Bring It On (2000)

Director:

Peyton Reed

Writer (WGA):

Jessica Bendinger (written by)

Release Date:

25 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

Backstabbing. Spotlight-grabbing. Secret-blabbing. A cheerleader's life is all that.

Plot:

A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.

Plot Keywords:

Championship | Cheerleading | High School | Double Cross | Homosexuality

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Torrance Shipman
Eliza Dushku	...	Missy Pantone
Jesse Bradford	...	Cliff Pantone
Gabrielle Union	...	Isis
Clare Kramer	...	Courtney
Nicole Bilderback	...	Whitney
Tsianina Joelson	...	Darcy
Rini Bell	...	Kasey
Nathan West	...	Jan
Huntley Ritter	...	Les
Shamari Fears	...	Lava
Natina Reed	...	Jenelope
Brandi Williams	...	Lafred
Richard Hillman	...	Aaron
Lindsay Sloane	...	Big Red
Bianca Kajlich	...	Carver
Holmes Osborne	...	Bruce Shipman
Sherry Hursey	...	Christine Shipman
Cody McMains	...	Justin Shipman
Ian Roberts	...	Sparky Polastri
David E. Taylor	...	Toros Tight End (as David Edwards)
Ashley Howard	...	Toros Quarterback
Nikole Lee Amateau	...	New Pope Cheerleader #1
Clementine Ford	...	New Pope Cheerleader #2
Grant Thompson	...	Costa Mesa Quarterback
Leonard Clifton	...	Costa Mesa Linebacker
Marie Cole	...	Argumentative Girl (as Marie Wise)
Dru Mouser	...	Been-Crying-For-Hours Girl
Tracy Pacheco	...	Rappin' White Girl
Alicia Michelle Sassano	...	Be Aggressive Girl
Natasha Soll	...	Start-Over Girl
Ryan Drummond	...	Theatre Boy
Paullin Wolfe	...	Tiny Tot Cheerleader
David E. Willis	...	Emcee #1
Beth LaMure	...	Emcee #2
Anne Fletcher	...	Event Coordinator
Doug Waldo	...	UCA Official
Annie Hinton	...	High-Strung Mom
Louise Gallagher	...	Class Monitor
Edmond Clay	...	Football Announcer
Daniella Kuhn	...	T.V. Reporter
Aloma Wright	...	Pauletta
Paul Bloom	...	T.V. Commentator
Melanie Atmadja	...	Jamie
Peyton Reed	...	Mime (as Silencio Por Favor)
Jodi Harris	...	Cheer Coach
Nectar Rose	...	Nervous Cheerleader
Hilary Angelo	...	Toothless Cheerleader (as Hilary Salvatore)
Elizabeth Johnson	...	Confident Cheerleader
Riley Smith	...	Guy Cheerleader
Carla Mackauf	...	Aaron's Lover
Anna Lisa Mendiola	...	Clover Cheerleader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Benoit	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Alex Ferguson	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Ruby Gonzalez	...	Student (uncredited)
Lisel M. Gorell	...	New Pope Cheerleader (uncredited)
Brandon Henschel	...	Ballet Boy (uncredited)
Michael McCafferty	...	Pervy Earth Science Teacher (uncredited)

Directed by
Peyton Reed

Writing credits (WGA)
Jessica Bendinger		(written by)

Produced by
Marc Abraham	....	producer
Jessica Bendinger	....	co-producer
Armyan Bernstein	....	executive producer
Thomas A. Bliss	....	producer
Paddy Cullen	....	executive producer
Caitlin Scanlon	....	executive producer
Patricia Wolff	....	co-producer
Max Wong	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Shawn Maurer

