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 an Afro-American 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 of 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 ...

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Plot Keywords:

school | dance | dancer | student | dance partner | 

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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 [us] United International Pictures [fr]

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:

£1,212,725 (UK) (27 October 2006)

Gross:

£4,386,801 (UK) (1 December 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

Director of photography Michael Seresin has a cameo as the janitor who hands Channing Tatum a mop and bucket at the start of the film.

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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

Mac Carter: [after the girl he was making out with leaves because his little brother interrupts them] I swear to God- you must have all the recessive genes in the family!

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Connections

Referenced in Parks and Recreation: Are You Better Off? (2013)

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Soundtracks

"80's Joint"
Written by Raphael Saadiq, Kelis (as Kelis Rogers), Robert Ozuma and Robert Bacon
Performed by Kelis
Courtesy of LaFace Records
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

User Reviews

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.