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Out of Step
Produced by Cary Derbidge, Kenneth Marler
Directed by Ryan Little
Screenplay by Michael Buster
Screenplay by Willow Leigh Jones
Screenplay by Nikki Schmutz
Production Company: Vision Star Entertainment
Premiere Date: February 2002
Length: 90 min.
 

Genre:   Film
Production Type:
Mormon Contributor(s)
Content Types:
Narrative Film
Significant Mormon Elements
Distribution Types:
Commercial Theaters

Subjects: dance; New York City;
Summary:
Jenny, an LDS girl from Utah, begins NYU's dance program. In New York she makes friends with an LDS film student and falls in love with a decidedly non-LDS musician. Eventually she is faced with the choice of whether to follow her infatuation or marry within the faith.

From the cover: "Produced by Cary Derbidge and directed by Ryan Little, Out of Step, "one of this year's best films (4 stars Temple Square.com)", is coming to your home after a smashing theater debut. Starring Michael Buster (God's Army) as the good LDS guy, Jeremy Elliot (Charly, The Testaments), as the eye-candy non-LDS guy, and introducing Allison Akin Clark as the young, talented LDS Girl from Utah who goes to New York to become a professional dancer. She has her challenges both in obtaining the scholarship she needs and in every aspect of her values and testimony. A coming of age story ("The Mormon Flash Dance" Deseret News) and a must see for all families, young adults and teens."

Annotations:
This is Ryan Little's first theatrical feature film, preceding the much more successful Saints and Soldiers. It was released near the 2002 Winter Olympics head-to-head against The Singles Ward, and hence was quickly withdrawn, to be put out again a few months later. Some exteriors were shot in New York, but others and all the interiors were shot in Utah.

Quotes:
One dream, two guys, eternal possibilities.

Additional details at Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311614/

Additional details at ldsvideo.com
http://www.ldsvideo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=300

View BYU Library catalog record
http://catalog.lib.byu.edu/uhtbin/ckey-search/3127570

HBLL Call No: DVDMM 193
Medium: 35mm color
Cast Members: Alison Akin Clark - Jenny Thomas; Michael Buster - Paul Taylor; Jeremy Elliott - David Schrader; Nicole White-Robledo - Keisha; Tayva Patch - Jenny's mom; Rick Macy - Jenny's dad; Peter Asle Holden - Mr. Rigg
Music Composed by: Merrill Jensen
Film Editor: Wynn Hougaard
Cinematographer: Micheal Worthen
Country: USA
Language: English
Certification: MPAA: PG
Distributor: Thomson Productions


Reviewed In:
[Review of] Out of Step by Eric D. Snider
[Review of]Out of Step by Jeff Vice
The Emergence of Out of Step by Jonathan Walker






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