Film Editing by
Larry Bock

Casting by
Joseph Middleton

Production Design by
Sharon Lomofsky

Art Direction by
Timothy Whidbee

Set Decoration by
Jill McGraw

Costume Design by
Mary Jane Fort

Makeup Department
Ramses Azzab III	....	hair stylist
Tony Gardner	....	special makeup designer
Dami Hamilton	....	assistant makeup artist
Everett Jackson	....	hair stylist
Selina Jayne	....	makeup department head
Taurus Jerome	....	makeup artist
Paula Le Mieux	....	assistant makeup artist
Paula Le Mieux	....	makeup artist
Cindy Miguens	....	hair stylist
Emjay Olson	....	hair department head
Carol Romano	....	makeup artist
Sandra Schneider	....	additional makeup artist
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil	....	makeup artist: Ms. Dunst (as Jo-Anne Smith)
Anthony D. Castillo	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Michael Mosher	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Paddy Cullen	....	unit production manager
Alexandra E. Perce	....	assistant unit production manager (as Alexandra Perce)
Nancy Rae Stone	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Todd Amateau	....	first assistant director
Jennifer Anderson	....	second assistant director
Handel Whitmore	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Robb Abramson	....	on-set dresser
Charlie Brownell	....	lead man (as Charles Brownell)
David Brownell	....	set dresser
Tim Burton	....	carpenter
Eric Conger	....	assistant property master (as Eric A. Conger)
William Detweiler	....	assistant art director
Catherine A. Frazier	....	scenic artist
Thomas Kascade	....	set dresser
Brenton L. Lane	....	property master (as Brenton Lane)
Christopher Marsteller	....	set dresser (as Christopher L. Marsteller)
Richard N. McGuire	....	construction foreman (as Richard McGuire)
Charles Monroe	....	painter
Robert Naefke	....	set dresser
Leah K. Nellman	....	additional props
Brandon O'Brien	....	art production assistant
Diego Sanchez	....	set dresser
Ilya Seperich	....	additional props
Glen Marc Shearer	....	set dresser
Robert A. Sturtevant	....	construction coordinator
Craig Waller	....	carpenter
Bryan S. Wheeler	....	foreman scenic artist
Jacob Whitmore	....	additional props
Gary Wimmer	....	lead scenic artist (as Gary W. Wimmer)
Peter Clines	....	property assistant (uncredited)
Kenneth Heimer	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Patrick Beatty	....	sound production assistant
Angela Black	....	sound production assistant
Robert Trevor Black	....	production sound mixer
Lance Brown	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Benjamin L. Cook	....	foley mixer (as Benjamin Cook)
Louis Creveling	....	dialogue editor
Jed M. Dodge	....	adr supervisor
Matt Dubin	....	digital transfer engineer
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Marc Fishman	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Marc David Fishman)
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Cormac Funge	....	supervising sound editor
Robert Getty	....	adr editor
Robert Getty	....	dialogue editor
David Grant	....	dialogue editor
Kevin Hamilton	....	adr editor
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Chato Hill	....	assistant sound editor
Thomas Jones	....	dialogue supervisor (as Thomas Jones III)
Craig Jurkiewicz	....	foley editor
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer: pre-dubs
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist (as S. Diane Marshall)
Quinton Nixon	....	sound recording engineer
David Pattee	....	boom operator (as David Ausin Pattee)
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist (as Phillip Rogers)
Steve Scoville	....	dialogue editor
Anne Slack	....	sound editor
Anne Slack	....	sound effects editor
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Johanna Turner	....	digital transfer engineer
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aaron D. Weisblatt	....	sound effects editor (as Aaron Weisblatt)
Mark Choi	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Joe DeAngelis	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Kevin Maloney	....	additional boom operator (uncredited)
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Johanna Turner	....	transfer engineer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
John Teska	....	visual effects supervisor
Christopher Dusendschon	....	in-show optical process and effects compositor: THDX (uncredited)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	optical element Hazeltine colorist: THDX (uncredited)
Steven Emmert	....	optical compositor: THDX (uncredited)

