Fired Up (2009)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Will Gluck

Writer (WGA):

Freedom Jones (written by)

Release Date:

20 February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

2 Guys. 300 Girls. You Do the Math.

Plot:

The two most popular guys in high school decide to ditch football camp for cheerleader camp. For the girls and for the glory. |

Plot Keywords:

High School | Football | Illinois | Apology | Watching TV

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Nicholas D'Agosto	...	Shawn Colfax
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Nick Brady
Sarah Roemer	...	Carly
Molly Sims	...	Diora
Danneel Harris	...	Bianca
David Walton	...	Dr. Rick
Adhir Kalyan	...	Brewster
AnnaLynne McCord	...	Gwyneth
Juliette Goglia	...	Poppy
Philip Baker Hall	...	Coach Byrnes
John Michael Higgins	...	Coach Keith
Smith Cho	...	Beth
Margo Harshman	...	Sylvia
Hayley Marie Norman	...	Angela
Jake Sandvig	...	Downey
Nicole Tubiola	...	Marcy
Collins Pennie	...	Adam
Edie McClurg	...	Ms. Klingerhoff
Michael Blaiklock	...	Mookie
James Earl	...	Turk
Keeshan Giles	...	Kyle
Alan Ritchson	...	Bruce
Shoshana Bush	...	Girl
Casey Graf	...	Guy
Kelen Coleman	...	Maddy
Kate Lang Johnson	...	Jennifer
Jill Latiano	...	Haley
Amber Stevens	...	Sara
Dan Fine	...	Kreg
Steven West	...	Bill
Francia Raisa	...	Marly
Madison Riley	...	Lily
Joy Osmanski	...	Curious Cheerleader
Jessica Szohr	...	Kara
Tanya Chisholm	...	Denise
Krista Kalmus	...	Anna
Kate French	...	Cute Captain
Julianna Guill	...	Agy
Lindsay Schoneweis	...	Yet Another Girl
Heather Morris	...	Fiona
Kayla Ewell	...	Margot Jane Lindsworth-Calligan
Sandra Sanchez	...	Female Commentator
Brian Unger	...	Male Commentator
Masi Oka	...	Eagle
Libby Mintz	...	Janine
Lucy Griffin	...	Charlie
Karlee Eldridge	...	Matty
Nicholas James	...	Chester
Lance Kerfuffle	...	Mies Monahan
Andrew Fleming	...	Klete Vanderjack
Rebekah Giles	...	Tiger Cheerleader
Taisha Clark	...	Tiger Dancer #1
Amber Estrada	...	Tiger Dancer #2
Amber Exum	...	Tiger Dancer #3
Janelle Ginestra	...	Tiger Dancer #4
Erin Yvonne Hernandez	...	Tiger Dancer #5
Glenda Morales	...	Tiger Dancer #6
Katrina Norman	...	Tiger Dancer #7 (as Katrina Katie Norman)
Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Tiger Dancer #8
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Holly Lynch	...	Nick's movie date
Brea Renee	...	Tiger Cheerleader
Shannah Barrett	...	Student / Cheerleader (uncredited)
Hailey Bright	...	Hot Girlfriend (uncredited)
Dave Johnson	...	Fan (uncredited)
Roni Meron	...	Nick's Girlfriend / Makeout Girl (uncredited)
Carlos Nava	...	Student (uncredited)
Genia Nunez	...	Cardinal Cheerleader (uncredited)
Jean Louise O'Sullivan	...	Scorpion Cheerleader (uncredited)
Amy Paffrath	...	3rd Row Brunette (uncredited)
Jereena M. Palaganas	...	Cardinals Cheerleader (uncredited)
Jessica Provencher	...	Cheer Beauty (uncredited)
Desiree Rabuse	...	Scorpion Cheerleader (uncredited)
Jenny Robinson	...	Panthers dancer (uncredited)
Marquita Scott	...	Panthers Cheerleader (uncredited)
Efrem P. Towns	...	Football Player (uncredited)
Rob Watt	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Will Gluck

Writing credits (WGA)
Freedom Jones		(written by)

Produced by
Paddy Cullen	....	executive producer
Will Gluck	....	executive producer
Marcy Gross	....	executive producer
Matthew Gross	....	producer
Peter Jaysen	....	producer
Charles Weinstock	....	producer
Ann Weston	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Richard Gibbs

