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Stomp the yard (Steppin') - Laz Alonso, Angela Bassett, Chris Brown, Sylvain White
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He will challenge their traditions. Their traditions will change his life.
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film dance romance university campus African-American fraternity step competition
Persons of interest
- Laz Alonso .... Zeke
- Angela Bassett .... Aunt Jackie
- Chris Brown .... Duron
- April Clark .... Maya
- Lil C .... Brother Bucc
- Meagan Good .... April
- Darrin Dewitt Henson .... Grant
- Justin Hires .... Byron
- Harry J Lennix .... Uncle Nate
- Columbus Short .... DJ
- Sway .... Himself
- Robin Thicke .... Vanilla Tracy
- Courtney B Vance .... Dr Palmer
- Brian J White .... Sylvester
- Jermaine Williams .... Noel
- Robert Adetuyi .... Screenwriter
- Gregory Ramon Anderson .... Screenwriter
- Sylvain White .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Stomp the yard (Steppin') official movie site
- Stomp the yard (Steppin') film production notes
- Stomp the yard (Steppin') QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- MTV Movie Awards 2007: Nominated: Breakthrough Performance (Columbus Short), Best Kiss (Columbus Short & Meagan Good)
- See also How she move
- Studios and distributors:
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Theatrical report
Stomping - whether it knows this or not - owes a lot to New Zealand's kapa haka, the war dance performed by Kiwi sporting teams: stamping feet, slapping hands, poking tongues, glaring eyes, violent moves and warrior cries - all intended to intimidate the enemy into submission before battle. (See also Whale rider.)
Stomp the yard owes a lot to Hollywood's Bad-boy-makes-good™ dance movie genre. In fact, apart from the stepping itself, this flick owes everything to Hollywood's Bad-boy-makes-good™ dance movie genre. Fortunately, there are some hotties.
The dance, romance, university movie Stomp the yard (Steppin') is directed by Sylvain White and stars Laz Alonso, Angela Bassett, Chris Brown.
Government security censorship classification
M (Moderate violence)
Surveillance time
114 minutes (1:54 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 5 April 2007 - Victoria
Film: 12 April 2007 - National
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