Dance with Me (1998)

Director:

Randa Haines

Writer (WGA):

Daryl Matthews (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Music

Tagline:

In the dance of life, love can happen in a heartbeat.

Plot:

Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time...

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Beautiful Woman | Dance Contest | Ballroom Dancing

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Vanessa Williams	...	Ruby Sinclair
Chayanne	...	Rafael Infante
Kris Kristofferson	...	John Burnett
Joan Plowright	...	Bea Johnson
Jane Krakowski	...	Patricia
Beth Grant	...	Lovejoy
Harry Groener	...	Michael
William Marquez	...	Stefano
Scott Paetty	...	Steve
Rick Valenzuela	...	Julian Marshall
Chaz Oswill	...	Peter
Liz Curtis	...	Kim
Bill Applebaum	...	Don Harrington
Angelo Pagan	...	Cuban Mailman
Victor Marcel	...	Fernando
Ana Sofia Pomales	...	Fernando's Daughter
Nelson Marquez	...	Fiance
Mike Gomez	...	Bartender
Charles Venturi	...	Waiter
Maurice Schwartzman	...	Man in Dance Club
Jannette Valenzuela	...	Woman in Dance Club
Jim Mapp	...	Fisherman on Pier
Robert Pike Daniel	...	Emcee
Tony Meredith	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Melanie LaPatin	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist (as Melanie Lapatin)
Jean Marc Genereux	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
France Mosseau	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
James Kunitz	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Jaana Kunitz	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Giacomo Steccaglia	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Melissa Dexter	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Eric Thomas Robinson	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Maria Torres O'Connor	...	Professional Latin Dance Finalist
Thomas A. Slater	...	Theater Arts Dancer
Carol Bentley	...	Theater Arts Dancer
Jose Mesa Benjamin	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Harry Bowens	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Juan Carlos Cienfuegos	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Leila Flores	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Raúl Gómez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Monica Gonzalez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Rudy González	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Ana Hernandez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Alicia Gómez	...	Salsa Club Dancer (as Alicia Gomez)
Joel Hernandez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Erika Landin	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Alyra Lennox	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Rojelio Moreno	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Anne Noelle	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Piper Orr	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Jacqueline Rios	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Chantal Sagouspe	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Marissa Soratorio	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Albert Torres	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Francisco Vasquez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Joby Vasquez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Luis Vasquez	...	Salsa Club Dancer
Roberto Villacorta	...	Salsa Club Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eustace Dunbar IV	...	Salsa group singer
Anthony Avery	...	Las Vegas Tourist (uncredited)
Kira Burt	...	Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Bronwen Carson	...	The long-legged dancer (uncredited)
Wilfredo A. Crispin	...	Salsa Group Singer (uncredited)
James De Jesus	...	Salsa Group Singer (uncredited)
Dawn Didawick	...	Thrift Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Ty Donaldson	...	(uncredited)
J.E. Freeman	...	(uncredited)
Albita Rodríguez	...	Salsa Singer (uncredited)
Casey Ryan	...	Dance Contestant (uncredited)
Kevin Sateri	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Randa Haines

Writing credits (WGA)
Daryl Matthews		(written by)

Produced by
Shinya Egawa	....	producer
Randa Haines	....	producer
Aldric La'Auli Porter	....	associate producer
Lauren Weissman	....	producer
Allan Wertheim	....	associate producer
Ted Zachary	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Convertino

