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Save the Last Dance (2001) -- 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.
Save the Last Dance (2001) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   18,272 votes
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Director:
Thomas Carter
Writers (WGA):
Duane Adler (story)
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Release Date:
12 January 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
The Only Person You Need To Be Is Yourself.
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Breaking down the barriers of racism. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Julia Stiles ... Sara

Sean Patrick Thomas ... Derek

Kerry Washington ... Chenille
Fredro Starr ... Malakai

Terry Kinney ... Roy

Bianca Lawson ... Nikki

Vince Green ... Snookie

Garland Whitt ... Kenny

Elisabeth Oas ... Diggy
Artel Great ... Arvel (as Artel Jarod Walker)
Cory Stewart ... Lip
Jennifer Anglin ... Glynn
Dorothy Martin ... Momma Dean
Kim Tlusty ... Lindsay
Felicia Fields ... Woman on Train
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pasión y baile (Argentina) (video title) (Mexico) [es]
Bizim dansimiz (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
El último baile (Venezuela) [es]
Espera al último baile (Spain) [es]
Née pour danser (Canada: French title) [fr]
No Balanço do Amor (Brazil) [pt]
Save the Last Dance (Finland) [fi]
Save the Last Dance (Germany) [de]
Save the Last Dance (France) [fr]
Save the last dance - viimeinen tanssi (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Szívem érted rapes (Hungary) [hu]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references.
Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to an early draft of the script, Sarah lived with her mother in Pennsylvania before moving in with her father in Baltimore. By the time the film was shot, the locations were Lemont, IL and Chicago, respectively. more
Goofs:
Continuity: On Sara's first day at the new school, she is walking up the front stairs and there is a guy with braids outside. After she goes through the metal detector, she walks past a door in the hallway, and the guy is there again, this time with his jacket off. more
Quotes:
Sara: It's about me and him, not about us and other people. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Scary Movie 2 (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Don't Stop Get It more

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27 out of 42 people found the following comment useful:-
Breaking down the barriers of racism., 20 February 2001
Author: (robyn_mallia@yahoo.ca) from Canada

This movie does what few movies over the past year or so have been able to do. It takes you to a place which actually exists and it takes real issues head on. Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas give real performances they do not come off as "cardboard" characters but as real human beings. The plot was simple enough to be good, it didn't require you having a past knowledge of the world of dance but yet didn't rule you out if you weren't black with a bunch of "black talk". This movie talks to teens. We are able to understand the pressures that surround us, the music we listen to, and just our world. Sure, you have your typical characters but what movie doesn't. Go see the film and then make up your mind. It is one of my favourite new films for the past few years.

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