Center stage [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a Laurence Mark production ; a Nicholas Hytner film ; written by Carol Heikkinen ; produced by Laurence Mark ; directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Gallagher, Peter, 1955- (actor.). Heikkinen, Carol, (screenwriter.). Hytner, Nicholas, 1957- (director.). Mark, Laurence, (production personnel.). Murphy, Donna, (actor.). Pratt, Susan May, (actor.). Saldana, Zoë, (actor.). Schull, Amanda, 1978- (actor). Stiefel, Ethan, (actor.). Columbia Pictures. (Added Author). Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan Mary Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Stiefel. (Cast).

Summary:

The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful.

Record details

ISBN: 0767853652
ISBN: 9780767853651
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [2000]
Copyright: ©2000

Content descriptions

General Note:	Special features include: digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video, widescreen presentation, director's commentary, Mandy Moore music video "I wanna be with you," extended dance sequences, deleted scenes, making-of featurette, isolated music score, theatrical trailers, talent files, interactive menus, production notes, scene selections. Widescreen.
Formatted Contents Note:	Deleted scenes (2 1/2 min.) / two scenes: Cooper at rehearsal [Ethan Stiefel rehearses the coda from the Stars and stripes pas de deux] ; Charlie shows his stuff [in a scene of a pas de deux class, Sascha Radetsky dances a variation]. Extended dance sequences. Includes: Swan lake. Little swans pas de quatre (ca. 1 1/2 min.) / choreography, Lev Ivanov ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Sandra Brown, Elizabeth Gaither, Oksana Konobeyeva, Ekaterina Shelkanova -- Romeo and Juliet. Balcony scene pas de deux [excerpts] (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Sergey Prokofiev ; danced by Julie Kent, Ethan Stiefel -- Stars and stripes. Pas de deux, coda (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, John Philip Sousa, arr. by Hershy Kay ; danced by Julie Kent, Ethan Stiefel. Feature presentation (approximately 115 min.). Making-of featurette (6 min.) / interviewees, Sascha Radetsky, Ethan Stiefel, Amanda Schull, Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Nicholas Hytner, Zoë Saldana. Discussion of the challenges and rewards of a dancer's life, interspersed with views of the filmmakers at work and clips from the finished film. Director Nicholas Hytner discusses what he was trying to achieve in the dance scenes. Mandy Moore music video "I wanna be with you" (ca. 4 min.) / includes ballet and jazz dancers. Special features: Director's commentary. Talent files (14 frames) / brief biographies of Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Stiefel, Ilia Kulik, Debra Monk, and Nicholas Hytner. Theatrical trailers (5 min.) / trailers for Center stage and for Dance with me, a film directed by Randa Haines, starring Vanessa L. Williams, Chayanne and Kris Kristofferson.
Participant or Performer Note:	Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan Mary Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Stiefel.
Target Audience Note:	Rated PG-13.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned. English and French 5.1 (Dolby digital), English 2-channel (Dolby surround), subtitles in English and French.