Dance with Me (1998)

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a ... See full summary »

Director:

Randa Haines

Writer:

Daryl Matthews

Stars:

Vanessa Williams, Chayanne, Kris Kristofferson

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vanessa Williams	...	Ruby Sinclair
Chayanne	...	Rafael Infante
Kris Kristofferson	...	John Burnett
Joan Plowright	...	Bea Johnson
Jane Krakowski	...	Patricia
Beth Grant	...	Lovejoy
Harry Groener	...	Michael
William Marquez	...	Stefano
Scott Paetty	...	Steve
Rick Valenzuela	...	Julian Marshall
Chaz Oswill	...	Peter
Liz Curtis	...	Kim
Bill Applebaum	...	Don Harrington
Angelo Pagan	...	Cuban Mailman
Victor Marcel	...	Fernando

Storyline

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.

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Plot Keywords:

dance | dancer | cuban | dance studio | reference to gene kelly | 

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Taglines:

Dance with me

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language and sensuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Shut Up and Dance

Filming Locations:

Dominican Republic

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,507,663 (USA) (21 August 1998)

Gross:

$15,814,088 (USA) (16 October 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mandalay Entertainment, Ballroom Dancer

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rick Valenzuela, who plays Julian Marshall in the film, is a professional Latin dancer and designed Vanessa Williams' dance costume for the championship scene.

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Goofs

In the final dance of the competition, when Ruby is imagining that Rafael is dancing with her, you see Julian's hand on her torso as Rafael's hand pulls away.

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Quotes

Rafael Infante: You need to talk to me?
Ruby Sinclair: I don't wonna be in love.

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Crazy Credits

Ending credits show scenes from the movie

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Connections

Referenced in Special Collector's Edition: La princesa prometida (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Want You, Miss You, Love You"
Written by Rob Mathes
Performed by Jon Secada

User Reviews

Fun, sexy, great dancing and music is amazing!

A must see! Chayanne (Rafael) is incredibly sexy and Vanessa Williams (Ruby)looks amazing. Chayanne from Puerto Rico, who has been a singer for years, has proven himself multi-talented. Not only can he sing, he can DEFINATLY dance, and act too! Vanessa is one of those women you love to hate

• especially in this movie. Utterly Gorgeous, she dances like a dream and

in the duet with Chayanne "You are my home" she even sings great too! The Chemistry between the two leads is electrifying, especially evident in the Dance championships and in the club scenes. Well casted. Ruby's young son is irresistable and Bea is the grandma everyone wants. The music is so incredibly catchy - I have the soundtrack, which also contains a couple of songs not in the movie which should be, but unfortunatly leaves out some that are in the movie that should be on the CD as well! There is also "Dance with Me 2" which contains songs not in the movie but in the syle of. Features Chayanne and Vanessa Williams, Gloria Estefan, Sergio Mendes, DLG (who have a role in the movie performing at the club Rafael and Ruby go to), Ruban Blades and more! I think I must have seen this movie over 25 times and I never get sick of it! I've almost memorised the script! Would have been nice to embelish the father-son relationship of Rafael and John (Kris Kristofferson), but this may well have detracted from the dance scenes. And I definatly would have liked more on the romance between the two leads...! I hope Chayanne does more movies as he has a talent for it and I'm hanging out for more perving! Oh, and more dancing too!