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Fired Up!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWill Gluck
Written byFreedom Jones
Produced byWill Gluck
Matthew Gross
Paddy Cullen
StarringSarah Roemer
Nicholas D'Agosto
Eric Christian Olsen
David Walton
AnnaLynne McCord
CinematographyThomas E. Ackerman
Edited byTracey Wadmore-Smith
Music byRichard Gibbs & Mark Hoppus
Distributed byScreen Gems
Release date
February 20, 2009 (2009-02-20)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
Box office$18,598,852[1]

Fired Up! is a 2009 American teen comedy film directed by Will Gluck and written by Freedom Jones. The main plot follows two popular high school football players (portrayed by Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto) who decide to become cheerleaders in order to be around female cheerleaders.

Premise

Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen) and Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto), two popular football players at Gerald R. Ford High School, manage to get out of football camp and con their way onto the cheerleading squad. Their objective is to attend cheerleading camp in order to meet girls.

While at cheer camp, Nick and Shawn realize that they actually like cheering. They start to care about their squad and the cheer competition. Shawn develops feelings for Carly (Sarah Roemer), the head cheerleader, while Nick chases after Diora (Molly Sims), the camp coach's wife.

Carly and the squad find out about Shawn and Nick's true motives for attending cheer camp. Carly's boyfriend, Dr. Rick, (David Walton) also reveals that Shawn and Nick initially planned to leave cheer camp before the cheer competition. Nick and Shawn leave camp after being ejected from the squad. While attending a party at a friend's house, Shawn and Nick discover that they enjoyed cheer camp and want their squad to succeed. They decide to return to cheer camp and help the squad in the cheer competition.

The squad's routine results in their best finish ever, despite a botched attempt to execute the "Fountain of Troy" maneuver. In the end, Shawn, Nick and the squad all benefit from the experience. Shawn and Nick also get their girls.

Cast

Filming locations

Almost all of the filming shots of the high school in the film were taken at South Pasadena High School. However, the hallway scene was filmed at John Burroughs High School in Burbank. To make filming easier, the fictional Gerald R. Ford High School's mascot was made the "Tigers" since South Pasadena High's mascot is a tiger.[citation needed] Some of the South Pasadena Tigers Football team's gear such as pads, were borrowed for use in the film. However, filming for the football game scene took place at Calabasas High School. The cheerleader camp was filmed at Occidental College, which incidentally also has the tiger as a mascot. In one of the early scenes, the train passing by is the Metro Gold Line (LACMTA) Pasadena line. The location where the cheerleaders were practicing was filmed in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Trailer

The first trailer was attached to Twilight.

Reception

As of February 1, 2010, the film has a 23% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2]

Home release

The movie was released on DVD, UMD, and Blu-Ray formats June 9, 2009. An unrated version was also released containing non-censored language and nudity not seen in the theatrical cut.

References

  1. ^ "Fired Up (2009) - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  2. ^ "Fired Up Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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