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Actors: Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy Director: Nicholas Hytner Rating: Features: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 116 minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Release Date: October 24, 2000 Theatrical Release Date: May 12, 2000 Studio: Sony Pictures
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The hopes and dreams of a supremely gifted group of young ballet students will ride on the evaluations of the American Ballet Company. What emerges is the euphoria and disappointment of taking Center Stage.System Requirements:Starring: Amanda Schull Zoe Saldana Susan May Pratt Peter Gallangher Donna Murphy and Ethan Stiefel. Directed By: Laurence Mark. Running Time: 116 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Columbia TriStar Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396052901
The primary appeal of dance movies is the dancing, with some added emphasis on the romance the art expresses. Center Stage wins on these counts, despite its reveling in overly familiar characters and formula plotting. Or maybe this reveling is responsible for what goofy fun this film is. The arduous task of becoming a professional ballet dancer is incarnated by many good-looking teens, all stock dance-film characters affectionately portrayed mostly by newcomers. But center stage holds Jody Sawyer Amanda Schull, who may never be a great ballerina, but she's certainly one sexy jazz dancer. Then there's the arrogant genius Ethan Stiefel, the dictatorial impresario Peter Gallagher, the demanding instructor, the bulimic, the stage mother, etc. As we follow these characters, the message develops that one should let go and do what feels good. Jody may not be ballet material, but she scorches the stage when she's uninhibited. And that's really the fun of this movie, which is never seriously interested in ballet to begin with. One ludicrous scene depicts one of the dancers quitting because she realizes she never wanted to be a dancer to begin with but was pushed into it by her overbearing mother. She stands up to mom in the lobby of the auditorium where she's supposed to be performing, the music of her piece providing a syrupy backdrop to her little drama. When she's finished talking, she walks off to the audience's unwitting applause. The scene is so ham-handed you can't help but laugh at its audacity, if that's what it is. The rest of the film is not so overdone, but it's all fun. --Jim Gay
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