Stomp the Yard

[puertaazul]

I posted the trailer for this in another trhead, but I thought that starting a thread for it would be a better idea since it is coming out pretty soon in January. I think that it looks really good, and while it is somewhat about dancing, it concentrates on stepping which is a lot different than what we have seen before. Has anyone else heard of it?

[puertaazul]

Wanted to bump bc I found a cool dance montage for the movie up on YouTube! It's awesome how they can get these actors to learn all of this stuff so well...it must be hard to do!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-HBc8zGoqZc

[vashti1999]

The star of the movie, Columbus Short is a dancer. He's danced in videos and also starred in Save The Last Dance 2. So at least for him, the dancing comes easy.

[LucyCompanyPhan]

I'm surprised anyone would wanna ever see this. To each their own I suppose.

[vashti1999]

Originally Posted by LucyCompanyPhan

I'm surprised anyone would wanna ever see this. To each their own I suppose.

Life is full of surprises.

[puertaazul]

Originally Posted by vashti1999

The star of the movie, Columbus Short is a dancer. He's danced in videos and also starred in Save The Last Dance 2. So at least for him, the dancing comes easy.

i didn't know that! what else has he been in? i actually haven't seen save the last dance 2! what i curious about are the rest of the dancers/actors. i wonder if all of them had experience before the movie or if they had to learn for it specificaly?!

[vashti1999]

Originally Posted by puertaazul

i didn't know that! what else has he been in?

He was also in the movie Accepted, which recently came out on dvd, but he doesn't do any dancing in that one.

[puertaazul]

Originally Posted by vashti1999

He was also in the movie Accepted, which recently came out on dvd, but he doesn't do any dancing in that one.

Cool! I knew that his face looked familiar. I just recently saw Accepted, and also saw that he is also starring on Studio 60 as the new writer for the showe, Darius! I love that show.

He seems to have some good range for acting, bc all of these projects are really different. Good for him!

[vashti1999]

The dance flick "Stomp the Yard" was a step ahead of the competition at the box office, debuting as the No. 1 weekend movie with $22 million.

Starring Columbus Short as a raw but talented dancer at the center of a step competition between rival college fraternities, the Sony Screen Gems movie knocked off 20th Century Fox's "Night at the Museum," which had been the top film for three straight weekends.

[platinumblondelife]

'Stomp the Yard' - BANNED
Theatre CEO, worried about gang violence, won't show film about black fraternities

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The CEO of a theatre chain said he won't show a film about black college fraternities at any of his Springfield theatres this week out of fear it could trigger the kind of gang violence that erupted during another movie last month.

The decision drew criticism from the president of the Springfield branch of the NAACP, who said it hurts black audiences, particularly black families that would be attracted to what he says is an uplifting film.

The movie, "Stomp the Yard," is about a dance competition between black college fraternities.

Tony Kerasotes of Kerasotes Theatres, a Midwest chain, said he did not make his decision based on race but out of concern that the film would attract gang members.

He said he feared a repeat of a fight and shooting that occurred during a Christmas Day screening of "Black Christmas" at Parkway Pointe theatre in Springfield. "Black Christmas" is a horror film and did not depict the black community.

Police said two groups of youths began fighting inside the theatre and at least two fired shots in the theatre's lobby. One teen was shot during the melee that police say stemmed from a longstanding feud between two gangs. One man has been arrested, but authorities say they don't believe he shot the injured teen and the investigation was continuing.

"I was fearful ("Stomp the Yard") could become the occasion for more gang violence, because I felt certain it would draw that audience," Kerasotes said. He added that he made the decision, in part, because "virtually all" of the people involved with the shooting are still at large.

"We don't think this is going to attract young black males who are part of a gang," said Ken Page, head of Springfield's NAACP. "It would be good if it did, this is a positive movie, the message is you can go to school."

Page said not showing the film is the wrong thing to do.

"Kerasotes should have sat down with the mayor or the police chief and said 'We want you to make it safe to show all movies.' They're paid to do that."

"Stomp the Yard" will be shown in more than 2,000 locations nationwide starting Friday, including more than 40 other Kerasotes-owned locations.

Kerasotes said he would consider showing the movie in Springfield at a later date, perhaps on Jan. 19.

"Usually after a week or two, the edge and interest is off quite a bit on these kinds of films, and they just don't seem to draw as rough a crowd (as) on the first weekend," he said.

[JuicyCoutureGirl]

Originally Posted by platinumblondelife

'Stomp the Yard' - BANNED
Theatre CEO, worried about gang violence, won't show film about black fraternities

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The CEO of a theatre chain said he won't show a film about black college fraternities at any of his Springfield theatres this week out of fear it could trigger the kind of gang violence that erupted during another movie last month.

The decision drew criticism from the president of the Springfield branch of the NAACP, who said it hurts black audiences, particularly black families that would be attracted to what he says is an uplifting film.

The movie, "Stomp the Yard," is about a dance competition between black college fraternities.

Tony Kerasotes of Kerasotes Theatres, a Midwest chain, said he did not make his decision based on race but out of concern that the film would attract gang members.

He said he feared a repeat of a fight and shooting that occurred during a Christmas Day screening of "Black Christmas" at Parkway Pointe theatre in Springfield. "Black Christmas" is a horror film and did not depict the black community.

Police said two groups of youths began fighting inside the theatre and at least two fired shots in the theatre's lobby. One teen was shot during the melee that police say stemmed from a longstanding feud between two gangs. One man has been arrested, but authorities say they don't believe he shot the injured teen and the investigation was continuing.

"I was fearful ("Stomp the Yard") could become the occasion for more gang violence, because I felt certain it would draw that audience," Kerasotes said. He added that he made the decision, in part, because "virtually all" of the people involved with the shooting are still at large.

"We don't think this is going to attract young black males who are part of a gang," said Ken Page, head of Springfield's NAACP. "It would be good if it did, this is a positive movie, the message is you can go to school."

Page said not showing the film is the wrong thing to do.

"Kerasotes should have sat down with the mayor or the police chief and said 'We want you to make it safe to show all movies.' They're paid to do that."

"Stomp the Yard" will be shown in more than 2,000 locations nationwide starting Friday, including more than 40 other Kerasotes-owned locations.

Kerasotes said he would consider showing the movie in Springfield at a later date, perhaps on Jan. 19.

"Usually after a week or two, the edge and interest is off quite a bit on these kinds of films, and they just don't seem to draw as rough a crowd (as) on the first weekend," he said.

A movie about stepping might turn violent?! What in the world?