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:

Stolen Car | Death | Break Up | Singing | Mother Daughter Relationship

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Eketahuna LLC

Trivia:

The original title of this film was going to be "Music High".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Miles comes to take his laptop in the Dance Room, he has his laptop in his hands when leaving, after talking to Tyler. However, when Nora comes in with Brett to talk about finding her new dance partner, Miles' laptop is back again at the table in the background. A while later, his laptop is not there anymore.

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!

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me

STEP UP to a magical film of dance, diversity, rhythm and blues

What a wonderful surprise to find such a terrific film of dance and music in STEP UP and the actors/dancers were out of this world. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan are magic on the screen and the music is sensational. My friend, Alia, from UCLA, had raved about this film and wanted me to see it, and I am so glad that I did. I found not only the music and dancing, but the story set in the jungle of a big city of young black men and a young white man struggling to survive and come up with fulfilling lives, to be a journey that is true to the lives of so many young men and women today in metropolitan cities in the USA.

Duane Adler and Melissa Rosenberg have created a film in STEP UP that just hits your heart and soul with the character development created through the actors music and dance, and the sets and costumes which fit each character. I didn't want this film to end, but the last scene is just the one you wanted to see and feel. With STEP UP, you have a strong story, incredible music, wonderful young actors in a diverse world, and the hope that now their young lives can really begin. Loved this film.