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Release Date:
13 August 2003 (Philippines)
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One night can change a lifetime.
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The story revolves around Ben Mercado, a talented high school senior who has rejected his Filipino heritage...
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Birthday Party
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Debut
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dante Basco | ... | Ben Mercado (as Danté Basco) | |
| Jayson Schaal | ... | Doug | |
| Brian Card | ... | Dave | |
| Mindy Spence | ... | Jennifer | |
| Nicole Hawkyard | ... | Susie | |
| Brandon Martinez | ... | Rick | |
| Ernie Zarate | ... | Tito Lenny | |
| Gina Alajar | ... | Gina Mercado | |
| Emelita Moll | ... | Tita Connie | |
| Gina Honda | ... | Tita Florie | |
| Tirso Cruz III | ... | Roland Mercado | |
| Bernadette Balagtas | ... | Rose Mercado | |
| Rawlins Apilado | ... | Jun | |
| Derek Basco | ... | Edwin Mercado | |
| Joy Bisco | ... | Annabelle Manalo |
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The Mercado Family Debut
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Rated R for language.
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94 min | USA:88 min
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Bernadette Balagtas (Rose Mercado) had injured her ankle while basketball training for the movie. She had to wear an ankle brace throughout the entire filming schedule. The brace had to be digitally removed in one of the major dance sequences where her ankle is prominently featured.
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Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006)
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Fabulous!!! The casting was excellent on this film, having the oh-so-cute Basco brothers playing different roles from the sensitive and soft protagonist to the rough-and-ready gangster. Dante Basco's acting was just yummy-in-my-yummy-please-may-I-have-another exquisite. The character of the politically conscious character was captured well by the dark-and-lovely elder Basco brother. Dion Basco was a cute, little thing playing the clueless punk who was floored by Cupid's love tap towards the conclusion of the movie -- a bit of falling action, literally and figuratively. And then there was the other brother who played the antagonist with such an over-the-top masculinity that I was sure that there was something seething in his internal closet, just waiting to break out and scream "Purrrrr Purrrrr Purrrrrrrrrrr!!!!" My only problem is that the love interest and sister were played by females. How, pray tell, can that be so? Wasn't the movie suppose to be about a debut, or in other words, a "coming out"? In fact, no one came out in the film.