Bring It On
Bring It On movie poster
Directed by	Peyton Reed
Produced by	Marc Abraham, Thomas A. Bliss
Written by	Jessica Bendinger
Starring	Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union
Music by	Christophe Beck
Cinematography	Shawn Maurer
Editing by	Larry Bock
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Beacon Communications
Release date(s)	August 22, 2000
Running time	98 min
Language	English
Budget	USD$10,000,000
Gross revenue	$90,449,929 (worldwide)
Followed by	Bring It On Again
IMDb profile

Bring It On (2000) is a film about a high school cheerleading squad, starring Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku and Gabrielle Union. It was directed by Peyton Reed and written by Jessica Bendinger. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (502 × 755 pixel, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Universal Pictures, 2000 This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of... Peyton Reed (born 3 July 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American television and film director. ... Jessica Bendinger is a screenwriter and former model. ... Kirsten[1] Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the... Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. ... Jesse Bradford. ... Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an African-American actress and former model. ... Christophe Beck interviewed on a Buffy The Vampire Slayer DVD featurette Christophe Beck (born 1972 in Montreal, Canada), also credited as Chris Beck, is a Canadian film and television composer. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... Beacon Pictures (formerly Beacon Communications, LLC) is the name of an American production company founded in 1990 by Armyan Bernstein. ... is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... USD redirects here. ... Bring It On Again (2004) is a cheerleading comedy film starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner, directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Claudia Grazioso, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Youth Cheerleaders during a football halftime show. ... Kirsten[1] Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the... Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. ... Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an African-American actress and former model. ... Peyton Reed (born 3 July 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American television and film director. ... Jessica Bendinger is a screenwriter and former model. ...

A straight to video sequel Bring It On Again was released in 2004, sharing only producers with the original. A third film entitled Bring It On: All or Nothing was another direct-to-video sequel released in late 2006. A fourth film, tentatively titled Bring It On: In It to Win It, was released direct-to-video on December 18, 2007. A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ... Bring It On Again (2004) is a cheerleading comedy film starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner, directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Claudia Grazioso, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn. ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ...

Taglines

• Backstabbing. Spotlight-grabbing. Secret-blabbing. A cheerleader's life is all that.

• Her parents don't get it. Her boyfriend says forget it. The friends who voted her in now regret it. But does she got game? Bet on it.

• May the best moves win.

Plot

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The Rancho Carne High School cheerleading squad "The Toros" are aiming for their sixth consecutive national championship title. Big Red, their team captain, is graduating and Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) is elected to take her place. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Youth Cheerleaders during a football halftime show. ... Kirsten[1] Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, known for her roles in Interview with the Vampire (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, and Bring It On, as well as for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the...

The movie begins with Torrance Shipman entering a car with her boyfriend Aaron, who explains that the transition from high school to college is going to be a difficult one. Meanwhile, a new male student, Cliff Pantone (Jesse Bradford), joins Torrance's class and takes a seat next to her. Although he is teased by two of the school's football players with the 'loser sneeze', he retaliates and Torrance immediately takes a liking to him. Jesse Bradford. ...

During an after school practice for Regionals, a girl injures herself and is taken to the hospital, forcing the team to hold auditions for a new member. All the applicants turn out to be complete failures, some even turning out to sing and do ballet. Whitney is positive her younger sister Jamie would be perfect for the team as she is light and can be thrown easily. When Jamie auditions, Whitney and her friend Courtney are impressed, but the others are less so.

When the next applicant, Missy (Eliza Dushku), walks in, the girls don't appear to like her from her appearance and quickly find reasons to get her out of the gym. Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. ...

Eliza Dushku as the marginally non-conformist cheerleader, Missy Pantone.

