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Step Up (2006) -- US Home Video Trailer from Touchstone Pictures
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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   18,832 votes
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Director:
Anne Fletcher
Writers (WGA):
Duane Adler (screenplay) and
Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 August 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
Every second chance begins with a first step.
Plot:
In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage lives with his foster parents in an Afro-American lower class neighborhood... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
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User Comments:
A Wonderful and Delightful Surprise more (250 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Channing Tatum ... Tyler Gage

Jenna Dewan ... Nora Clark

Damaine Radcliff ... Mac Carter
De'Shawn Washington ... Skinny Carter
Mario ... Miles Darby

Drew Sidora ... Lucy Avila

Rachel Griffiths ... Director Gordon

Josh Henderson ... Brett Dolan

Tim Lacatena ... Andrew

Alyson Stoner ... Camille

Heavy D ... Omar

Deirdre Lovejoy ... Nora's Mom / Katherine Clark

Jane Beard ... Lena Freeman
Richard Pelzman ... Bill Freeman
Carlyncia S. Peck ... Mac's Mother (as Carlyncia Peck)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, brief violence and innuendo.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42658) | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-7 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:PG
Filming Locations:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Company:
Eketahuna LLC more

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Trivia:
Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum, the actors who played the protagonists of this movie, got married in July of 2009. They met on the set of Step Up. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Tyler goes to the Maryland School of the Arts to apologize to Nora before the ballet class, they are walking along the side of the school, but as they walk, they don't make any progress down the sidewalk. The scene was clearly filmed in segments that don't coordinate. more
Quotes:
Mac Carter: [seeing tyler teaching a bunch of people the dance he and Nora made up] Man, what is this?
Tyler Gage: It's part of my community service
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Movie Connections:
References "The Jerry Springer Show" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Damn more

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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A Wonderful and Delightful Surprise, 7 November 2007
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Baltimore, the troublemaker and street dancer Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) lives with his foster parents in an Afro-American lower class neighborhood. His best friends are Mac Carter (Damaine Radcliff) and his little brother Skinny Carter (De'Shawn Washington) and they use to hang around together, going to parties and stealing cars. After being expelled of a party, the trio breaks in the Maryland School of Arts and commits vandalism, destroying the stage. Tyler is arrested and sentenced to 200 hours of community service in the school and Director Gordon (Rachel Griffiths) assigns him to help the janitor cleaning the place. One afternoon, the ballet dancer Nora Clark (Jenna Dewan) sees Tyler dancing in the parking area and when her partner Andrew (Tim Lacatena) has a strain and Tyler offers to help her in the choreography, she accepts the offer; they rehearsal and become close to each other while Tyler becomes friend of the students Miles Darby (Mario) and Lucy Avila (Drew Sidora). When Andrew returns, Tyler that is known for quitting everything he starts gives up dancing and leaves Nora alone. After an incident, Tyler has to decide to follow his dream or return to his life of rebel loser.

"Step Up" was a wonderful and delightful surprise for me. The heartwarming romantic story shows a perfect chemistry between Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, supported by a magnificent cast and awesome songs and choreographies of dance. There are also drama and tragedy, funny moments and I recalled Alan Parker's "Fame" and "Center Stage" with the students following their dreams in an art school. The characters are nice, the actors and actresses are excellent and I have really loved this movie. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Ela Dança, Eu Danço" ("She Dances, I Dance")

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