Cyruses come home for 'Hannah'

Billy Ray says family wanted Tennessee's imprint on movie

Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) joins daughter Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) as she works on a song in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Photo by SAM EMERSON / The Tennessean

Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) joins daughter Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) as she works on a song in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) joins daughter Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) as she works on a song in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Photo by SAM EMERSON / The Tennessean

Robby Ray (Billy Ray Cyrus) joins daughter Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) as she works on a song in Hannah Montana: The Movie.

Miley Stewart struggles to juggle school, friends and her secret pop-star persona; when Hannah Montana's soaring popularity threatens to take over her life--she just might ...

Rating: G

Length: 102 minutes

Released: April 10, 2009 Nationwide

Cast: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso

Director: Peter Chelsom

Writer: Daniel Berendsen

More info and showtimes »

— A couple of weeks ago, more than a hundred little girls got the chance to see a sneak preview of Hannah Montana: The Movie at a Nashville-area theater.

Ranging in age from about 3-15, the girls, many dressed like Hannah Montana, chanted her name, formed a conga line around the theater and instituted the wave and fits of crying in anticipation — all before the first image flickered across the screen.

Today Hannah Montana fans nationwide will have the opportunity to experience the same enthusiasm as the film — based on the wildly popular Disney series starring Miley Cyrus and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus — hits theaters.

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