Stunts
Lindsay Dann	....	flying double
Courtney Farnsworth	....	utility stunts
Brett A. Jones	....	stunts
Nancy Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Berry	....	lighting technician
Carlos Boiles	....	grip
Kenneth Cooper	....	lighting technician (as Ken Cooper)
Richard Crow	....	Steadicam operator
Richard Davis	....	Steadicam operator
Jeff Diaz	....	grip
Kenny Doll	....	grip
Greg Flores	....	grip
Marcus 'Roo' Flower	....	key grip
Houman Forough	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Houman Farough)
Jack Garrett	....	camera operator
Mark Gilliam	....	grip
Brad Gilson	....	camera intern
Britta Gustafsson	....	film loader (as Britta Gustafson)
Brian Hatfield	....	grip
Jeff Heck	....	grip
Ken Jacques	....	still photographer
Brian Lay	....	lighting technician
Michael Logan	....	electrician
Michael Lohmann	....	first assistant camera (as Michael R. Lohmann)
Paul J. Lohmann	....	assistant camera
Robert L. Mant	....	film loader
Warren Moore	....	lighting technician
Steven Nellman	....	lighting technician
Robert Ogden	....	best boy electric
Christopher Olson	....	video playback operator
Brett Peters	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Alan M. Rowe	....	gaffer
Jimi Ryan	....	dolly grip
Adam Sipkowski	....	best boy grip
Rob Smejkal	....	grip
Dan Smith	....	second assistant camera
Greg Wilson	....	best boy electric
Jodie Jones	....	electrician (uncredited)
George Sugar	....	set electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Dena Berman	....	casting assistant
Niki Boyle	....	extras casting assistant
Mary Burt	....	extras casting assistant
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Shannon Hahne	....	extras casting assistant
Kiki Holzen	....	extras casting assistant
Melinda M. Lintner	....	extras casting
Michelle Morris	....	casting associate
Jenny Scott	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tonya Barrett	....	set costumer (as Tonya B. Barrett)
Nicole Capasso	....	costume supervisor
Jim Hansen	....	costumer
Sherrie Jordan	....	set costumer
Mem Macafee	....	costumer
Pippi Robben	....	assistant costume designer
Katherine Swartz	....	key set costumer
Anna Andolsek	....	costumer (uncredited)
Meredith Korn	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Erik C. Andersen	....	additional editor
Christine Cholvin	....	second assistant editor
Frank Cuomo	....	post-production coordinator
Mato	....	color timer
Lawrence Mischel	....	negative cutter
John Woo	....	apprentice editor
J. Brolin	....	post-production runner (uncredited)
Michael Toll	....	telecine operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Christophe Beck	....	score producer
Fernand Bos	....	supervising music editor
William Boston	....	orchestrator (as William A. Boston)
Mark Bryan	....	additional cheer music mixer
Billy Gottlieb	....	music supervisor
Tim Isle	....	assistant music editor
Ernest Lee	....	music preparation
G. Marq Roswell	....	music consultant
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Seattlemusic	....	musician: score
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
J. Adam Bogle	....	driver
Garfield E. Burke	....	driver
Danny Coughlin	....	driver
Brian Crispin	....	driver
Nathaniel Dawson	....	driver
Nick Edgerton	....	driver (as Nik Edgerton)
Dan Gearhart	....	transportation coordinator
Rigoberto Gonzalez	....	driver
Troy Gould	....	driver
Nils Hansen	....	transportation captain
Donald Judd	....	driver
Lee Lavery	....	driver
Charlie McManis	....	driver
David Millstein	....	driver (as Dave Millstein)
Spencer Nesbit	....	driver
Robert Platt	....	driver (as Robert P. Platt)
Jason Rechner	....	driver
John Rowe	....	driver

Other crew
Stacy Adair	....	stand-in
Kitty Adkins	....	set medic
Mark Barclay	....	assistant: Thomas A. Bliss
Cecilia Cardwell	....	studio teacher
Allison Chesher	....	publicist
Linda Corley	....	craft service
Otto Corley	....	craft service
Felicia Craggs	....	second assistant accountant
Lindsey Dann	....	stand-in
Brent Devarnne	....	cheerleading coordinator
Richard Devinki	....	production coordinator: Beacon Communications
Jason Dufner	....	location production assistant
Fred Fendrich	....	hazeltine timer
Nicole Finch	....	script supervisor
Anne Fletcher	....	choreographer
Javier Gonzalez	....	office production assistant
Meher Gourjian	....	title designer
Misty Green	....	assistant: Mark Abraham (as Misty Green Haaksman)
Johnny Haddad	....	set production assistant
Jeannine Hamaoui	....	assistant: Caitlin Scanlon
Kevin Harris	....	post-production accountant
Jody Hart	....	production assistant
Hi-Hat	....	creator: "Clovers" routines
Bon Bon Ignacio	....	second assistant accountant
Ray Jasper	....	choreographer: cheerleading
Arabella Johannes	....	assistant: Armyan Bernstein
Mark Kamranfar	....	production assistant
Paul Kenney	....	first assistant accountant (as Paul Kenny)
Michael Lasker	....	assistant: Paddy Cullen
Christie Mattull	....	internation public relations: Dennis Davidson Associates
Peter McManus	....	production accountant
Scott Nabb	....	set production assistant
Robin Nagle	....	stand-in
Anna Notarides	....	key set production assistant
Paul Pecoraro	....	office production assistant
Cia Rosenberg	....	assistant: Peyton Reed
Lisa S. Rothmuller	....	location manager
Rick Schroeder	....	stand-in
Todd Silver	....	assistant: Max Wong
Jack Stern	....	teacher: Ms. Dunst
Jeff Strief	....	office production assistant
Bill Thomas	....	assistant production coordinator
Angelo Vacco	....	voice actor
David M. Wermus	....	assistant location manager (as David Wermus)
Corey Whitney	....	set production assistant
Sarah Yang	....	production coordinator
Peter Kelley	....	dialogue coach: Eliza Dushku (uncredited)
Michalla Petersen	....	voice-over artist (uncredited)
Mark Swenson	....	assistant production coordinator: additional photography (uncredited)
Rob Swenson	....	location scout (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Beacon Communications