They say that tattoos are strictly forbidden but Missy reveals that the tattoo on her arm was drawn on when she was bored during fourth period. Missy explains that she's trying out because cheerleading is the closest thing she could find to gymnastics, since the school doesn't have a gymnastics team. Whitney attempts to force her to leave by telling her to complete a series of gymnastics moves (a front handspring step out, roundoff, back handspring step out, roundoff, back handspring, ending with a full twisting layout) which Missy successfully executes, amazing the rest of the crew. Torrance is especially impressed and declares her to be "bank", but Courtney refers to her as an "über-dyke" and Missy reacts to the insult by leaving angrily. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (902x665, 258 KB) Eliza Dushku as the slightly non-conformist cheerleader Missy Pantone in the 2000 comedy, Bring It On. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (902x665, 258 KB) Eliza Dushku as the slightly non-conformist cheerleader Missy Pantone in the 2000 comedy, Bring It On. ... Eliza Patricia Dushku (born December 30, 1980) is an American television and film actress, who has appeared in several Hollywood movies such as True Lies, The New Guy, Bring It On, and Wrong Turn. ... A handspring is a gymnastics maneuver with two variations - the front handspring and the back handspring. ... A round-off error, also called rounding error, is the difference between the calculated approximation of a number and its exact mathematical value. ... A full twisting layout, also called a full twist or a full is a gymnastics move similar to a piked full twist. ... A Dyke on a Bike Dyke is a slang term for a lesbian with certain qualities. ...

Later, Torrance shows up at Missy's house. She is surprised when Cliff opens the door, and learns that Missy and Cliff are siblings. Eventually, Torrance convinces Missy to join the team and they soon become best friends while Torrance's feelings towards Cliff grow.

When Missy shows up to practice and watches and hears the routines, she storms out once again. Angry at the thought of her hand-picked candidate behaving unprofessionally, Torrance confronts her. Missy says that the cheers the Toros do were ripped off, but Torrance argues that that is not true. To prove otherwise, Missy then drives Torrance to a run-down part of Los Angeles, where Torrance is stunned to see another cheerleading squad, the East Compton Clovers, perform the exact same routine as theirs. When the Clovers confront her and Missy, Torrance learns that Big Red has been coming to the Clovers' performances and stealing all their moves.

Deciding to stick with the routines, they soon discover that the Clovers will not be ignored, when they show up at a Toros home game and perform the routine from the stands simultaneously with the cheerleaders, showing everyone in the stadium that the routines were stolen. The squad decides to change the routines.

The Toros need to put together a new routine quickly, but are struggling to come up with ideas. Torrance calls Aaron for support, but he doesn't pick up. When he does, it is revealed that he is cheating on Torrance without her knowing. He refers the team to a professional choreographer named Sparky Pulastri, who teaches the team a new routine. Things seem okay until the Regionals competition, when the Toros find out that another team have exactly the same routine as theirs. Just before their routine, Torrance spots Aaron and Cliff sitting behind one another and she waves at them. When Aaron blows her a kiss, she kisses back and Cliff, thinking that the kiss is meant for him, smiles to himself. After their copied routine, an official informs Torrance that Sparky was a scam artist who was teaching the same routine to various groups up and down the West Coast, but as the Toros are the current champions they are guaranteed a place in order to defend the title.

Torrance is approached by Big Red who screams at her for ruining the team's chances and claims she was a better team captain, then storms off. Torrance is then approached by Aaron who gives her a big hug but suggests that maybe she should hand over the captaincy to another team mate. Angry, Torrance walks off.

When Torrance walks into the gym the next day, Courtney and Whitney walk by her side and talk to her about stepping down from being captain. They announce to the group that they would pull out of this year's Nationals as they wouldn't be able to get a routine done in time. Torrance doesn't agree and convinces the team that they will do whatever it takes to win Nationals. She realizes that Aaron has sold her out and she confronts him at his dorm where she finds out that he is sleeping with another girl and breaks up with him.

Meanwhile, the Clovers have to pull out of Nationals as they couldn't raise enough money, but Torrance, who is determined to compete against them, gets her dad's company to sponsor them. However, the team leader of the Clovers, Isis (Gabrielle Union), rips up the check saying she doesn't need Torrance's money and would rather the Clovers raise it themselves. They do end up raising it by appealing to a popular television talk show host ("Pauletta", based on Oprah Winfrey) who gladly sponsors them as part of the 'Wish Day' portion of her show. Gabrielle Monique Union (born October 29, 1972) is an African-American actress and former model. ... Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954) is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. ...

Nationals day finally arrives but before the Clovers and the Toros complete their routines, Torrance approaches Isis to try and make up for things. She tells her to tell her team to not step out of bounds but Isis seems to ignore her. After a few seconds, Isis turns around and yells to her team to not go out of bounds, possibly realizing that her rival team has had more experience. Isis also tells Torrance that one of her girls was half a second early on all her moves while practicing the routine.

