Tagline: A new American story. The musical ensemble comedy is set in an Atlanta hip-hip roller-skating rink. T.I. plays Rashad, the head of a roller-skating team, while London plays New-New, an employee at the rink who is in love with him. The story is based on material by music producer Dallas Austin and T-Boz, a…
Category: Musicals and Dance Films
Dreamgirls (2006)
Tagline: All You Have To Do Is Dream. Based on the award-winning hit Broadway musical about a female singing group called the Dreamettes. In 1960s Detroit, a good night onstage can get you noticed but it won’t get your song played on the radio. Here, a new kind of music is on the cusp of…
Idlewild (2006)
Set amidst the backdrop of a 1930s southern speakeasy, the film follows two characters, Percival (Andre Benjamin), the club’s piano player, and Rooster (Antwan Patton), the club’s lead performer and manager, through intersecting stories of love and ambition. The story of the loves and ambitions of two struggling performers is told through intricate musical numbers…
Step Up (2006)
Tagline: Every second chance begins with a first step. Everyone deserves a chance to follow their dreams, but some people only get one shot. Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) is a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore’s tracks – and the only thing that stands between him and an unfulfilled life are his dreams of…
Take the Lead (2006)
Tagline: Never Follow. A former professional ballroom dancer volunteers at a New York public school to teach dance. The hip-hop instincts of his students soon clash with his ballroom methods, so he teams up with them to create a new style of dance. Eventually the students trust him and he becomes their mentor. Follows the…