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Bandslam

Release Date: Friday, August 14, 2009 Theaters

Director: Todd Graff

Starring: Gaelan Connell • Aly Michalka • Vanessa Hudgens • Lisa Kudrow • Charlie Saxton

PG Comedy 1 hr, 51 m

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Plot

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Plot
Disney Channel superstars Vanessa Anne Hudgens ("High School Musical 1 & 2," "High School Musical 3") and Alyson Michalka ("Phil of the Future," pop duo Aly and AJ) join Gaelan Connell ("Chocolat"), Scott Porter ("Speed Racer") and Lisa Kudrow ("Friends") in the music-driven comedy "Bandslam." When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Banks (Michalka) asks new kid in town Will Burton (Connell) to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben (Porter), at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Against all odds, their band develops a sound all its own with a real shot at success in the contest. Meanwhile, romance brews between Will and Sam (Hudgens), who plays a mean guitar and has a voice to die for. When disaster strikes, it's time for the band to make a choice: Do they admit defeat, or face the music and stand up for what they believe in?
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The film's director Todd Graff last directed Joyful Noise and Camp. The film's writer Todd Graff last wrote Joyful Noise and Brian Epstein Biopic.

Director
Todd Graff
Screenwriters
Producers
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
Ron Schmidt
Marisa Yeres
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  • "Camp" director Graff is to begin shooting his latest film next month in Austin, Texas (01/14/08).

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some thematic elements and mild language
Runtime
1 hr, 51 m
Tagline
Where there's a Will, there's a way.
Also known as
Rock On

Language
English

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Release Dates

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Bandslam was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 14, 2009. in around 2,121 theaters There were 7 other movies released on the same date, including District 9, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard and The Time Traveler's Wife.

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Sat., Jan. 2, 2010

  • Added a running time of 111 minutes

  • Added a running time of 104 minutes

  • Added the soundtrack release date of August 11, 2009

  • Changed the film release date from July 31, 2009 to August 14, 2009

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