Cinematography by
Thomas E. Ackerman

Film Editing by
Tracey Wadmore-Smith

Casting by
Lisa Miller

Production Design by
Marcia Hinds

Art Direction by
Bo Johnson

Set Decoration by
Karen Agresti

Costume Design by
Mynka Draper

Makeup Department
Julie Kristy	....	key makeup artist
Adruitha Lee	....	hair department head
Marsha Shearrill	....	makeup artist
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup department head
Jose Zamora	....	key hair stylist
Elena Arroy	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Elena Arroy	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Theresa Velez	....	hairstylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Valerie Bleth Sharp	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Todd Amateau	....	first assistant director
Johnny Haddad	....	additional second assistant director
Anthony J. Nahar	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jeanne Bueche	....	assistant prop master
Jason Zev Cohen	....	assistant art director
Jackie Cook	....	art department assistant
Doug Crawford	....	propmaker
Ronald J. Cruz II	....	set dresser
William Eliscu	....	graphic designer
Joey Genitempo	....	stand-by painter
Damon Hight	....	propmaker foreperson
Jennifer Ho	....	set decoration buyer
Mike Horn	....	set dresser
Carolyn Lassek	....	assistant property master
Amanda Mendonca	....	set dresser
Meagen Minnaugh	....	art assistant
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman
Dennis Ogle	....	leadman
Aimee O'Shea	....	property assistant
John Risso	....	paint supervisor
Manny Rosario	....	set dresser
John H. Samson	....	construction coordinator
Lindsey Sjoberg	....	set dresser
Penny Smartt-Juday	....	art coordinator
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	illustrator
Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson	....	property master
Viva Wang	....	set designer
Emily A. Wilson	....	art department coordinator
Tommy Gutman	....	assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Anthony Adams	....	sound effects editor
Douglas Axtell	....	sound mixer
Kevin Patrick Burns	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott G.G. Haller	....	dialogue editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Sean McCormack	....	supervising sound editor
Will Riley	....	sound effects editor
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Wakeham	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
John Frazier	....	special effects supervisor
J.D. Schwalm	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Dave Isaac Santos Abuel	....	digital compositor
Casey Allen	....	senior flame artist
Spencer Armajo	....	Flame artist
Ido Banai	....	flame artist
Riley Benard	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios B.C.
Raoul Bolognini	....	visual effects producer
Charles Bunnag	....	digital matte artist
Trent Claus	....	flame artist
Natalie Coon	....	digital artist
Mike Diltz	....	digital compositor
Matthew G. Donnan	....	junior compositor
Safeer Ghaznavi	....	digital compositor
Chris Ingersoll	....	flame artist
Travis Wade Ivy	....	digital compositor
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: lola visual effects
Brian Nugent	....	Flame artist
Nicholas Onstad	....	digital compositor
Rocco Passionino	....	visual effects supervisor
Bethany Pederson	....	digital compositor
Marlon Perez	....	tracker/matchmover
Jeremiah Sweeney	....	Flame artist: Lola VFX
Bryan Taylor	....	visual effects artist
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: lola visual effects
Kazuyoshi Yamagiwa	....	Flame artist: Lola VFX
Jianru Yang	....	digital compositor
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects

Stunts
Troy Brown	....	stunt coordinator
Allison Caetano	....	stunts
Jeff Chumas	....	utility stunts
Colin Follenweider	....	stunt double
Conrade Gamble	....	stunt double
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunts
Bill Leaman	....	stunt rigger
Brittany Madrid	....	yoga choreographer
Johnny Martin	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Munce	....	stunt double
Brian Munce	....	stunt double: Nicholas D'Agosto
David Paul Olsen	....	stunt double
Allen Robinson	....	utility stunts
Mazio Royster	....	stunt coordinator: football sequences

Camera and Electrical Department
Ffilip Bolton	....	set lighting technician
Michael Enriquez	....	grip
Shawn Ensign	....	best boy grip
Scott Graves	....	chief rigging gaffer
Dave Gunderson	....	grip
Joe Hill	....	grip
Ken Little Jr.	....	assistant camera
David Maddux	....	chief lighting technician
Chuck May	....	grip
W. Ted Mayer	....	grip
Lloyd Moriarity	....	key grip
Chris Moriarty	....	grip
Tim Nagasawa	....	digital imaging technician
Charles Papert	....	Steadicam operator
Charles Papert	....	camera operator: "a" camera
David L. Parrish	....	camera operator: DP additional photography
Jay Pope	....	rigging grip
Chris Rauch	....	grip
Taj J. Teffaha	....	additional camera operator
Chris Updegrave	....	grip
Lance Jay Velazco	....	video assist operator

