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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Thomas Carter |
| Stars: |
Julia Stiles |
| Actors: |
Bianca Lawson |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Rap Artists |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Widescreen |
| UPC: |
097360949445 |
| Release Date: |
2001 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 53min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen; Checkpoint, 1hr 53min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (June 19, 2001)
UPC: 097363345527 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Special Edition, 1hr 53min
Release Company: Paramount Home Entertainment (November 06, 2001)
UPC: 097361566139 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Duane Adler |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2001, p.85, Robert Abele): "...[The film has] smart performances and pulls off the rare trick of tackling some thorny racial issues without becoming blandly moralistic..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"You come and take one of the few decent men left after drugs, jail and drive-bys."-- Chenille (Washington) to Sara (Stiles)
"We spend more time defending our relationship than actually having one." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
With her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina decimated by the accidental death of her mother, Sara Johnson (Stiles) is forced to move from her quiet Midwestern town to her father's ghetto apartment on the south side of Chicago. The stark urban environment's contrast of race and class compound Sara's loss and her misplaced guilt, which are both exacerbated by the fact that her mother had been en route to her dance performance at the time of her death. But when she meets Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas), a popular black student with a passion for hip-hop and a future brighter than his troubled past, her repressed ambition and sorrow are released through a revitalized interest in the cathartic and expressive power of dance. Their friendship and mutual interest in dancing inexorably lead to a passionate romance that raises the sadly typical, bigoted resistance from Sara's white father and Derek's black friends. Widely hailed by critics for being as sophisticated and intelligent as it is viscerally passion... |
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