Bring it On

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

The hard work, dedication, and personal politics behind "rah rah rah!" and "sis boom bah!" go under the microscope in this engaging teen comedy. Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) discovers that being captain of her San Diego high school's six-time championship-winning cheerleading squad is more complicated than she had imagined. Torrance's parents want her to spend more time on her homework, her boyfriend wants her to spend more time with him, and she learns that the squad's former captain stole some of their best routines from other teams -- and that Isis (Gabrielle Union), captain of a top squad at a crosstown, inner-city high school, plans to fight back this year. To make things worse, when one of the cheerleaders is injured, Torrance is forced to replace her with Missy (Eliza Dushku), a cynical new kid who is involved only because the school doesn't offer gymnastics. In the midst of this chaos, with the national championship around the corner, Torrance couldn't have picked a worse time to fall in love with Cliff (Jesse Bradford), a classmate who cares a lot more about punk rock than school spirit. Dunst trained with a cheerleading squad for her role, though a double performed the more complicated stunts. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • • cc Spotlight on location: The making of Bring it On
    • Feature commentary with director Peyton Reed
    • Deleted scenes
    • Extended scenes
    • Never before seen home movies of the car wash scene
    • Wardrobe and makeup tests
    • Did You Know That? Universal's Animated Anecdotes: Watch the movie and learn about interesting and sometimes unbelievable facts
    • Blaque "As If" music video
    • DVD-ROM features including screen saver and cheer quiz
    • Theatrical trailer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  Peyton Reed

• Producer:

  Marc Abraham, Thomas A. Bliss, John Ketcham

• Screenwriter:

  Jessica Bendinger

• Cinematographer:

  Shawn Maurer

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  G. Marq Roswell

• Composer (Music Score):

  Christophe Beck

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Billy Gottlieb

• Featured Music:

  3LW

• Editor:

  Larry Bock

• Production Designer:

  Sharon Lomofsky

• Supervising Art Director:

  Timothy Whidbee

• Co-producer:

  Patricia Wolff, Jessica Bendinger

• Executive Producer:

  Armyan Bernstein, Paddy Cullen, Max Wong, Caitlin Scanlon

• Set Designer:

  Jill McGraw

• Costume Designer:

  Mary Jane Fort

• Set Decorator:

  Jill McGraw

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Robert Trevor Black

• First Assistant Director:

  Todd Michael Amateau

• Choreography:

  Anne Fletcher, Ray Jasper, High Hat

• Casting:

  Joseph Middleton

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Cormac Funge

• Technical Advisor:

  Ray Jasper

REVIEW:

• The charming Kirsten Dunst imbues a spunky airhead cheerleader with a preternatural amount of life, humor, and compassion in this above-average teen sports comedy directed by Mr. Show refugee Peyton Reed. Bring It On may not have the satirical bite of such teen-competition classics as Smile (1975) and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993), as some critics rightly complained. But what the movie lacks in teeth it more than makes up for in genuine empathy and good humor. Much of the film's success relies upon the inventiveness of the cast and Reed's loose, intuitive way with actors: a protracted, wordless toothbrushing scene between Dunst and love interest Jesse Bradford ranks as one of the summer of 2000's giddiest, most sublime movie moments. The plot follows the by-the-numbers underdog triumph model set by Hoosiers, Rocky, and countless other sports films, but there are enough wrinkles -- a proud, plagiarized competing team from East Compton being chief among them -- to keep the proceedings interesting. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi