Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

Director:

Guy Ferland

Writers (WGA):

Kate Gunzinger (story) and
Peter Sagal (story) ...

Release Date:

27 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama

Tagline:

Turn Up The Heat And Follow The Rhythm

Plot:

In November 1958, the American teenager Katey Miller moves with her parents and her younger sister to Havana...

Plot Keywords:

Revolution | Love | Cuba | Nightclub | Dancing

Cast

Diego Luna	...	Javier Suarez
Romola Garai	...	Katey Miller
Sela Ward	...	Jeannie Miller
John Slattery	...	Bert Miller
Jonathan Jackson	...	James Phelps
January Jones	...	Eve
Mika Boorem	...	Susie Miller
René Lavan	...	Carlos Suarez
Mya	...	Lola Martinez (as Mya Harrison)
Polly Cole	...	Polly (as Polly Cusumano)
Chris Engen	...	Steph
Tommy Kavelin	...	Señor Alonso
Wilmer Cordero	...	Teacher
Charlie Rodriguez	...	Grandpa Suarez
Donato Poveda	...	Troubador (as Donato)

Also Known As:

Dirty Dancing 2 (Australia) (Singapore: English title)
Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sensuality.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #40488) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Brazil:10 | Czech Republic:12 | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:12 | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Puerto Rico

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

Rated #11 in Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 Worst Sequels Ever Made (2006)

Goofs:

Continuity: As Javier and Katey are dancing behind the projection cloth, Katey's dress straps switch up and down as shots change.

Quotes:

Javier Suarez: [showing Katey how to move her hips] And circle. Come on. Come on. And circle. That's a box.

Movie Connections:

Follows Dirty Dancing (1987)

Soundtrack:

Satellite

I had the time of my life again!

Katey moves to Havana with her family in 1958. Her family expect her to date a rich buy, but then she meets the Cuban waiter Javier, he introduces her to the sensual Cuban dance'n'music. When he loses his job, indirectly because of Katey, she asks her to enter and win a dancing competition with her, so that he can take his family to America. They meet secretly and dance right in each others hearts! When the revolution breaks out, the young couple tries to prove that their love is worth fighting for. I would have liked them to just call it Havana Nights, instead, because many people have high expectations about it because of the title. If you liked the first Dirty Dancing you will love this. It is a beautiful movie about how dancing brings to young people together and mix the afro-Cuban rhythms with ballroom dance and it looks fantastic! I LOVE this movie, and the music is absolutely amazing! It makes you want to dance and I feel alive when I see the movie. If you want to have a big musical experience filed with love and drama, then enjoy every minute of this film! I hope you will let yourself flowed away to the Cuban music!