‘Standing Ovation’ Movie Available on DVD, On Demand

RIO GRANDE – The movie “Standing Ovation,” filmed largely in Cape May County and featuring dancers from Joanne Reagan Dance Studio in Cold Spring, has been released to Comcast On-Demand, DirecTv Pay-Per-View and DVD.
Ann Reagan, who choreographed the movie along with her mother Joanne, told the Herald, “Standing Ovation” can be ordered from Amazon.com and can be viewed on demand and pay-per-view.
She said anyone who was an actor or extra in the movie could watch their performance again.
“You can pause it and see people you know,” said Reagan.
The movie did not do well in theaters, setting a record for the sixth worst weekend tickets sales since 1982, averaging about $550 per theater at 623 locations for the weekend of July 16. The movie has grossed about $550,000 to date.
Despite dismal ticket sales, the movie received some favorable reviews including one from “The View’s” Joy Behar and was deemed suitable for family viewing.
“Standing Ovation” has 10 original songs and 13 choreographed dance routines. The film used locations in 2008 and 2009 on the Wildwood Boardwalk, Lower Cape May Regional High School and a rented storefront in the Acme shopping center in North Cape May.
While the movie is officially set in Atlantic City, locals will recognize Cape May’s Beach Theatre and Promenade, Sunset Beach and the Southern Mansion as filming locations.
The movie’s writer/director Stewart Raffill and Diane Kirman, producer and co-writer of “Standing Ovation,” made a brief appearance at the red carpet ceremony before the film’s screening at its premiere July 16 in Rio Grande.
“The film is a celebration of the dancing kids of this area,” Raffill told the crowd. “They were just spectacular.”
In conjunction with the release of the DVD, a portion of the proceeds from the December sales of “Standing Ovation” will be donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America’s “Fund-A-Dream” program, which provides monetary grants for young people to pursue their dreams.
The film follows five junior high school friends form a singing group called “The 5 Ovations” to compete in a national music video contest for a cash prize of $1 million. Their rivals, “The Wiggies,” five rich, talented and unscrupulous sisters, along with their parents, resort to dirty tricks to win the competition.