With her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina decimated by the accidental death of her mother, Sara Johnson (Julia 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 .. Read more
| Starring | Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Terry Kinney |
|---|---|
| Director | Thomas Carter |
| Genres | Drama |
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With her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina decimated by the accidental death of her mother, Sara Johnson (Julia 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 passionate, SAVE THE LAST DANCE enjoyed the top of the American box office in its first weekend in release, playing to sold out shows across the country, a landslide affirmation that Sara and Derek are not as alone as they think.
| Starring | Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Terry Kinney, Bianca Lawson, Vince Green, Fredro Starr |
|---|---|
| Director | Thomas Carter |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Czech, German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 05 Nov 2001 |
"...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..."
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Zero Stars
This film is hardly a surprise, it?s very outdated and the `shock? of the Black / White relationship falls very flat as a result.
One or two dance ... read more »
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Love it love it love it
I absolutely love this film, I could watch it over and over 1000 times. That could be for the reason that I love anything to do with dancing. It's just a ... read more »
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save the last dance
i loved this movie,a real girlie flick,and it stands the test of time,brillant.
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Great Film
I loved this film, watched it at the cinema and had to buy it when released on dvd. It is a bit of a tear jerker but at the same time its a really good love ... read more »
Basketball drama Coach Carter comes to DVD today, with Pulp Fiction actor Samuel L Jackson taking the lead role. Coach Carter follows the trials and tribulations of Ken Carter (Jackson), a high school basketball coach, who sets about improving the attitudes, performances and futures of his young charges. The film is directed by Thomas Carter, whose previous major hit was Save The Last Dance, starring Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas and Kerry Washington. Jackson has been busy with roles in... Read more
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