High School Musical: El Desafío

High School Musical: El Desafío
(The Challenge)

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jorge Nisco
Produced by Walt Disney Pictures
Patagonik Film Group
Written by Pablo Lago
Starring Fernando Dente
Agustina Vera
Delfina Peña
Walter Bruno
Music by Fernando López Rossi
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release dates
  • July 17, 2008 (2008-07-17)
Running time
98 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Box office $1,766,913[1]

High School Musical: El Desafío (The Challenge) is a spin-off of the American film High School Musical for the Argentine market, based on the book Battle of the Bands. It began filming in February 2008 and it is the one Disney-branded feature film made in Latin America. The first was Una Pelicula de Huevos and the second is El Arca.[2] The movie has a script created specifically for the cinema and an original plotline. Eight new songs have been produced exclusively for the movie. In addition to these songs, Alejandro Lerner also composed the main theme, which he performed, and which is played during the closing credits.

The roles in the movie are played by the winners and finalists of the Argentine TV program High School Musical: La Selección: Agus, Fer, Delfi, Walter, Gastón, Vale, Sofi and Juanchi. It also has the special participation of Andrea del Boca, Adriana Salonia, Peter McFarlane and the debut in a film of Liz Solari. The movie arrived in Argentine theaters on July 17, 2008, reaching in its debut week second place in the national box-office charts. [3]

Plot

A new school year begins at the High School Argentina (HSA), and the students return from the summer vacations. Fer, the captain of the school rugby team, the Jaguars, discovers that Agus, his neighbour and classmate, has changed a lot over the summer. Delfi, however, continues being vain and wastes her time dominating her poor brother, Walter, and her associates Alicia, Clara and Valeria, or, as she prefers to call them, "The Invisibles".

The principal of the school and Ms. D'Arts, the art teacher, invite the students to take part in the school's first battle of the bands, where the kids will have a chance to be showcased as true music stars. Anne-Claire, a former student and now a famous singer, comes to the school as adviser to the contest. Delfi envies her greatly.

Working against the clock and with limited resources, the kids put all the forces for the big day. Fer and Agus, together with Juanchi, Sofi, Facha, Gaston and Walter participate in the contest, forming a band called the Scrum. At the same time, Delfi participates with her friends, and she tries the impossible task of separating Walter from his new friends. But only one band will be the winner, the one which can understand that teamwork, personal development, and study will make them better artists and also better people.

Characters

Main

Other students

Supporting

Premiere

The special premiere took place on July 14, 2008 at the Gran Rex Theater. Following the film, the cast and the director, Jorge Nisco, went to the Alvear Hotel for a photo session and a press conference.

The film debuted in cinemas throughout Argentina on July 17, 2008.

Soundtrack

High School Musical: El Desafio
Soundtrack album by Cast of HSM: El Desafio
Released June 17, 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop, teen pop, pop rock, musical theatre
Label Sony BMG
Producer Fernando López Rossi
Cast of HSM: El Desafio chronology
Sueños
(2007)
High School Musical: El Desafio
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Musimundo link

Before the release of the movie, the film's soundtrack CD was released, featuring eight new songs produced by Fernando López Rossi. The album has a bonus track with the song "Now Is Time to Shine" (originally in Spanish, "Ya es tiempo de brillar") written by Alejandro Lerner especially for the film, and includes the music video of the song "The Summer Was Ended" ("El Verano Terminó").

List of songs

# Song Performed by
1 El Verano Terminó (Summer Has Ended) All
2 Siempre Juntos (Forever Together) The Jaguars
3 Doo up Delfy and Walter
4 Yo sabía... (I Knew...) Agus and Fer
5 A Buscar el Sol (Look for the Sun) Agus
6 Hoy Todo es Mejor (Today Everything is Better) Fer
7 Superstar Delfi and The Shadows (Vale, Clara and Alicia)
8 Mejor Hacerlo Todo Juntos (It's Better Doing It All Together) Agus, Fer, Juanchi, Gaston, Facha and Sofi
9 Actuar, Bailar, Cantar (Act, Dance, Sing) All
10 Ya es Hora de Brillar (Now It Is Time to Shine) Alejandro Lerner
BT El Verano Terminó (Video) (Summer Has Ended (Video)) All

Other international versions

Following this production in Argentina, the film was also remade for Mexico and in Brazil:

References

  1. "2008 Argentina Yearly Box Office Results". Retrieved November 18, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Reuters/Billboard (July 12, 2008). "'High School Musical' retunes to suit Latin America".
  3. "The new "Batman" began with all in the Buenos Aires' cinemas" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Clarín.com. July 18, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2008. (Fifth paragraph) In the Argentine billboard, meanwhile, remained in the second place is the Disney production filmed in the country, "High School Musical: El Desafio", which have an attendance of 32,301 people in 100 rooms, also in his debut.
  4. "High School Musical: El Desafío is coming" (in Spanish). Puebla: TodoPuebla.com. September 3, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  5. "High School Musical - A seleção" (in Portuguese). HSM-Club. May 23, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2008.

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