After all the routines are performed, with exceptional ones from Clovers and Toros, the judges have the results. In second place are the 5 time - reigning National champion, the Toros. They are disappointed at first but soon begin to cheer. First place goes to the Clovers and the Toros clap in admiration.

Torrance and Isis make up and end up becoming friends.

When Cliff walks up to Torrance and Missy, Missy leaves them alone and Torrance finally kisses Missy's brother.

At the end of the movie, the credits are accompanied by the cast lip syncing the popular cheerleading song, Mickey, performed by B*Witched. B*Witched were an Irish girl group who enjoyed success in both the European and, to a lesser degree, the North American music scene throughout the late 1990s. ...

The Rancho Carne High Toros' Signature Cheer (Lyrics)

• I'm sexy. I'm cute. I'm popular to boot!
• I'm bitchin'. Great hair. The boys all love to stare!
• I'm wanted. I'm hot. I'm everything you're not!
• I'm pretty. I'm cool. I dominate the school!
• Who am I? Just guess! Guys wanna touch my chest!
• I'm rockin'. I smile. And many think I'm vile!
• I'm flyin'. I jump. You can look but don't you hump (Whoo)!
• I'm major. I roar. I swear I'm not a whore!
• We cheer. We lead. We act like we're on speed!
• Hate us 'cause we're beautiful? Well, we don't like you either!
• We're cheerleaders. We, are, cheerleaders! Roll Call!
• Call me Big Red
• I'm W-W-Whitney
• C-C-C-Courtney. Roar!
• Judith Darcy Kiss
• I'm big-big Carver! Yay!
• Just call me Kasey...
• I'm still Big Red
• I sizzle! I scorch! But now I pass the torch.
• The ballots are in and one girl had to win.
• She's perky, she's fun and now she's number one!
• Cute, cute, cute, Torrance! T-T-T-Torrance.
• I'm strong and I'm loud. I'm gonna make you proud! Of T-T-T-Torrance, your captain Torrance
• Let's go, Toros!
• We are the Toros! The mighty, mighty Toros! We're so terrific, we must be Toros!

Production Details

Locations

The movie was filmed at locations around San Diego. The field shots were filmed at Torrey Pines High School, in the Carmel Valley area of San Diego. The East Compton High School gym scenes were filmed at Kearny High School and the Rancho Carne High School gym scenes were filmed at Academy of Our Lady of Peace. The locker room and scoreboard scenes were shot at Mt. Carmel High School. The exterior shots of Rancho Carne High School were mainly filmed at San Diego State University. The stands and field at the Toros game was shot at Eastlake High School.The NCA's were shot in Oceanside, California next to the pier. San Diego redirects here. ... Torrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. ... Kearny High School is located at 7651 Wellington Way in San Diego, California. ... ... Mt Carmel High School, a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Penasquitos, a small town in San Diego, California. ... San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. ... Eastlake High School Eastlake High (ELH or EHS), in Chula Vista, California, United States, is a four-year high school which opened on September 8, 1992. ... Oceanside is the third largest city in San Diego County, California. ...

Cast

• Kirsten Dunst as Torrance Shipman
• Eliza Dushku as Missy Pantone
• Jesse Bradford as Cliff Pantone
• Gabrielle Union as Isis
• Clare Kramer as Courtney
• Nicole Bilderback as Whitney
• Tsianina Joelson as Darcy
• Rini Bell as Kasey
• Nathan West as Jan
• Huntley Ritter as Leslie
• Shamari Fears as Lava
• Natina Reed as Jenelope
• Brandi Williams as Lafred
• Lindsay Sloane as Big Red
• Bianca Kajlich as Carver
• Holmes Osborne as Bruce Shipman
• Sherry Hursey as Christine Shipman
• Cody McMains as Justin Shipman
• Ian Roberts as Sparky Polastri
• Richard Hillman uncredited as Aaron

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Reception

The film earned USD$17,362,105 in 2,380 theaters in its opening weekend. The film went on to gross $68,379,000 in the U.S. and an additional $22,070,929 in other countries for a total gross of $90,449,929. USD redirects here. ...

This movie ranked number 30 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 50 Best High School Movies. Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ...

References

External links

• Bring It On at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Peyton Reed about the film
• Bring It On at Rotten Tomatoes
• Bring It On at Box Office Mojo
• Bring It On Filming locations