Casting Department
Joseph Wisniewski	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jen Buffo	....	wardrobe assistant
Roberto Carneiro	....	key costumer
Kathie Clark	....	costumes
Rani Cunningham	....	set costumer
Sister A. Daniels	....	costume supervisor
Katherine Dover	....	set costumer
Lindsey Kear	....	wardrobe production assistant
Jill Lucas	....	costumer
Julie Shack	....	set costumer
Lisa Wujick	....	costumer
Lori Jean Sacks	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Lorena Talpan	....	editorial production assistant

Music Department
Phill Boucher	....	music mixer
Todd Bozung	....	music editor
Wende Crowley	....	music supervisor
Gordon Fordyce	....	music mixer
Sherry Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Jeff Cadmus	....	driver
Neil Chisholm	....	driver
Jayson Ehlers	....	transportation co-captain
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Tina Peterson	....	driver
Irv Press	....	driver generator operator
Jack Jay Reece	....	driver: production van
John Yarbrough	....	driver

Other crew
Keith Balser	....	additional set production assistant
Brad Benedict	....	stand-in
Jody Blose	....	script supervisor
Michael T. Brady	....	marine coordinator
Eva Charney	....	dialogue coach
Deborah Chung	....	production assistant
Faith Conroy	....	script supervisor second unit
Douglas Dresser	....	supervising location manager: Screen Gems
Alicia Emmrich	....	assistant: Mr. Weinstock
Arturo Guzman	....	set production assistant
Mackenzie Horras	....	production assistant
Lindsay Hudson	....	medic
S. Dylan Kirkland	....	key assistant location manager
Kristofer Kolpek	....	staff set production assistant
Alix Large	....	accounting clerk
Jonathan Lewis	....	assistant choreographer
Jamie Lieberman	....	assistant: Ms. Cullen
Todd Manes	....	set production assistant
Sam Nainoa	....	set production assistant
Sandy O'Neill	....	publicist
Elyse Punia	....	production assistant
Lori Russell	....	assistant location manager
Jason Seaton	....	production assistant
Lauren Suarez	....	assistant production coordinator
Mark Swenson	....	production coordinator
Derek Wade	....	production secretary
Jen Willis	....	production assistant
Zachary Woodlee	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Gross Entertainment
• Moving Pictures, DPI
• Screen Gems
• Weinstock Productions

Distributors

• Audio Visual Enterprises (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (unrated)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (unrated)

Special Effects

• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• 424 Post  sound post-production
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Monster Picture Crane  stunt rigging crane
• NPI Production Services  payroll services - post production sound editors
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Star Waggons  hair and make-up trailers
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, partial nudity, language and some teen partying.

Runtime:

90 min | 91 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44274) | Australia:M | UK:12A | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Gross Entertainment

Trivia:

Written by 4 writers, credited simply as 'Freedom Jones'.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the "Coach Shit" scene the coach does say "shit" 10 times, one being quite unnoticeable. When he is supposed to say "six" he says "shit".

Quotes:

Shawn Colfax: You gotta risk it for the biscuit!

Movie Connections:

References "What Not to Wear" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Don't Make a Sound

Odd to say, but "great chemistry!"

Kudos to the casting agents for this one -- it's fun and lively and moves along steadily to the predictable happy ending, but along the way the dialogue is snappy, witty, and oddly believable. Why so? Hard to believe, but it was the great chemistry of the two bromantic leads! They play off each other perfectly, and because they're sharply versed with each other, it's instantly believable that they're also sharply-witted with others. It's rare to have the sex-hungry jock teens be intelligent too (smart jocks? Who'd buy that?), yet it works! I bought it, I laughed (a lot!) and I never reached a point where I thought the lead characters had stepped to a point of groan-ness. So kudos to the casting, and the lead actors themselves -- should the chance happen again, I'd gladly see another comedy with these two -- they make a good 'bro' pair.