Raise Your Voice (2004)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Sean McNamara

Writers (WGA):

Mitch Rotter (story)
Sam Schreiber (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Music | Romance

Tagline:

Don't give up. Don't hold back. (Australia DVD)

Plot:

A girl from a small town heads to the big city of Los Angeles to spend the summer at a performing arts high school.

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Stage Fright | Music School | Scholarship | Kitchen Scene

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Hilary Duff	...	Teresa 'Terri' Fletcher
Oliver James	...	Jay Corgan
David Keith	...	Simon Fletcher
Dana Davis	...	Denise Gilmore
Johnny Lewis	...	Engelbert 'Kiwi' Wilson
Rita Wilson	...	Francis Fletcher
Lauren C. Mayhew	...	Robin Childers
Kat Dennings	...	Sloane
Jason Ritter	...	Paul Fletcher
Rebecca De Mornay	...	Aunt Nina
John Corbett	...	Mr. Torvald
Carly Reeves	...	Kelly
James Avery	...	Mr. Gantry
Robert Trebor	...	Mr. Wesson
Steven T. Palmer	...	Street Drummer (as Steven '17' Palmer)

Also Known As:

Heart of Summer (Australia) (working title)
Untitled Christian Music Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements and language.

Runtime:

USA:103 min | Argentina:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:MG6 | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

Company:

Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment

Trivia:

Originally pitched as a "Christian Music Project" with Jaci Velasquez and Rachael Lampa suggested for the lead, and Kirk Franklin for the music teacher.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Sloan is practicing on a digital piano and her teacher is encouraging her, she is playing everything at the right time but none of the notes she plays are even close to what the audience is hearing.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mr. Holcomb: Have a very pleasant Summer everyone. Miss Fletcher, rehearsal tomorrow at four.

Movie Connections:

References Final Destination 2 (2003)

Soundtrack:

The Way You Do the Things You Do

Inspiring

I loved this movie just from watching the previews ..and I'm a huge Hilary Duff fan the day it came out i went to the theaters and the day it was released we were proud owners so meaning owning a copy of this movie its excellent its very inspiring and uh my dream is to become a singer/songwriter so this movie was very very inspiring to me and showed me u could do anything u put your mind to..anyone who hasn't seen it i recommend it to u this is one of my all time favorite movies i cannot forget..(i cried from like the very beginning) go out to the store and get it. Everyone of course has different opinions and points of view. but this is my honest opinion on this movie not just because I'm a big Hilary duff fan or anything like but i relate to tiny things in this movie like the fact that her dream is to sing. It has lots of emotion (this movie) and if there are any Hilary Duff fans reading this rite now..heres an awesome website that tells you anything u like to know about hil. www.oh-Hilary.com