Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

Director:

Steven Jacobson

Writers (WGA):

Carol Heikkinen (based on characters created by)
Karen Bloch Morse (written by)

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

Kenny Wormald	...	Tommy Anderson
Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Kate Parker
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Suzanne Von Stroh
Nicole Muñoz	...	Bella Parker
Christopher Russell	...	Sal
Peter Gallagher	...	Jonathan Reeves
Ethan Stiefel	...	Cooper Nielsen
Christian Vincent	...	Harris
Daniela Dib	...	Allison
Crystal Lowe	...	Lexi
Lucia Walters	...	Monica Straus
Cody Green	...	Nick Hoffman
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Valerie Taft (as Jacqueline Steuart)
Keith Martin Gordey	...	Mr. Von Stroh (as Keith Gordey)
Anthony Harrison	...	Mr. Parker
Kirsten Wicklund	...	Suzanne Groupie #1 / Stepsister (as Kristen Wicklund)
Christl Leslie	...	Suzanne Groupie #2
Walcott E. Morgan	...	Tow Lot Guy
Aliyah O'Brien	...	Dance School Receptionist
Deni DeLory	...	Dance School Instructor #1 (as Deni Delory)
Maya Massar	...	Dance School Instructor #2
Cameron Mckinlay	...	ABA Audition Voyeur
Viviana Cruise	...	Catering Girl (as Vivana Dal Cengio)
Sean Carey	...	Stage Door Guy
Tanya Champoux	...	ABA Receptionist
Aakomon Jones	...	Club Dance Ringleader (as Aakomon 'AJ' Jones)
Christopher Toler	...	Club Krumper (as Christopher Lil 'C' Toler)
Kenny Mugisha	...	Detroit Dancer
Jheric Hizon	...	Detroit Dancer
Misha Gabriel Hamilton	...	Detroit Dancer
Colin Trickey	...	Detroit Dancer
Kim Sato	...	Detroit Dancer
Arike Rice	...	Club Dancer
Amy Allen	...	Club Dancer
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Club Dancer
Kyle Toy	...	ABA Dancer
Marco Arimare	...	ABA Dancer
Brichelle Brucker	...	ABA Dancer
Felicia Lau	...	ABA Dancer
Peter Starr	...	ABA Dancer
Tara Wilson	...	ABA Dancer
Jaclyn Wheatley	...	ABA Dancer (as Jaclyn Weatley)
Danielle DeMi	...	ABA Dancer (as Danielle Demi)
Kevin Kong	...	ABA Dancer
Eric Burrough	...	ABA Dancer
Livona Ellis	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Tonya Tanner	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Nathalie Marrable	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Teghan Fedor	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Gillian Abbott	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Theresa Coombe	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer

Directed by
Steven Jacobson

Writing credits (WGA)
Carol Heikkinen		(based on characters created by)
Karen Bloch Morse		(written by)

Produced by
David Blackman	....	executive producer
Marcele Kutkauskaite	....	associate producer
Greg Malcolm	....	executive producer
Laurence Mark	....	producer
Vicki Sotheran	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Laura Karpman

Cinematography by
Dino Parks		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Ian Slater

Casting by
Stuart Aikins
Sean Cossey
Karen Meisels

Production Design by
Geoff Wallace

Art Direction by
Joanna Dunn

Set Decoration by
Tasha Moth
Henry Earle		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Angelina Kekich

Makeup Department
Naomi Bakstad	....	makeup department head (as Naomi Hirano)
Russell Brady	....	hair department head
Brenda Bakker	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Elisha Scott	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor
Donald Munro	....	unit production manager
Steve Tannen	....	executive in charge of post-production
Bill Wohlken	....	post-production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bobby Bastarache	....	first assistant director
Trevor McWhinney	....	second assistant director (as Trevor Mcwhinney)
Andrew Niiranen	....	second second assistant director
Simona Pandele	....	dgc trainee

Art Department
Graham Coutts	....	property master
Chris Thompson	....	construction coordinator
Don Anderson	....	props buyer (uncredited)
Paul Duffy	....	paint coordinator (uncredited)
Simone Gore	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
Phil Gough	....	property buyer (uncredited)
Wyatt Soutzo	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Joshua Adeniji	....	foley editor
Randy Babajtis	....	supervising sound designer (as Randy Babajitis)
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Ray Collins	....	playback sound
Robert Dehn	....	assistant sound editor
Levent Erdogan	....	foley editor
Jason Gaya	....	sound recordist
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Corey J. Grasso	....	assistant sound editor
Scott Hinkley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Howard	....	playback sound
Richard Kitting	....	sound editor
Tiffany Lentz	....	assistant sound editor
Zach Michaelis	....	foley mixer
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Sebastian Salm	....	production mixer
Nora Grace Sanchez	....	dance foley artist (as Nora Sanchez)
Colin Smith	....	boom operator
Vicki Vandegrift	....	foley artist (as Vicki O'Reilly Vandegrift)
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Phillip Young	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Myriam Cournoyer	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
James Betteridge	....	visual effects artist
Bruce Cathcart	....	opticals (as Bruce W. Cathcart)
A.J. Ullman	....	visual effects supervisor (as AJ Ullman)

