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Strictly Ballroom

  • 19921992
  • PGPG
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
28K
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Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio, and Tara Morice in Strictly Ballroom (1992)
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A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
28K
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    • Baz Luhrmann
    • Baz Luhrmann(original idea)
    • Andrew Bovell(earlier screenplay)
    • Craig Pearce(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Mercurio
    • Tara Morice
    • Bill Hunter
    • Baz Luhrmann
    • Baz Luhrmann(original idea)
    • Andrew Bovell(earlier screenplay)
    • Craig Pearce(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Paul Mercurio
    • Tara Morice
    • Bill Hunter
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 192User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 BAFTA Awards

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    Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice in Strictly Ballroom (1992)
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    Paul Mercurio
    Paul Mercurio
    • Scott Hastings
    Tara Morice
    Tara Morice
    • Fran
    Bill Hunter
    Bill Hunter
    • Barry Fife
    Pat Thomson
    Pat Thomson
    • Shirley Hastings
    Gia Carides
    Gia Carides
    • Liz Holt
    Peter Whitford
    Peter Whitford
    • Les Kendall
    Barry Otto
    Barry Otto
    • Doug Hastings
    John Hannan
    John Hannan
    • Ken Railings
    Sonia Kruger
    • Tina Sparkle
    Kris McQuade
    Kris McQuade
    • Charm Leachman
    Pip Mushin
    • Wayne Burns
    Leonie Page
    • Vanessa Cronin
    Antonio Vargas
    Antonio Vargas
    • Rico
    Armonia Benedito
    • Ya Ya
    Jack Webster
    • Terry
    Lauren Hewett
    Lauren Hewett
    • Kylie
    Steve Grace
    • Luke
    Paul Bertram
    • J.J. Silvers - State Finals MC
      • Baz Luhrmann
      • Baz Luhrmann(original idea) (earlier screenplay) (screenplay)
      • Andrew Bovell(earlier screenplay)
      • Craig Pearce(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Fran's house was a set built on to an existing railway station. In the most expensive shot in the entire film, a train was hired to pass by the house twice. Once, a real food inspector came onto the set and demanded paperwork because he thought it was a real shop.
    • Goofs
      When Shirley Hastings finally rips the calendar pages off in anger shouting, "It was his year," some of the pages underneath also show days marked off and the Pan-Pacific date circled in red.
    • Quotes

      Fran: A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the film credits on VHS, a message appears saying "And the dancing continues...", and then it plays the video that was made at the time for John Paul Young's Love Is In The Air, the video having been made to go with the film's release.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Untamed Heart/Strictly Ballroom/Groundhog Day/Love Field/Riff-Raff (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Is In The Air
      Vocal by John Paul Young

      Written by Harry Vanda & George Young

      (c) 1978 J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd

      by Courtesy of Albert Productions

    User reviews192

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    7/10
    Starts off just weird, but then becomes a fearless fairy tale romance!
    Strictly Ballroom (1992)

    A campy, glossy, colorful, surprising fairy tale, total romance, lots of dancing, and inventive through and through. No, director Baz Luhmann has not pulled off another Moulin Rouge, which is a whole other order of invention and beauty, but this is his first movie, and it's filled with idealism. And some people to root for and to hiss against--you know, heroes and villains.

    It could have been tightened up, no doubt--there are times when I was a little impatient even though they were dancing away. But mostly I was happy to watch and wait for the next step toward the big climax.

    The two young leads, interestingly, came from nowhere (the perfectly named Paul Mercurio and the understated Tara Morice both in their first films). They've gone on to largely television careers, and in part you appreciate how much Luhmann gets from them. The highly stylized approach helps avoid a need for real acting, per se, but Mercurio in particular really rises to the occasion. The whole affair is Australian, and it feels bright and original the way some of fellow Aussie Peter Weir's films do, or in another sense, Peter Jackson.

    If you can summon up any innocence and romance and go for what really clicks here, be swept up and love it.
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      • February 12, 1993 (United States)
      • Australia
      • United Kingdom
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      • English
      • Spanish
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      • St George's Theatre, Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Beyond Films
      • M & A
      • New South Wales Film & Television Office
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    • 1 hour 34 minutes
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