Ao Ritmo do Hip-Hop

Original title: Save the Last Dance

20012001
M/12M/12
1h 52min

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)
- Cheryl Edwards(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 6 wins & 8 nominations

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Save the Last Dance

Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance (2001)

Terry Kinney in Save the Last Dance (2001)

Bianca Lawson and Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance (2001)

Julia Stiles and Jennifer Anglin in Save the Last Dance (2001)

Sean Patrick Thomas in Save the Last Dance (2001)

Director
- Thomas Carter
Writers
- Duane Adler(story) (screenplay)
- Cheryl Edwards(screenplay)
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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. —Kara

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Taglines
- The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.
Genres
Certificate
- M/12
Parents guide

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).

Goofs
Juilliard is misspelled as "Julliard" on the sign announcing auditions.

Quotes
Sara: You know Snook, you talk a lot of shit for someone who never says anything.

Alternate versions
The DVD features four deleted scenes:
Record Store: A scene after the first night at Steps. Snook tries to talk a girl and gets shot down. He gives Derek the last copy of a CD. Sara shops for some hip-hop CDs and flirts with Derek.
Jazz Club: Sara goes to see her father play.
Chenille's Apartment: Kenny and Chenille argue about their son and talk about their relationship before the baby.
Playground: Kenny and Chenille talk in a park.

Connections
Featured in K-Ci & JoJo: Crazy (2000)

Soundtracks
You Don't Really Want Some
Written by Anthony President and Ainz Brainz Prasad (as Brainz Dimilo)
Performed by Blackout

Top review

7/10

More Than I Expected

Okay, so it won't bring home a little golden guy. . .it's from MTV Films for crying out loud. But who says everything has to? I will say this; this movie actually had a little more substance than what I walked in expecting. I went to the theater on opening night with 5 girlfriends expecting to hear some good music and see some good choreography and scenery of Chicago--a city I dearly love. I got all of that. But I also got a glimpse of broken homes, the dynamic between a father and daughter who don't know each other, friends who've gone by the wayside that you still don't want to let go of, I could say more. Oh, and the thing that really still pisses people off though it's 2001. . .interracial relationships. I'm not saying the plot isn't a little rehashed, but there's not a whole lot that's new out there. No, it's not a great film--I give it a B, but I'd see it again. In fact I did see it again with another set of friends on Saturday night. All in all, I saw this movie with 10 friends of varying sex, age and race and all of us liked it. I think that's a pretty good showing.

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