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Save the Last Dance (2001)

PG_13  112 min  -  Drama | Music | Romance   -  12 January 2001 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Thomas Carter

Writers:

Duane Adler (story), Duane Adler (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Stiles ...
Sean Patrick Thomas ...
Derek
Kerry Washington ...
Chenille
Fredro Starr ...
Malakai
Terry Kinney ...
Roy
Bianca Lawson ...
Nikki
Vince Green ...
Snookie
Garland Whitt Garland Whitt ...
Kenny
Elisabeth Oas ...
Diggy
Artel Great ...
Arvel (as Artel Jarod Walker)
Cory Stewart Cory Stewart ...
Lip
Jennifer Anglin Jennifer Anglin ...
Glynn
Dorothy Martin Dorothy Martin ...
Momma Dean
Kim Tlusty Kim Tlusty ...
Lindsay
Felicia Fields ...
Woman on Train
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Storyline

Sara wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father, who she has not seen for a long time. He lives on the other side of town, in a predominantly Black neighborhood. She gets transferred to a new school where she is one of the few White students there. She becomes friends with Chenille, and later, falls in love with Chenille's brother, Derek. Written by Kara  

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Plot Keywords:

Dance | Dancing | Ghetto | Hip Hop | Dead Mother  | See more »

Taglines:

The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.

Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Pasión y baile See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$27,526,443 (USA) (14 January 2001) (2230 Screens)

Gross:

$91,057,006 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The film makers originally wanted to film at Mount Assisi Academy, an all-girls Catholic school in Lemont. When they asked the school if they could remove the religious decorations, the President of the school refused. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: First scene at Steppes, when Sara and Derek are dancing, one of Nikki's friends is dancing next to them, then it cuts to her sitting with Nikki while they talk about Sara then cuts back to the dance floor where she is still dancing next to them. See more »

Quotes

Derek: Let's put some S-E-X in those H-I-Ps!
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Connections

Referenced in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.65" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Da Rockwilder"
by Rockwilder (as Dana Stinson), Method Man (as Clifford Smith), Redman (as Reggie Noble),
B-Real, Brett Bouldin, Larry Muggerud, Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon),
, Earl Edwards & Bernice Williams
Performed by Method Man (as Methodman) / Redman
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises See more »