Raise Your Voice is an
American drama film released in
2004. It was directed by
Sean McNamara and stars
Hilary Duff.
Oliver James,
Lauren Mayhew,
David Keith, and
Dana Davis co-star. The film tells the story of a teenage girl from
Flagstaff, Arizona who spends the summer at a
performing arts school in
Los Angeles against her father's will. It received mainly poor reviews from critics
and did not live up to box office expectations garnering just $13,573,284.
The film was originally conceived by New Line Cinema music executive Mitch Rotter and pitched as a "
Christian Music Project."
Evan Rachel Wood was originally cast as Terri, but she had to drop out because of scheduling conflicts. The film features songs from Duff's album
Hilary Duff, which was released in the U.S. a week before
Raise Your Voice; the songs featured are "
Fly", "
Someone's Watching over Me" and "Jericho".
Raise Your Voice was the first live-action film to air on
The CW, having aired on
Thanksgiving Day 2007.