Go Figure (film)

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Go Figure
Go Figure promotional advertisement
Directed by	Francine McDougall
Produced by	Sheri Singer
Written by	Patrick J. Clifton Beth Rigazio
Starring	Jordan Hinson Whitney Sloan Ryan Malgarini
Music by	Kenneth Burgomaster
Cinematography	Gordon Lonsdale
Editing by	Terry Blythe
Distributed by	Disney Channel
Release date(s)	June 10, 2005
Running time	92 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Go Figure is a Disney Channel Original Movie that aired on June 10, 2005. Walt Disney Records produced the film's soundtrack, released on June 7. The band Everlife sings the title track along with a music video.

1 Plot Summary
2 Cast
3 Trivia
- 3.1 Errors
- 3.2 Awards
4 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Fourteen-year-old Katelin dreams of being an Olympic Figure Skating champion. As her dream evolves, she eventually is discovered by Russian renowed skating coach, Natasha Gobermann. While Katelin wishes to be trained by her, she is unfortunately short on money. She has the opportunity to gain a scholarship; in order to get it, she must attend Buckston Academy and join its girls' hockey team. Katelin is resentful at first, but she reluctantly agrees to travel to the school. Once she begins training with the hockey team, Katelin instanly feels out of place amidst the other girls and the aggressive nature of the sport. Throughout the movie, Katelin builds a bond the team while improving her hockey playing skills. However, Katelin learns towards the end of the movie that the hockey championship and ice skating tournament are on the same day! Katelin must choose whether she will abandon her new found friends and teammates to follow her dream of becoming an Olympic Figure Skating champion, or whether she'll stay loyal to her team and stick with her new hobby. She choose to stick with her girls and play the championship game. They win and it turns out her brother has stalled the Figure Skating competition with his robot and she gets to skate too!

[edit] Cast

Jordan Hinson - Katelyn Kingsford
Whitney Sloan - Hollywood Henderson
Cristine Rose - Natasha Goberman
Ryan Malgarini - Bradley Kingsford
Tania Gunadi - Mojo
Amy Halloran - Ronnie
Brittany Curran - Pamela
Sabrina Speer - Shelby Singer
Jake Abel - Spencer
Kristi Yamaguchi - Herself
Jodi Russell - Linda Kingsford
Curt Dousett - Ed Kingsford
Paul Kiernan - Coach Reynolds
Morgan Lund - Bob
Austin Jepson - Hooner (as Austin B. Jepson)
Anne Sward - Ginger
Shauna Thompson - Assistant Coach Grace
Kadee Leishman - Heather

[edit] Trivia

One of the stunt skaters, Stephanie Rosenthal, actually went to Nationals. She placed 8th overall, and is the national collegiate champion.
Disney planned for Go Figure to be hugely successful and released a soundtrack and was planning to release a DVD. However, Go Figure did not live upto its expectations.
As stated on the original script, the working title of this movie was Stick It, which went on to be another Touchstone picture, that was released into theaters.

[edit] Errors

The minimum age to appear in the World Championships is 16. At 14 Kaitlin would be ineligible.
The U.S. Nationals does not use theatrical lighting for any of the programs, except the exhibiton.
The short program and free skate are held on different days. A winner could not be declared after a single skate.
Music for the short program and long program must be instrumental, and must not have people singing.
Shelby is said to have been in three world championships. Shelby is seventeen, and the minimum age is 16, so it is only possible for her to have been in two.

When Katelin puts on her hockey skates, her leggings are not on. When Ronnie returns the skate it is white. Her skates suddenly appear as neutral and her leggings suddenly appear.
When the crowd is chanting "Let her skate", Ronnie is holding Katelin's figure skate. Katelin is wearing her hockey skate, and by the time she begins her program, there was no time for her to put her figure skate on.