Save the Last Dance (Special Collector's Edition)
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Actor: Fredro Starr, Julia Stiles, Kerry Washington, Sean Patrick Thomas, Terry KinneyBrand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Summary of Save the Last Dance (Special Collector's Edition)
IN THIS ROMANTIC DRAMA SET IN THE GRITTY WORLD OF URBAN AMERICA, A WHITE, SUBURBAN GIRL SPARKS A CLASH OF CULTURES, BOTH ETHNIC AND ARTISTIC WHEN SHE ENROLLS IN A PREDOMINANTLYBLACK CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FOLLOWING HER MOTHER'S DEATH.Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic movie that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future.
Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangsta lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalizes on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the movie's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon
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