| | | Life doesn't hold tryouts.
Features: DVD, Special Edition, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound
Follow a group of ballet students in the competitive world of professional dance where they must devote themselves to their art with the rigor of Olympic athletes. While experiencing the joys, sorrows and conflicts of youth they vie for a place in a prestigeous ballet company and strive to take center stage.
"...Fame for the new millennium." Elizabeth Snead, USA Today.
"Two thumbs up!" Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert & The Movies
Editor's Note
All Jody Sawyer (Amanda Schull) has ever wanted is to be a ballerina in the American Ballet Company. Her dream begins to come true when she's accepted to the company's Academy in New York City. Along with street-smart Eva (Zoë Saldana), veteran student Maureen (Susan May Pratt), sensitive Charlie (Sascha Radetsky), and flamboyant Erik (Shakiem Evans), Jody embarks on the stringent Academy training program with the hope of being one of the select few chosen for the Company. But Jody has her own style and has to contend with criticism that she doesn't have good feet and her body type is wrong. In the meantime, she finds herself involved with Cooper (Ethan Stiefel), a talented Harley-riding dancer and choreographer. The masterful dance sequences in Nicholas Hytner's CENTER STAGE are enriched by the performances of real-life American Ballet Theatre star Stiefel, and those of Schull, who was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet when she was cast. Peter Gallagher stars as the head of the ballet company, Donna Murphy is featured as an instructor at the academy, and Debra Monk portrays an overbearing mother to Maureen (Susan May Pratt), the best ballerina in the class who is also harboring a dark secret.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection | | Isolated Music Score | | Theatrical Trailer | | Talent Files | | Extended Dance Sequences | | Deleted Scenes | | Making-Of Featurette | | French Subtitles | | Director's Commentary | | Mandy Moore Music Video "I Wanna Be With You" | | French 5.1 Dolby Digital | | English 2-Channel Dolby Surround | | English Subtitles | | Digitally Mastered Audio & Anamorphic Video | | Widescreen Version | | English 5.1 Dolby Digital |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 12/21/2004 |
| Running Time: 116 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 05290 | | UPC: 00043396052901 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...The movie is loaded with lively dance sequences....Ms. Schull [carries] the movie away with her energy and grace..." 05/26/2000 p.E18Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...Slick and enjoyable....The choreography is graceful..." 06/01/2000 p.35 USA Today
"...[The film has an] entertaining 10-minute finale." 06/02/2000 p.13E Entertainment Weekly
"...A compelling look behind the perfect pirouette..." -- Rating: B 10/27/2000 p.95 Los Angeles Times
"...A CHORUS LINE'S charismatic Priscilla Lopez makes an exuberant impression..." 05/12/2000 p.C16 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie casts real dancers in many of the roles, and that provides an obvious standard of excellence that gives the movie an underlying authenticity..." 05/12/2000 p.33 San Francisco Chronicle 8 of 10
The cast includes young unknowns, some of whom are terrific professional ballet dancers. The film becomes a satisfying dance spectacle... Dance films are about bodies in good shape, and in that respect Center Stage can't miss... There's a built-in youthful vitality that [the director] captures with affection. - Peter Stack
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