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Make It Happen is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 9 december 2008 with Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Make It Happen (2008)
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Add to a movie listMake It Happen is a 2008 dance film directed by Darren Grant and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The screenplay was co-written by Duane Adler, who was a screenwriter for Save the Last Dance and Step Up, films that also involved dancing.
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The movie opens in Glenwood, Indiana, where Lauryn Kirk (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) narrates the first few parts. There are no dance schools in Glenwood and Lauryn says goodbye to her brother, Joel (John Reardon) before departing for Chicago to audition for a famous dance school, the fictional Chicago School of Music and Dance. Although Joel, who works as a mechanic in the family garage, is wary of Lauryn's decision to enroll, he eventually gives her his blessing. When Lauryn enters the stage, however, her dance (mostly a hip hop routine) was halted by the judge, who hostilely rejects her, saying that they need to see something more "sensual and feminine".Actors
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
(Lauryn Kirk)
Riley Smith
(Russ)
Tessa Thompson
(Dana)
Julissa Bermúdez
(Carmen)
John Reardon
(Joel)
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