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Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.
Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon
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Save the Last Dance (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Julia Stiles , Sean Patrick Thomas , Kerry Washington , Fredro Starr , and Terry Kinney Director: Thomas Carter (II) Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000H7JCBY Release Date: 2006-09-26 |
Description
Sara (Julia Stiles) wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father (Terry Kinney), who she has not seen for a long time, in Chicago, mainly in the ghetto. She gets transferred to a new school where she is the only white girl there. Her life takes a turn for the better when she is friends with Chenille (Kerry Washington). Later, she falls in love with Chenille's brother, Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas).
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Save the Last Dance 2
Starring: Izabella Miko , Columbus Short , Jacqueline Bisset , Aubrey Dollar , and Ian Brennan Director: David Petrarca Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000GG4Y5U Release Date: 2006-10-10 |
Description
Continuing the story of the original film, Sara (Izabella Miko) follows her dream and becomes a student at Juilliard. As she is excels and becomes a star pupil, Sara becomes torn between her love for traditional ballet and her passion for the urban street rhythms of hip-hop, complicated further by her new love, hip-hop musician Miles (Columbus Short). When pushed to make a choice, will she follow the path of the tried and true or will she take a risk and dance into uncharted territory?
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Save the Last Dance
Starring: Terry Kinney , Julia Stiles , Garland Whitt , Fredro Starr , and Sean Patrick Thomas Director: Thomas Carter Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00003CXTS Release Date: 2001-06-19 |
Amazon.com
Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon
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Save the Last Dance / Save the Last Dance 2
Starring: Izabella Miko , Columbus Short , Jacqueline Bisset , Aubrey Dollar , and Ian Brennan Director: David Petrarca , and Thomas Carter (II) Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000GG4Y64 Release Date: 2006-10-10 |
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This 2 disc collection includes Save the Last Dance SCE and MTV's DTV of Save the Last Dance 2.
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Save the Last Dance for Me
Starring: Save the Last Dance for Me Manufacturer: Ya Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000EQ5USC Release Date: 2006-04-18 |
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Save the Last Dance [Region 2]
Starring: Julia Stiles , Sean Patrick Thomas , Kerry Washington , Fredro Starr , and Terry Kinney Director: Thomas Carter (II) Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005N96G |
Amazon.com
Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon
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Carolina
Manufacturer: TVA Films ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000231U1I |
Product Description
It should be wasy for a woman like Carolina(Julia Stiles) to find love. After all, she works for a television dating show called THE PERFECT DATE. Pressure from her nutty grandmother(Shiley MacLaine) certainly doesn't help. Neither does all her worrying over her troubled sisters. With the help of her best friend Albert(Allessandro Nivola) Carolina realizes that instead of trying to escape her life and the people in it, she just needs to take a closer look at what she already has.
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Save the Last Dance [Region 2]
Starring: Julia Stiles , Sean Patrick Thomas , Kerry Washington , Fredro Starr , and Terry Kinney Director: Thomas Carter (II) ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005Q5AU |
Amazon.com
Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon
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Vol. 3: Save the Last Dance for Me
Starring: Tom Jones Manufacturer: Unlimited Media ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000065BT0 Release Date: 2002-06-04 |
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Save the Last Dance [Region 2]
ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B00006RHSN |
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