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Overview

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Director:

Greydon Clark

Writers:

Roy Langsdon (screenplay)
John Platt (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

16 March 1990 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

LAMBADA...If it got any hotter, it wouldn't be dancing!

Plot:

Filmed during the Lambada dance craze (if there really ever was one), this film tries to have a social conscience... more | add synopsis

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

Joanna & Derek Excel at Crotch-Fueled Dancing
 (From E! Online. 12 October 2009, 8:45 PM, PDT)

Joanna & Derek Excel at Dancing
 (From E! Online - Movies and Television. 12 October 2009, 8:05 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

A successful attempt to ruin a foreign culture in the US more (12 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Laura Harring ... Nisa (as Laura Herring)
Jeff James ... Jason
Barbra Brighton ... Ashley
Miranda Garrison ... Mickey

Sid Haig ... Joa
Ángela Moya ... Carmen (as Angela Moya)
Richard Lynch ... Benjamin Maxwell

Shannon Farnon ... Katherine Anderson
Linden Chiles ... Bradley Anderson
Ruben Moreno ... The King
Gene Mitchell ... Cutter

Kenny Johnson ... Dave

Connie Woods ... Trish
Tom Alexander ... Kurt
Steven Williams ... Weed (as Steven Lloyd Williams)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Lambada, the Forbidden Dance (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Written in 10 days, based on an idea writers John Platt & Roy Langsdon came up with in the car on the drive to producer Menahem Golan's office. The script was commisioned in December of 1989, was in production by the end of January, 1990, and hit theaters on March 17th that same year, all in an attempt to beat rival lamdada flick Lambada (1990/I) to theaters. Both films were eventually released on the very same day! more

Quotes:

[Joa is sitting there playing the drumms with his hands]
Carmen: They say the music is an universal language. I know another.
[Carmen gets up and dances for Joa and he smiles for the first time at her]
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Outlaw (#6.19)" (1993) more

Soundtrack:

Lambada á la Creole more


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A successful attempt to ruin a foreign culture in the US, 4 April 2000
1/10
Author: ColeSear

Brazil was finally allowed to break onto the scene in the US for the first time since the 40s and along comes this piece of propaganda to ruin it every thing about Brazil in this movie is inaccurate if you want to watch something about Brazil watch Central Station (Central Do Brasil) this was without a doubt one of the worst movies ever don't waste your time

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SOUNDTRACK: FORBIDDEN DANCE!!! werewolfie
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Jason was / is really hot ms-catamaran
Does anyone have these songs? shellyfriendly2000
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