Swing Dance in the Movies

[pygmalion]

Any recommendations?

I was checking out Yuval and Nathalie's web site yesterday, and noticed that they were featuerd in Mona Lisa Smile, the recent Julia Roberts flick. Has anybody seen that? And any other recommendations of can't-miss swing footage? 8) :)

[Jmatthew]

Mona Lisa smile has a great soundtrack with a couple of neat songs.

Swing Kids is a classic swing movie.

Um, the latest marilyn Manson video has some swing footage. :)

[HepcatBob]

One word!

Hellzapoppin

[HepcatBob]

Here's a few.

http://www.swingdanceshop.com/vintagevideos.html

[DWise1]

How's about the road-side inn scene in "A League of Their Own"?

I always get a kick of the ¿twin? brothers' "wow" reactions to the dancing.

[d nice]

The best dance scene in a modern movie in my opinion would still be Malcolm X. Mullholland Drive has soem great dancing during the opening credits, but it has no bearing on the movie itself. I haven't seen Mona Lisa Smile yet so I can't really comment one way or another on that film.

Swing Kids and Swingers are terrible "dance" movies. The energy is great, but the majority of them can't dance worth a lick. Even most of the extras are either bad or have to dumb down their dancing to not outshine the stars.