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sherlock Media S.L. (2000) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2000) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2001) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Eurocine (2001) (Argentina) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RCV Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2001) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Manga Films (2001) (Spain) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (2002) (Brazil) (DVD) (VHS)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Net5 (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• WB Television Network, The (2005) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• AXN (2007) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Angel's Food Service  catering
• Axium Payroll Services  payroll services
• Background San Diego  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Complete Production Accounting  post-production accounting
• Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)  international public relations
• Digital Sound & Picture  sound post-production
• Inter Video  video playback
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Loop Troop  voice casting
• Lowdown Music Inc.  assistant music services
• Near North Insurance Brokerage  production insurance services
• Panavision Remote Systems  remote cranes and heads
• Post Packages  negative cutting
• Stu Segall Productions  production services
• Title House Digital  opticals
• Union Bank of California  production financing
• Epic Records  soundtrack published by
• Playtone  soundtrack published by (as Play-Tone)
• Seattlemusic  orchestra
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack published by
• Sportsrobe  costumes

Also Known As:

Cheer Fever (USA) (working title)
Jump (USA) (working title)
A por todas (Spain) [es]
American Girls (France) [fr]
Anna palaa (Finland) [fi]
Bring It On (Denmark) [da]
Cheers! (Japan: English title) [en]
Gençlik atesi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Girls United (Netherlands) [nl]
Girls United (Germany) [de]
Girls United (Belgium: English title) [en]
Le tout pour le tout (Canada: French title) [fr]
O pyretos tis nikis (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Ragazze nel pallone (Italy) [it]
Teenagers - As Apimentadas (Brazil) [pt]
Triunfos robados (Argentina) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related material and language.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Mexico:B | New Zealand:M | Norway:A | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37512)

Filming Locations:

Oceanside, California, USA

Company:

Beacon Communications

Trivia:

Clare Kramer and Eliza Dushku (Courtney and Missy, both team members of RCH) starred during separate seasons as villains on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) - Kramer played Glory in Season 5, and Dushku played Faith in seasons 3, 4 and 7. Nicole Bilderback (Whitney) also appeared in the show, in the unaired pilot and in a season 3 episode, credited as "Cordette #1".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Sharon Muscat's name is misspelt as 'Sharon Mucat' in the credits.

Quotes:

Big Red: This season should've been gravy, ok? I handpicked the squad, I delivered an idiot-proof routine... Now, Platter... nationals, hello?
Torrance Shipman: Don't you mean a stolen routine?
Big Red: Don't be so naive, Torrance. Look, the truth is I was real leader, ok? I did what I had to do to win a nationals. And ever since I handed the reins over to you, you've run my squad straight into the ground! If I made any mistake as a squad leader, it wasn't borrowing cheers. It was announcing you as my successor.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "South Park: The Passion of the Jew (#8.3)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Get Up & Dance

Flimsy stuff done rather well

This is a movie where more talent than necessary has been invested in a film basically aimed at entertainment-seeking adolescents, people interested in dance routines, and a few older men who enjoy watching young girls jump about. It follows the fortunes of an award-winning cheerleader team and the hapless football team they support.

A film about cheer leading, something that is, as far as I know, a uniquely American phenomenon, sounds pretty cheesy. The remarkable thing is that the acting and dialogue raise it a bit above the minimum required and the cheer leading dance sequences are a revelation for anyone who thought it was just about waving arms in the air and shouting support for the football team.

Gabrielle Union (10 Things I Hate About You) and Kirsten Dunst (Drop Dead Gorgeous & Virgin Suicides) were both cheerleaders at school - did this help with the authenticity? The amazing routines are quite dazzling to watch - requiring a very high level of stamina, physical fitness, athletic ability and dance technique. The overhead panning brings them almost to the level some of the old song and dance movie scenes with synchronized dancing. Synchronized dance in itself is difficult stuff, but fast paced synchronized dancing (to a great soundtrack, by the way) involving major aerial throws, difficult jive moves and lots of personality thrown in, is quite an achievement.

The film never takes itself too seriously, from the football announcer who says at the end of the match, "our next defeat is scheduled for next Tuesday", to the out-takes while the credits roll, the attitude is firmly tongue in cheek.

The script includes plenty of teenage bitching reminiscent of Clueless (adolescents often seem to show their intellectual prowess at clever, and often vicious repartee, that is all par for the course), but the acting is convincing and even the awkward issues of race and homosexuality are handled well. One cannot but help congratulate them for making a good film out of such a flimsy premise.