Every Little Step

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 04 17 (USA - Limited) / 2009 04 24 (USA - Limited) / 2009 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 043396309623

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:null

Summary: The central premise of the Kirkwood-Dante-Kleban-Hamlisch Broadway musical A Chorus Line is by now overly familiar, examining as it does the 17 actors auditioning for spots in a chorus line on the Great White Way. Recalling Donn Pennebaker's Moon Over Broadway and other similar efforts, documentarians Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern's film Every Little Step travels behind the scenes of the auditions for 2006 revival of A Chorus Line to investigate the goings-on and the interplay among the hopefuls. The film thus establishes a neat corollary between the events of the play itself and the offstage experiences of the aspiring tryouts. On top of this, Stern and Del Deo work in a layer that pertains to the original genesis of the show, and its evolution from an idea by Michael Bennett, who recorded an ensemble of dancers speaking confessionally and used that as the basis for everything else. Here, the filmmakers play those original tapes back, on-camera, thus resurrecting old ghosts; score composer Marvin Hamlisch also turns up and revokes the past, courtesy of a revealing and racy little nugget about the history of the tune "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three." Above all else, the film works in extensive footage of the auditions themselves, on songs such as "At the Ballet" and "I Can Do That" -- thus interweaving an aura of suspense throughout the narrative over who will eventually wind up in the production itself. The title of the documentary, of course, is a reference to the lyric of the seminal tune "One" ("One singular sensation, every little step she takes"). ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Category: Theater [nf]

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Film Presented – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Film Presented – New Directors/New Films Film Presented – San Francisco Independent Film Festival

Features: cc

Deleted Scenes
"Donna McKechnie: In Conversation" Featurette
Commentary with Director's Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern and Composer Marvin Hamlisch
A New Interview with John Breglio, Bob Avian and Baayok Lee

Every Little Step

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/13/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 93 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Every Little Step
1. Scene 1 [3:59]
2. Scene 2 [1:53]
3. Scene 3 [3:29]
4. Scene 4 [1:48]
5. Scene 5 [3:24]
6. Scene 6 [3:26]
7. Scene 7 [2:07]
8. Scene 8 [3:26]
9. Scene 9 [3:58]
10. Scene 10 [3:01]
11. Scene 11 [3:23]
12. Scene 12 [2:01]
13. Scene 13 [4:21]
14. Scene 14 [4:35]
15. Scene 15 [3:21]
16. Scene 16 [5:42]
17. Scene 17 [1:25]
18. Scene 18 [3:10]
19. Scene 19 [2:20]
20. Scene 20 [2:57]
21. Scene 21 [2:34]
22. Scene 22 [3:42]
23. Scene 23 [4:08]
24. Scene 24 [2:26]
25. Scene 25 [4:40]
26. Scene 26 [3:15]
27. Scene 27 [:55]
28. Scene 28 [7:36]

Cast and Crew: Marvin Hamlisch  Actor 
Michael Bennett  Actor 
Baayork Lee  Actor 
Donna McKechnie  Actor 
Bob Avian  Actor 
Charlotte D'amboise  Actor 
Marvin Hamlisch  Composer (Music Score) 
James D. Stern  Director 
James D. Stern  Producer 
Adam Del Deo  Director 
Adam Del Deo  Producer 
Jane Antonia Cornish  Composer (Music Score) 
Douglas E. Hansen  Executive Producer 
Christopher C. Chen  Executive Producer 
John Breglio  Executive Producer 

Country: USA