Turn the Beat Around is an MTV

Music television

Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from bands, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite or cable. Music TVs may host their own shows charts, award prizes. Examples are VIVA, Scuzz, MTV, JBTV, MuchMusic,...

 original film produced by MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 and Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

. It is loosely based upon the 1983 film Flashdance

Flashdance

Another song used in the film, "Maniac", was also nominated for an Academy Award. It was written by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, and was inspired by the 1980 horror film Maniac. The lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so that it could be used in Flashdance...

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Plot

It focuses around a 21-year-old woman named Zoe (played by Romina D'Ugo

Romina D'Ugo

Romina D'Ugo is a Toronto-born actress and dancer who was a part of the So You Think You Can Dance Canada Top 20. She has guest-starred in Degrassi: Next Generation, Life with Derek and Hairspray....

) who dreams of becoming a famous dancer similar to her idol Malika (played by Brooklyn Sudano

Brooklyn Sudano

Brooklyn Sudano is an American singer, dancer and actress. She played Vanessa Scott on My Wife And Kids and Felicia on Cuts.-Private life:...

) and she persuades a local dance club owner Michael Krasny (played by David Giuntoli) to open a disco-themed danceclub. Who's Zoe's rather unsupportive boyfriend Chris (played by Adam T. Brooks) doesn't approve of their partnership. The film features original music performed by Just Kait and Jason Derülo

Jason Derulo

Jason Joel Desrouleaux , better known by his stage name Jason Derülo, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper...

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Cast

• Romina D`Ugo as Zoe
• David Giuntoli as Michael
• Adam Taylor Brooks as Chris
• Brooklyn Sudano
  Brooklyn Sudano
  Brooklyn Sudano is an American singer, dancer and actress. She played Vanessa Scott on My Wife And Kids and Felicia on Cuts.-Private life:...
  
   as Malika
• Shauna MacDonal as Cynthia
• David Keeley as Roy
• Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
  Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
  Jacqueline MacInnes Wood is a Canadian actress perhaps best known for her role as Steffy Forrester on the long-running American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. She is also known for her role in the Disney XD television movie Skyrunners and appeared in Horror film Final Destination 5...
  
  as Irena
• Dewshane Williams as Ramon
• Simin Aamin as Selma
• Kevin McGarry as Jonah
• Shawn Byfield as Asa
• Miles Faber as D-Day