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|director = Shawn Ku |
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Revision as of 09:47, 2 August 2009
| The American Mall | |
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| Directed by | Shawn Ku |
| Written by | Margaret Oberman (teleplay) Tomás Romero (story) P.J. Hogan (story) |
| Produced by | Bill Borden Mark Hansson Arata Matsushima Barry Rosenbush Terry Spazek |
| Starring | Nina Dobrev Rob Mayes Autumn Reeser Bianca Collins Neil Haskell Yassmin Alers Al Sapienza |
| Cinematography | Matthew Williams |
| Edited by | Don Brochu |
| Music by | Amber Funk Matt LaPoint Matthew Temple |
| Distributed by | MTV |
Release date | August 11, 2008 |
Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The American Mall is an 2008 MTV musical film that debuted on August 11, 2008. The movie was received with very low ratings, averaging 436,000 viewers.[1]
Plot
The story introduces Ally, a musically gifted girl whose mother runs the mall's music shop. She and her mother are in debt, barely able to pay the rent. Every night Ally goes to the mall and plays the piano, trying to finish a particular song she has been trying to finish since she was little. One night, a mysterious male voice sings new words as she is playing along.
Overview
Produced by the same team behind Disney's High School Musical film series, The American Mall is conceptually very similar, as it focuses on several teenage characters and their daily struggles, with comic elements and musical numbers. The central plot thread of the film is that the two main characters, Ally and Joey, are musically talented but face many personal obstacles to attaining success. The teenage characters are all mall employees- Ally works at her mother's music shop, and Joey and his friends work on the night custodial staff.
The movie was filmed in Provo, Utah at the Provo Town Center mall.
The song "Get Your Rock On" was released as Rock Band DLC on August 19, 2008.[2]
Cast
- Nina Dobrev as Ally
- Rob Mayes as Joey
- Autumn Reeser as Madison
- Bianca Collins as Mia
- Neil Haskell as Drew
- Yassmin Alers as Erin
- Al Sapienza as Max
- Brooke Lyons as Dori
- Bresha Webb as Penny
- Blythe Auffarth as Alexa
- Rodney To as Ben
- David Baum as Stavros
- Wade Allain-Marcus as Ricky
- Keely Hawkes as Ally's Singing Voice
Musical numbers
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| Song | Chiefly Sung By | Other Singers | Scene |
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| Every 10 Seconds | Joey, and Janitors | None | Mall Basement |
| At the Mall | Mia, Penny, Ben, and Ally | Company | Food Court |
| Dreaming Wide Awake | Ally, and Joey | None | Rooftop of the Mall |
| Get Your Rock On | Joey, and Janitors | Company | Ally's Mom's Store |
| The New You | Madison | None | Store |
| A Little Bit of Heart Somewhere | Mia, Penny, Ben, and Ally | None | Various Stores in the Mall |
| Dreaming Wide Awake | Joey, And Madison | None | Mall Basement |
| Survivor | Ally | None | Corridors of the Mall |
| Sorry's Not Enough | Ally, and Joey | None | Various Places in the Mall |
| Clear | Ally, and Joey | None | Music festival at the Mall |
| Don't Hold Back | Ally, Joey, Mia, Penny, Ben, Ally's Mom, Madison and Janitors | Company | Music Festival at the Mall |
Singles
- 2008: "Survivor" - Ally
- 2008: "Get Your Rock On" - Joey & Janitors