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Save the Last Dance
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Save the Last Dance (2001) -- A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
Save the Last Dance (2001) -- A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   18,929 votes
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Director:

Thomas Carter

Writers (WGA):

Duane Adler (story)
Duane Adler (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 January 2001 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance more

Tagline:

The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.

Plot:

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

6 wins & 6 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(28 articles)

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User Comments:

What a boring piece of crap more (315 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Julia Stiles ... Sara

Sean Patrick Thomas ... Derek

Kerry Washington ... Chenille
Fredro Starr ... Malakai

Terry Kinney ... Roy

Bianca Lawson ... Nikki

Vince Green ... Snookie
Garland Whitt ... Kenny

Elisabeth Oas ... Diggy
Artel Great ... Arvel (as Artel Jarod Walker)
Cory Stewart ... Lip
Jennifer Anglin ... Glynn
Dorothy Martin ... Momma Dean
Kim Tlusty ... Lindsay
Felicia Fields ... Woman on Train
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Director Thomas Carter cast Julia Stiles in the role of Sara after seeing her "table dance" in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). more

Goofs:

Continuity: The blood on the corner of Malakai's mouth after Derek punches him in the face in Steppes (dripping down, then a very small amount, then back to dripping down again). more

Quotes:

[after Sara and Nikki's fight]
Nikki: It ain't over, bitch.
Sara: I don't even know why it started, bitch.
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Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dance Flick (2009) more

Soundtrack:

Everything Iz Buzziness more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
What a boring piece of crap, 16 June 2002
3/10
Author: Henrik from Stockholm, Sweden

3480 IMDb users gave this movie an average vote of 6.2! What? Is it a joke? This movie should belong to the bottom 100. I don't get it. Who enjoys watching a pretentious no brain movie with stereotype characters and predictable cliché plot? For almost two hours I struggled not to fastforward or just push the stop button. I have seen so many great movies lately (such as Fight Club, Gladiator, Memento, Snatch) so the only good thing about Save the Last Dance was to give me some perspective about the good movies from the bottom. I pity the people involved in this movie... and the audience.

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Most boring movie ever made? nickkell
does anyone know the end credits song ? Louyloo21
How could you forgot about kanye? music-61
Julia Stiles started her own FASHION LINE! james_n_jolly
Were Derek and Chenille supposed to be twins? ladyyredd
Song help please!!!!!!!! mizzmess18
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