Drumline
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Charles Stone
Nick Cannon
Zoe Saldana
Orlando Jones
Leonard Roberts
Afemo Omilami
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
For fans of America's show-style marching bands, halftime is game time. A squad of players, some 300 strong and armed with musical instruments, takes over the field, commanding attention with their stirring, spectacular display of choreography and musicianship. The football contest's controlled mayhem makes way for the blaring sound of trumpets and the heart-thumping rhythm of drums. Into this rigorous, ritualistic world comes a kid from a different culture. Devon Miles, a young, gifted hip-hop drummer from Harlem, wins a full music scholarship to Atlanta A&T University with the hopes of gaining a spot as a drummer on the school's renowned marching band's drumline. Devon, sporting a talent that is both raw and undisciplined, has one problem: He marches to the beat of his own drum. Surmounting overwhelming odds, he snares a spot as a starter, much to the disdain of a resentful senior class band member, Sean Taylor, who dismisses the freshman's skills as bogus. When Taylor discovers something amiss about Devon's abilities, he alerts Dr. Lee, the school's demanding, dedicated band director, who suspects that the upstart talent may have duped the school into awarding him his scholarship. That situation threatens not only Devon's future at the school but, more immediately, his spot on the band's drumline just before the heralded Big Southern Classic, one of the region's most popular musical competition, spotlighting some of the area's best college bands and the winner-take-all jackpot of $100,000 for the school. Now, with so much money, and possibly his own job, at stake, can Dr. Lee afford to pass up such a prize by keeping his star drummer on the sidelines?
Director
Charles Stone
Cast
Nick Cannon
Zoe Saldana
Orlando Jones
Leonard Roberts
Afemo Omilami
Brandon Bernard Benton
Raeven Hall
Stacey A Fann
Rodderick Thomas
Blu Cantrell
Courtney Brayon
Jimmie Hairston
Dantre Freeman
Cedric Floyd
Deodrick Jackson
Amos Dotson
Denise Burse
L. Daltron Brunson
Ephraim Benton
Jenear Wimbley
Marc Freeman Hamm
Kiara Ely
Patricia R Floyd
Jason Sims-prewitt
Al Wiggins
Jason Price
Pauline S Lewis
Donald J Render
Herschel Brown
Reginald Brayon
Enoch King
Shamea Morton
George A Peters
Jamaal Morgan
Terry Steward
Meredith Gordon
Angela Gibbs
Brianne Landry
Nicholas Thomas
Delarry Sanders
Stuart Scott
Earl C Poitier
J Anthony Brown
Jeron Leufroy
Don P Roberts
Boris Floyd
Laroya Morris
Shay Roundtree
Brandon Hirsch
Larry Stephen Hines
Edmond Boykin
Chandidas Brown
Candace Carry
Gary Yates
Nicole Anderson
Omar Dorsey
Darice Arceneaux
Ryan Cameron
Michael Brown
Brandon Parkman
Jason Weaver
Carton Leeks
Herbert Bowens
Damon Bass
A.j. Calloway
Christopher Dunn
Reggie Gay
Tyreese Burnett
Rob Cleveland
Gerald W Gray
Marcus Griffin
Christy Gamble
Petey Pablo
Zealouis Brown
Von Coulter
Thomas Lowe
Natalia Harris
Samantha Brown
Margaret Hungerford
Tianna Barnett
Glenda Morton
Erin Brantley
Anthony Chisholm
Courtney James Stewart
Crew
Alex Acuna
Melvin Adams
Mike Akins
Phalon Alexander
Juan Carlos Anaya
Bunny Andrews
Kenneth Anthony
Wilbur Arnold
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Edwin Baker
Tami Jo Baker
Johnny Barkley
Moses Barrett
Michael Barry
Dwayne Bastiany
Charles C Bennett
William Bennett
Aaron Bentley
James Berry
James Berry
George Billinger Iii
George Billinger Iii
Dave Black
James M. Black
David Boulton
Timothy M. Bourne
Patricia Bowers
Rick Bowman
Stephen Boyce
Saquon Boyd
Julian Bratolyubov
Kelly Brennan
James Brown
James Brown
Todd Brown
Gary Burritt
Nancy Cabrera
Jasper Cameron
Craig Cannold
Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon
Blu Cantrell
Charles Cape
Robert Carlson
Dave Carpenter
Angela Carroll
Gina Cascino
Craig M. Cason
James E Chambers
Ron Chambley
Aleta Chappelle
Robin Chappelle
J C Chasez
J C Chasez
Taryn Chilivis
Tina Chism
Maria Christensen
Linda Clark-thompson
Ajae Clearway
Donny Cochran
Eugene Cofield Jr.
