Bandslam

Bandslam (2009)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

5.8/10
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Actors and characters

Release date

2009-08-06

Country

United States

Production

Summit Entertainment, Walden Media, Goldsmith-Thomas Productions

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$12 200 000

Website

http://bandslam-movie.com/

Director

Todd Graff

Actors

Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Gaelan Connell, Scott Porter, Ryan Donowho, Charlie Saxton, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Jo, Elvy, Lisa Chung
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Scenario

Producer

K.C. Hodenfield, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Marisa Yeres Gill, Ron Schmidt, Jared Mass

Operator

Eric Steelberg

Composer

Artist

Audition

Nancy Nayor

Editing

John Gilbert
All team (14)

• All instrumental and vocal parts in the film are performed by the actors themselves, with the exception of the guitar parts by Vanessa Anne Hudgens and Scott Porter, and the piano parts by Lisa Chung. Hudgens and Porter learned their parts, but Jason Moserski from Relentless7 performs them in the film.
• The band's name, “I can't go on, I'll go on,” is taken from the final line of the 1958 novel “The Unnamable” by French and Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989).
• One of the requirements for potential actors was the ability to sing. Director Todd Graff specifically insisted on this, so the actors perform the vocal parts themselves.
• The role of cellist Irene Lerman was initially written for a young male character named Ira Lerman. The director was so impressed with Elvy Yost at the audition that he ordered the role to be rewritten for her.