboard. This is a class B+ film with moderate continuity errors and dialog mishaps. The scenery was good and the characters held true to life. It is worth the watch if you like that kind of film.