High School Musical: El Desafio
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| Directed by | Jorge Nisco |
| Produced by | Walt Disney Pictures Patagonik Film Group |
| Written by | Pablo Lago |
| Starring | Fernando Dente Agustina Vera Delfina Peña Walter Bruno |
| Music by | Fernando López Rossi |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
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98 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $1,766,913 |
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| Soundtrack album by Cast of HSM: El Desafio | ||||
| Released | June 17, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop, teen pop, pop rock, musical theatre | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
| Producer | Fernando López Rossi | |||
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High School Musical: El Desafío (The Challenge) is a spin-off of the American film High School Musical for the Argentine market, based on the book Battle of the Bands. It began filming in February 2008 and it is the one Disney-branded feature film made in Latin America. The first was Una Pelicula de Huevos and the second is El Arca. The movie has a script created specifically for the cinema and an original plotline. Eight new songs have been produced exclusively for the movie. In addition to these songs, Alejandro Lerner also composed the main theme, which he performed, and which is played during the closing credits.
The roles in the movie are played by the winners and finalists of the Argentine TV program High School Musical: La Selección: Agus, Fer, Delfi, Walter, Gastón, Vale, Sofi and Juanchi. It also has the special participation of Andrea del Boca, Adriana Salonia, Peter McFarlane and the debut in a film of Liz Solari. The movie arrived in Argentine theaters on July 17, 2008, reaching in its debut week second place in the national box-office charts.
A new school year begins at the High School Argentina (HSA), and the students return from the summer vacations. Fer, the captain of the school rugby team, the Jaguars, discovers that Agus, his neighbour and classmate, has changed a lot over the summer. Delfi, however, continues being vain and wastes her time dominating her poor brother, Walter, and her associates Alicia, Clara and Valeria, or, as she prefers to call them, "The Invisibles".
The principal of the school and Ms. D'Arts, the art teacher, invite the students to take part in the school's first battle of the bands, where the kids will have a chance to be showcased as true music stars. Anne-Claire, a former student and now a famous singer, comes to the school as adviser to the contest. Delfi envies her greatly.
Working against the clock and with limited resources, the kids put all the forces for the big day. Fer and Agus, together with Juanchi, Sofi, Facha, Gaston and Walter participate in the contest, forming a band called the Scrum. At the same time, Delfi participates with her friends, and she tries the impossible task of separating Walter from his new friends. But only one band will be the winner, the one which can understand that teamwork, personal development, and study will make them better artists and also better people.
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