The Cheetah Girls (film)

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The Cheetah Girls
Directed by Oz Scott
Written by Deborah Gregory (novel)
Starring Raven
Sabrina Bryan
Kiely Williams
Adrienne Bailon
Lynn Whitfield
Vince Corazza
Distributed by Disney Channel
Release date(s) August 15, 2003
Country Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Language English
Followed by The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
IMDb profile

The Cheetah Girls is a popular Disney Channel Original Movie and a TV musical, released in 2003 and based on a bestselling series of young adult books, The Cheetah Girls by Deborah Gregory. The movie is about a four member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls, who go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a big-time producer named Jackal Johnson, who tries to make the group into superstars, but the girls run into many problems that could break the Cheetah Girls apart permanently.

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[edit] Cast

Main Cast: The Cheetah Girls

Supporting Cast:

  • Lynn Whitfield - Dorothea Garibaldi
  • Kyle Schmid - Derek
  • Juan Chioran - Francobollo
  • Lori Alter as Juanita Simmons
  • Vince Corazza - Jackal Johnson
  • Linette Robinson - Dana
  • Kyle Saunders - Pucci
  • Rothaford Gray - Dodo
  • My Anh Tran - Julia (as My Ahn Tran)
  • Enis Esmer - Rick (Comedian)
  • Johnie Chase - Doorman
  • Kim Roberts - Mrs. Bosco (Dorinda's Mom)
  • Sandra Caldwell - Drinka Champagne

[edit] Movie sequels

[edit] Trivia

  • The Cheetah Girls premiere netted 6.5 million viewers and over the weekend netted over 13 million total during three showings. [1]
  • The movie's DVD was certified Platinum for sales of over 1 million copies making it the second best selling DVD for a Disney Channel Original Movie production, trailing only High School Musical.[2] The DVD grossed over $11 million in revenue.[3]
  • The film was shot in both Toronto, Canada and Manhattan, New York in October and November 2002.

[edit] Goofs

  • In The Cheetah Girls, Luke is supposed to be French, while in the sequel, Luke is Spanish. But it said that Spain was where Luke's summer house was.

[edit] Video games

  • The Cheetah Girls: Pop Star Sensations (video game) was released in 2007 by Nintendo.

[edit] Awards

  • 2004

Black Reel:Television Best Actress Raven-Symoné

Black Reel:Television Best Supporting Actress Lynn Whitfield

DGA Award:Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs Oz Scott

Image Award:Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program Lynn Whitfield

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Preceded by
Eddie's Million Dollar Cookoff
Disney Channel Original Movies Succeeded by
Full Court Miracle


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