Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Steven Jacobson

Writers (WGA):

Karen Bloch Morse (written by)
Carol Heikkinen (characters)

Release Date:

1 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

From the streets to the stage. The dream remains the same.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Second Part | Sequel | Hip Hop | Dance

Cast

Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Kate Parker
Kenny Wormald	...	Tommy Anderson
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Suzanne Von Stroh
Peter Gallagher	...	Jonathan Reeves
Ethan Stiefel	...	Cooper Nielson
Lucia Walters	...	Monica Strauss
Nicole Muñoz	...	Bella Parker
Daniela Dib	...	Allison
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Carey	...	Guy at Stage door
Danielle DeMi	...	Dancer #4
Cody Green	...	Nick Hoffman
Crystal Lowe	...	Lexi
Nathalie Marrable	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Maya Massar	...	Dance Teacher
Aliyah O'Brien	...	Secretary
Christopher Russell	...	Sal
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Club Dancer
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Valerie Taft
Kyle Toy	...	Pas De Deux Dancer
Christian Vincent	...	Harris Web
Tara Wilson	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer

Also Known As:

Center Stage 2 (USA) (working title)
Centre Stage: Turn It Up (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Laurence Mark Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the beginning of the movie there is a dance scene taking place in the streets of Detroit, in it cars are shown with front and back Michigan license plates. In Michigan there are no front license plates only rear ones.

Quotes:

Tommy Anderson: OK, well I suck at it and... I need some help.
Kate Parker: Well that's why your at the ABA.
Tommy Anderson: Yeah, I know they'll give me steps but... they cant give me what I really need.
Kate Parker: And what do you really need?
Tommy Anderson: Fire.
Kate Parker: What?
Tommy Anderson: My instructor told me to find fire.
Kate Parker: What, and I look like two sticks you can rub together?
Tommy Anderson: Kinda.

Movie Connections:

Follows Center Stage (2000)

Kate was great!

Before watching this movie I did look it up here at IMDb, and did notice it didn't really have great ratings. Well, so glad I went with my vibe and watched it anyway. I loved the film. About Kate (Rachele Brooke Smith), I very much enjoyed watching her in this film. I've never heard of her before, but now I know who she is. Aside overall pretty (adorable smile) and cool dancer, personally, I think she did very good in her role as Kate. Somebody commented that she looks like Ashley Simpson (dark hair, pre-op Ashley). I agree, in quite a few scenes, I thought so, too, and I couldn't help for a moment to wonder if Ashley Simpson might've been a good Kate, too. Well, actually, probably, she would've done okay with the ballet dancing scenes since I hear that Ashley Simpson used to dance ballet when she was younger. But as for the other dancing styles performed in this movie, the only other kind of Ashley dancing I'm familiar with aside her ballet is the "Ashley Ho-down" thing. So, on second thought, nope. I don't think it would've been appropriate for this film. Picturing her as Kate, no. I think they definitely chose the appropriate actress for this film. I'm glad they went with Rachele Brooke Smith. She owned the part. She owned the dance floor. I look forward to seeing her in other cool films such as this. I give her and the overall movie a "10"!