Cinematography by
Fred Murphy

Film Editing by
Lisa Fruchtman
William S. Scharf

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
Waldemar Kalinowski

Art Direction by
Barry Kingston

Set Decoration by
Florence Fellman

Costume Design by
Joe I. Tompkins

Makeup Department
Kate Best	....	makeup artist: Ms. Williams
Eric Ferrell	....	hair stylist: Ms. Williams
K.G. Ramsey	....	key hair stylist
Rick Sharp	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Howard Griffith	....	production supervisor: Houston
Michael J. Harker	....	post-production supervisor
Allan Wertheim	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William M. Connor	....	second assistant director
David Hyman	....	second second assistant director
Aldric La'Auli Porter	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Alan Burg	....	set dresser
Hunter Cain	....	set dresser
Elizabeth Colomba	....	paintings
Beth Emerson	....	set dresser
Monica Frommholz	....	art department coordinator
Tom Gebr	....	set dresser
L. David Gordon	....	drapery foreman
Gregor Habsburg	....	art department assistant
Jeff Hay	....	set dresser
James Jackson	....	set dresser (as Jim Jackson)
Jeffery J. Jenkins	....	paint foreman
Jeffrey Paul Johnson	....	assistant property master
Helen Kozora	....	property buyer
Lauren Lustig	....	on-set dresser
Eugene McCarthy	....	property master
Charles Page	....	construction general foreman (as Charles G. Page)
Robert Page	....	construction foreman
Charles Phillips	....	construction coordinator (as Chuck Phillips)
Brent Rice	....	lead man
Michael Stone	....	art department assistant (as Michael C. Stone)

Sound Department
David Franklin Bergad	....	dialogue editor
Mark Berger	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Frank Canonica	....	supervising sound recordist: mix stage
Yin Cantor	....	assistant sound editor
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects designer
Tobin Davis	....	assistant sound editor (as Tobin John de Lacca Davis)
Thomas Giordano	....	cable person
Thomas Giordano	....	sound technician (as Tom Giordana)
Mark Levinson	....	dialogue editor
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist (as Mamie Moore)
Jennifer Myers	....	foley artist
Peggy Names	....	playback operator
John Nutt	....	supervising sound supervisor
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charlene Richards)
David M. Ronne	....	sound
Earl Sampson	....	boom operator
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Marilyn S. Zalkan	....	foley editor (as Marilyn Zalkan)
Sage Vanden Heuvel	....	sound intern (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stan Parks	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
John Allison	....	visual effects
Christopher Dusendschon	....	in-show optical process and effects compositor: THDX (uncredited)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	main title sequence optical compositor: THDX (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Baer	....	electrician
Kevin Ball	....	best boy grip
Jim 'Tomcat' Downing	....	rigging key grip
Mark Figueroa	....	second assistant camera
Jeffrey Greeley	....	first assistant camera (as Jeff Greeley)
Michael LaViolette	....	chief lighting technician
Todd Liggitt	....	grip
Michael Listorti	....	dolly grip
Greg Mayer	....	rigging best boy
Greg Mayer	....	rigging electrician
John Nuler	....	Steadicam operator
John Nuler	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Andrew Osborne	....	camera loader
Frank Perl	....	camera operator
J.B. Richner	....	rigging gaffer
Zade Rosenthal	....	still photographer
Eric Sandlin	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Todd Slyapich	....	first assistant camera
Charles M. Smallwood	....	key grip (as Charles Smallwood)
Thomas Giordano	....	video assist operator: re-shoots (uncredited)

Casting Department
Carolyn Dyer	....	dance casting
Kristy Sager	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margo Baxley	....	key costumer
Elaine Davis	....	costumer
Kimberly Guenther	....	costume supervisor
Mathew Hooey	....	key costumer
Claudia Wick	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Daniel Craven	....	first assistant editor
Russell Eaton	....	first assistant editor
Marta Evry	....	associate editor
Mike Mertens	....	color timer
Fabienne Rawley	....	additional editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
William S. Scharf	....	additional editor (as William Sharf)
Timsawat Smith	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Budd Carr	....	executive music producer
Christine Cholvin	....	assistant music editor
Marylou Eales	....	associate music supervisor
Alan Geik	....	music consultant: Cuban music
Tomas Hart	....	music element creator
Artie Kane	....	conductor
Daryl B. Kell	....	supervising music editor
Tami Lester	....	associate music supervisor
David Marquette	....	music recordist (as Dave Marquette)
Shawn Murphy	....	music recordist
Bobby Muzingo	....	orchestrator
Gary Raymond	....	music playback & recording mixer
Robert Schaper	....	supervising music engineer
Joel Sill	....	executive music producer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Carl Zittrer	....	production music editor