Franklin Cofod
Barry Cole
Barry Cole
Patrice Coleman
Ryan Collison
Luis Conte
Dan Cornwall
Christopher Covert
Christopher Covert
Jim Cox
Erin Crackel
Zuri Craig
Jack Cruz
Keith Culbertson
Trick Daddy
Trick Daddy
Hal Davis
Karen Davis
Sandy De Crescent
Raheem Devaughn
Raheem Devaughn
Joe Digaetano
Victor Dimichina
Stephen Dirkes
Clark Atlantic University Drumline
Jermaine Dupri
David Duren
Rusty Edmonds
Bernard Edwards
Edward Elgar
Jahleel Eli
David B Ellis
Kiara Ely
Corey Evans
Mike Farrell
Jennifer Fasano
Sandy Feldstein
Tom Fendley
Armando Fente
Wendy Finerman
Oscar Fischer
Kevin Fisher
Tom Fitzpatrick
Patrick Flanagan
Donald Fletcher
John Fletcher
Darroll Floyd
Darroll Floyd
Pharroll Floyd
Pharroll Floyd
Thomas Foligno
Jennifer Fong
David Foster
Bruce L. Fowler
Dale Fowler
Luca Fredericksen
Benjamin A Fretheim
Phil Fuller
Daniel Patrick Fulton
David Galbraith
Michael Garvin
Adam Geiger
Henry Gilliam
Berry Gordy
Mick Gormaley
Jim Gorman
Gavin Greenaway
Shay Griffin
Charles R. Gunter
Jody Gurson
Rhonda Guthrie
Daniel Haizlip
Allen Hale
Trayon Hall
Veronica Hampton
Josh Hancher
Shapiro Hardeman
Sanford Hatcher
Jamar Hawkins
Jim Hawkins
Shea Haynes
David Henshaw
Jalyn Henton
Harry Higgins
Douglas L Hill
Kwame B Holland
Cecil Houston
Mike Howells
Demetrius Hubert
Demetrius Hubert
William Hughes
Chad Hugo
Gail Hunter
Shane Hurlbut
Shane Hurlbut
Jalil Hutchins
Clarence Hutchinson
Lee Ivey
Deodrick Jackson
Jackie Jackson
Michael Jackson
Kenton Jakub
Barry James
Mark James
Syleena Johnson
Syleena Johnson
Catina Jones
Cliff Jones
Charles Jordan
Ralph Kearns
R. Kelly
Jim Keltner
Robert Kempf
Francis Scott Key
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Brian Kidd
Bruce Kitzmeyer
Dan Korintus
Dana Landry
Malaika Langa
Brian Langman
Avi Laniado
Terry Laudermilch
Ron Lawrence
Heebok Lee
Scott Leftridge
Daniel Lerner
Jeffrey Lewis
Thomas E. Lewis
T.j. Lindgren
Jerry Lordan
Trina Love
Rhea Lowenthal
Ted Lucas
Tom Luse
Dwana Makeba
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 2002
Released in United States on Video April 15, 2003
Released in United States Winter December 13, 2002
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival August 7-11, 2002.
Project is based on producer-songwriter Dallas Austin's own experiences as a high school drummer.
Released in United States on Video April 15, 2003
Released in United States August 2002 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival August 7-11, 2002.)
Released in United States Winter December 13, 2002