Camera and Electrical Department
Garry Brook	....	key grip
Scott Clark	....	gaffer
Cynthia Greer	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Cam Hayduk	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer
Harvey LaRocque	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Harvey Larocque)
John Marilley-Bodner	....	best boy lighting
Ed McMahon	....	dolly grip (as Ed Mcmahon)
Tobias Sarin	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Fabio Sartor	....	second grip
Pieter Stathis	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Henry Zhao	....	additional second assistant camera
Warren Bruce	....	generator operator (uncredited)
Terry Calhoun	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Herb DeWaal	....	key rigging grip (uncredited)
Phillipe Lacroix	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Lee Washburn	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Joe Cappelletti	....	voice casting
Liam Corcoran	....	casting associate: Canada
J.J. Ogilvy	....	casting associate: Canada (as JJ Ogilvy)
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Odessa Munroe	....	dance casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christina Barry	....	costume supervisor
Marie Hock	....	assistant costume designer
Sara Rakhshandeh	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Bruce Cathcart	....	digital conform (as Bruce W. Cathcart)
Maureen Doyle	....	post-production coordinator
Andrew Drapkin	....	digital colorist
Brendan Walsh	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum	....	arranger: ballet piano
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum	....	assistant to composer
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum	....	performer: ballet piano
Christopher Violette	....	music supervisor
Shannon Halwes	....	music editor (uncredited)
Christopher Violette	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robert Buxton	....	transportation co-captain (as Bob Buxton)
David Halliday	....	transportation coordinator
Don Stenstrom	....	transportation captain
Lori Merchant-O'Dwyer	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Jamie Afifi	....	production legal services: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Petra Alexandria	....	executive: LMP
Marco Arimare	....	assistant choreographer: ballet
Ricardo Castro	....	main titles designer
Matt Clements	....	main titles designer
Robert Darwell	....	production legal services: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Aakomon Jones	....	choreographer (as Aakomon 'AJ' Jones)
Darren Kaliciak	....	production assistant
Dylan Kilgour	....	production assistant
Tricia Leigh	....	production coordinator
Dominic Main	....	location manager
Janice Melnyck	....	script supervisor (as Janice Melnyk)
Odessa Munroe	....	ballet choreographer
Marius Petipa	....	original choreography: Black Swan Pas de Deux
Nin Rai	....	catering: Truffles Fine Food
Arike Rice	....	assistant choreographer (as Ariké Rice)
Lapacazo M. Sandoval	....	unit publicist (as Lapacazo Sandoval)
Samantha Schwann	....	production clearances
Tracey Tolley	....	production assistant (as Tracy Tolley)
Kyle Toy	....	assistant choreographer: ballet
Laurie Watt	....	production accountant
Laura Adkin	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Kristian Bakstad	....	stand-in (uncredited)
G.K. Bowes	....	adr voice artist (uncredited)
Stephanie Herbert	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Brett Nielsen	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Paul Pawlowski	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Vyvan Pham	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Kinnon Ross	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Anthony Sabatini	....	security captain (uncredited)
Mike Witherington	....	security (uncredited)

Thanks
Carlos M. Arrea	....	special thanks
Gillian Murphy	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Stage 6 Films (presents)
• Laurence Mark Productions

Distributors

• LK-TEL (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• HTV / Illuminate (opticals) (VFX) (as HTV Illuminate)

Other Companies

• Freeman Casting  extras casting
• Truffles Catering Group  catering (as Truffles Fine Food)
• Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton  production legal services provided by (as Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP)
• Digital Cut Post Inc.  post production services by
• Sonic Magic  post production sound services provided by
• HTV / Illuminate  digital intermediate by (as HTV Illuminate)
• Scotiabank Dance Centre  special thanks to
• Harbour Dance Centre  special thanks to (as Harbour Dance Center)
• Wild Coyote Bar & Grill  special thanks to (as Wild Coyote Bar)
• City of Vancouver, The  special thanks to
• Kodak Canada  motion picture film (as Kodak)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  acknowledgment (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Sony Pictures Stock Footage  stock footage (uncredited)

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (#44011) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Stage 6 Films

Trivia:

G4's "Attack of the Show" star Candice Bailey auditioned for the film. During a director call back, she had to dance. During which she fell on her face.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Kate is re-applying for ballet school and the application states last name first. She writes "Kate" down.

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)

Soundtrack:

Raising the Barre

She's breaking all the rules....

I went into this movie with some very low expectations and was not disappointed.

Kate is a rebel ballerina, who eats chocolate and drinks beer, and who is pursuing her dream of dancing for one of the best Ballet Academies in the world - even though she's never had, you know, any kind of training. 'She has such passion' Why? because she smiled once during the audition? Yep, that's some hardcore passion right there.

The acting, or whatever the hell it was those people were doing, was absolutely atrocious. Probably some of the worst acting I've seen in awhile and I watch porn. Some white gay ballerina dude walking around saying 'Sick', 'Dope', 'Banging'. bleugh.

This movie was choc full of horribly contrived moments. What kind of club owner hires a girl as a waitress because she moves her ass in time with the music? How is it OK for her 10 year old sister to just get on a bus and travel to New York? It's all very stupid.

But not as stupid as the cringe-worthy 'dance' by the water fountain. It was the most horrible horrible thing I had ever seen, I prayed to the gods to strike me blind so as to never see that terrible thing again.

It's best altogether to stay as far away from this crap as possible.