Transportation Department
Randy Burke	....	transportation captain
Rick Damazio	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Jeff Kidman	....	transportation office coordinator
Karin Parish Kurz	....	transportation office coordinator
Dan Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
James Wayne Roberts	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Alison Balian	....	assistant: Ms. Haines
Alex Barnoya	....	set medic
Dave Bennett	....	accountant
Sonia Bhalla	....	production assistant
Stanley Brossette	....	unit publicist
Janet Brownlee	....	assistant: Ms. Weissman
Barbara Calloway	....	assistant accountant
Liz Curtis	....	choreographer
Alberto Del Toro	....	location consultant: Cuba
Virginia Díaz	....	location manager: Houston
Ty Donaldson	....	choreography department coordinator
Jim Dunlap	....	first assistant accountant
Jon E. Edwards	....	production assistant
Jon Edwards	....	production assistant
Pablo Ferro	....	title designer
Bennett Fidlow	....	additional legal services
Danny Green	....	production assistant
Noelle Green	....	assistant production coordinator (as Noelle Chapin)
Paul Harrison	....	assistant location manager
James Jeffares	....	location projectionist
Ryan R. Johnson	....	assistant to head of production
Tish Johnson	....	post-production accountant
Tish Johnson	....	production accountant: post-production
Danika Kohler	....	dance coordinator
Andrew Magarian	....	acting coach
Dylan K. Massin	....	production assistant
Daryl Matthews	....	choreographer
Michael Mead	....	dancer
Eric Mention	....	production assistant
Mary Murphy	....	dancer
Bobby Muzingo	....	supervisor
Kris Olsen	....	production secretary
Michele Panzarella	....	assistant: Mr. Zachary
Leslie Park	....	script supervisor
Allyn Partin	....	dialect coach
Toni Redpath	....	dancer
Jake Richter	....	production assistant
Izzy Rodriduez	....	production assistant
Michelle Romaine	....	assistant: Ms. Haines
Benjamin Ronne	....	production assistant
Woody Schultz	....	production assistant
Bill H. Schwocho	....	craft service
Jonathon Slator	....	location manager
John Strahm	....	assistant location manager
Carmen Tabanyi	....	assistant to director
Nadia Venesse	....	dialect coach
Kevin Wiebelhaus	....	production assistant
Yvonne Yaconelli	....	production coordinator
Jack E. Herman	....	extras set coordinator (uncredited)
George Lakes	....	production finance executive (uncredited)
Emily Vinas	....	production coordinator: Texas (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Ballroom Dancer
• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Mandalay Entertainment

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Also Known As:

Shut Up and Dance (USA) (working title)
Baila conmigo (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Danse passion (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Dance with Me (Italy) [it]
Danse avec moi (Canada: French title) [fr]
No Ritmo da Dança (Brazil) [pt]
Zatancz ze mna (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #35240) | Iceland:L | Canada:G (British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Dominican Republic

Company:

Ballroom Dancer

Goofs:

Continuity: When Ruby and Rafael are eating the chicken burrito the wind blows away her napkin. In the next scene the napkin is in her hand again.

Quotes:

John Burnett: There you are.
Lovejoy: Thanks, I was wondering where I was.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)

Soundtrack:

Miranda's Smile

It's hard to find talent.....

I saw the movie "DANCE WITH ME" because there was nothing else interesting on. If I had known it would be so entertaining I would have watched it years ago. Like "STRICTLY BALLROOM", it is a beautiful mix of music, fun and dancing. This movies shows an intensity and passion between 2 people that is lacking in most modern movies. Most movies never develop a love story.....rather they jump into some steamy sexual situation. What happened to leaving things to our imagination....Happily Ever After!!! Don't get me wrong, the script was lacking at times, but the performers made up for it with energy, and realism. Who can't relate to being torn between something you love and something you want. Vanessa L. Williams is outstanding. If she had starred in "MOULIN ROUGE", I may have been able to watch the whole thing. Vanessa is one of the few MULTI-TALENTED PERFORMERS(singer, actress and NOW dancer)overlooked by Hollywood. Few women can do it all. Not since the likes of Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, and Ginger Rodgers. "DANCE WITH ME" is worth watching.