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For fans of Americaâ¿¿s show-style marching bands, halftime is game time. A squad of players, some 300 strong and armed with musical instruments, takes over the field, commanding attention with their stirring, spectacular display of choreography and musicianship. The football contestâ¿¿s controlled mayhem makes way for the blaring sound of trumpets and the heart-thumping rhythm of drums. Into this rigorous, ritualistic world comes a kid from a different culture. Devon Miles, a young, gifted hip-hop drummer from Harlem, wins a full music scholarship to Atlanta A&T University with the hopes of gaining a spot as a drummer on the schoolâ¿¿s renowned marching bandâ¿¿s drumline. Devon, sporting a talent that is both raw and undisciplined, has one problem: He marches to the beat of his own drum. Surmounting overwhelming odds, he snares a spot as a starter, much to the disdain of a resentful senior class band member, Sean Taylor, who dismisses the freshmanâ¿¿s skills as bogus. When Taylor discovers something amiss about Devonâ¿¿s abilities, he alerts Dr. Lee, the schoolâ¿¿s demanding, dedicated band director, who suspects that the upstart talent may have duped the school into awarding him his scholarship. That situation threatens not only Devonâ¿¿s future at the school but, more immediately, his spot on the bandâ¿¿s drumline just before the heralded Big Southern Classic, one of the regionâ¿¿s most popular musical competition, spotlighting some of the areaâ¿¿s best college bands and the winner-take-all jackpot of $100,000 for the school. Now, with so much money, and possibly his own job, at stake, can Dr. Lee afford to pass up such a prize by keeping his star drummer on the sidelines?
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Comedy, Drama and Musical/Performing Arts |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 58 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 13th, 2002 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for innuendo and language. |
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| Distributors: |
20th Century Fox
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| Production Co.: |
Wendy Finerman Productions
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| Studios: |
Fox 2000
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$56,398,162 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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