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Ballroom Dancing (1992)

Strictly Ballroom (original title)
A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.

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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 19 wins & 17 nominations. See more awards »
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Cast

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Vanessa Cronin
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Storyline

Scott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckly who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!" Written by Rowena Young

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A life lived in fear... ...is a life half lived See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language and sensuality | See all certifications »

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12 February 1993 (USA)  »

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Ballroom Dancing  »

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Box Office

Budget:

AUD 3,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$11,738,022
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1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Thomas Lacey scored the role of Scott Hastings in the stage production. Tara Morice (Fran) worked with Lacey on Dance Academy (2010). See more »

Goofs

When Doug Hastings begins improvising new steps in the flashback, there is a great deal of glitter on the floor in the close-up, but the floor is clean in the full-body shots. See more »

Quotes

Scott: We're telling a story. The rumba is the dance of love. Look at me like you're in love.
[Fran follows this instruction perhaps a little too enthusiastically]
Scott: That's it. Good.
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Connections

Referenced in Dancing with the Stars: Viewers' Choice Night (2014) See more »

Soundtracks

La Cumparsita
Written by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (as Rodriguez) & Raven
Arranged by David Hirschfelder
(c) Edward B. Marks Music Corp.
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What A Way To DANCE!!
25 July 2002 | by See all my reviews

It's a love story. It's a story about being yourself. It's story of following your dreams and not giving up. It's a story with DANCING!!

A boy who loves to dance HIS WAY loses at the major dancing competition. Why or why can't he dance like the others. This is killing his mother. No one wants to be his partner now. He is TOO MUCH!

He works as an instructor at his parents dance studio. His mom wants him to dance again, but the right way. His dad doesn't say much. He is too busy reliving his old dancing days when he was happier. There is a girl who dances at the studio who wants to be his partner. She is too plain and clumsy to be taken seriously. Will she ever get the chance?? Will the boy ever make the world see his way?? Will his mom ever chill out?? Will his Dad end up in the Nuthouse??? For the answers to these questions, please get this film.

Seriously, you will love this film. Though it follows closely to the "DIRTY DANCING" story, it is much more than that. The characters are just so off the wall you will laugh your arse off. The love story is kind of sweet, but the DANCING is great!

8 out of 10


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