Every Little Step (2008)

Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.

Directors:

Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern

Stars:

German Alexander, Bob Avian, Justin Bellero

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
German Alexander	...	Himself (as German Santiago)
Bob Avian	...	Himself - Revival Director
Justin Bellero	...	Himself
Michael Bennett	...	Himself - Original Choreographer & Director (archive footage)
Jay Binder	...	Himself - Revival Casting Director
Kelly Bishop	...	Herself (archive footage)
John Breglio	...	Himself - Revival Producer
Candy Ann Brown	...	Herself
Nigel Columbus	...	Himself
Michelle Liu Coughlin	...	Herself
Charlotte d'Amboise	...	Herself - Cassie Auditionee
Jacques d'Amboise	...	Himself
Nicholas Dante	...	Himself (archive sound)
Mara Davi	...	Herself - Maggie Auditionee
Natascia Diaz	...	Herself - Cassie Auditionee

Storyline

Starting at midnight January 26, 1974, dancer and choreographer Michael Bennett held a twelve-hour taped get-together with twenty-two dancers talking about themselves, he not knowing exactly where it would lead. It would become the genesis for what has become one of the most influential Broadway musicals of all time, and a show which speaks to theatrical dancers' hearts: "A Chorus Line". In 2008, a Broadway revival of the show is being mounted, with many involved in the original production part of the creative team behind the revival. The issue for the revival's creative team is to make the show and the casting fresh, while respecting the original, where the characters, their stories and their related songs all came out of the 1974 dancers' stories, they who were cast in the original production. Although the names and the faces have changed from 1974, the dancers auditioning mirror many of the stories and issues faced by those original dancers. As such, they "really want this job" as ...

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Plot Keywords:

dancer | audition | chorus line | casting | mirror | 

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Taglines:

The journey of 'A Chorus Line'.

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Genres:

Documentary | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some strong language including sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Sonyclassic [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 June 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Every Little Step: The Journey of a Phenomenon

Filming Locations:

42nd Street Studios, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$68,504, 19 April 2009, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,724,351, 4 October 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

Endgame Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although this film is classified as a documentary, Charlotte d'Amboise, one of the stars of the revival of A Chorus Line, told Playbill Magazine that several scenes in the film, including the ones in which she and Jessica Lee Goldyn get phone calls informing them that they have been chosen for the cast, were staged - recreated for the documentary cameras. d'Amboise said that when they filmed her pretending to receive the news that she'd been cast, there was actually no one on the other end of the phone line with her.

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Quotes

Baayork Lee (Herself): Eat nails!

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Alternate Versions

The version being sold on iTunes appears to be edited for language. Several instances of the word "fuck" have been re-dubbed with the tamer "frick", and other instances have just been poorly edited out. Strangely though, not *all* instances of the word have been expunged, so it's curious why some have been removed and not others. The version on the DVD remains completely uncut.

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Connections

Features Hullabaloo: Episode #2.30 (1966)

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Soundtracks

Fame
Written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford

User Reviews

Misleading Movie

I share lor_'s dismay at the distortions and omissions in "Every Little Step". To ignore the contributions of James Kirkwood, Ed Kleban and all the actors in the original cast is appalling. McKechnie and Lee, the only two original cast members, have managed to turn "A Chorus Line" into a positive, but it took the other cast members years of negotiation and the threat of litigation to receive more than the pittance they received from their stories. As an aside, is any movie viewer so naive as to believe that Charlotte D'Amboise just happened to have the camera film her actual casting moment? We ain't that dumb. Disappointing on so many levels.