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| Product 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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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Directors: |
Thomas Carter |
| Actors: |
Bianca Lawson · Fredro Starr · Kerry Washington · Terry Kinney |
| Stars: |
Julia Stiles · Sean Patrick Thomas |
| UPC: |
097360949421, 097360949445, 097361198040, 097361566108, 097361566139, 097363345527, 097363345534, 097363345541 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 53min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: Special Collector's Edition, DVD: Special Collector's Edition/ Checkpoint, DVD: Special Collector's Edition; Widescreen, DVD: Widescreen, DVD: Widescreen; Checkpoint, VHS, VHS: Special Edition, VHS: Special Edition- Spanish Subtitled |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Rap Artists |
| Release Date: |
2001 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS: Special Edition- Spanish Subtitled
- 1hr 53min
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- November 06, 2001
- PG-13 (MPAA)
- 097361566108
, - VHS: Special Edition
- 1hr 53min
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- November 06, 2001
- PG-13 (MPAA)
- 097361566139
, - VHS
- 1hr 53min
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- June 19, 2001
- PG-13 (MPAA)
- 097363345534
- Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Cheryl Edwards, Duane Adler |
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Professional Reviews
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(01/08/2001, p.37-8, Robert Koehler): "...[Stiles'] performance, and her dancing, blossom in a pleasant, spirited way....Thomas projects a potently attractive self-confidence...", (01/12/2001, p.20, Roger Ebert): "...The development is intelligent, the characters are more complicated than we expect and the ending doesn't tie everything up in a predictable way....[Stiles is] one of the most talented of the emerging generation of actresses...", (01/12/2001, p.F1, Kevin Thomas): "...Well-crafted and smoothly paced, SAVE THE LAST DANCE benefits most strongly from its predominately youthful cast....Lawson and the most appealing Washington make impressions as vivid as those of Stiles and Thomas...", (01/19/2001, p.63, Lisa Schwarzbaum): "...SAVE THE LAST DANCE teaches that you should never give up your dreams and that love is all you need...", (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." |
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