The Cast of "Shall We Dance"

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Richard Gere as John Clark (Chicago, Unfaithful, Pretty Woman)
Jennifer Lopez as Paulina (Maid in Manhattan, The Wedding Planner, Out of Sight)
Susan Sarandon as Beverly (Moonlight Mile, Igby Goes Down, Cradle Will Rock)
Stanley Tucci as Link (Road to Perdition, Big Night)
Lisa Ann Walter as Bobbi (Bruce Almighty)
Bobby Cannavale as Chic (OZ, Kingpin)
Omar Miller as Vern (8-Mile, The West Wing)
Anita Gillette as Mitzi (The Guru, Boys on the Side)
Richard Jenkins as Devine (Six Feet Under "Mr. Fisher")
Nick Cannon as Scotty (Drumline)
Tamara Hope as Jenna (The DeepEnd, Soul Food)
Stark Sands as Evan (Six Feet Under "Toby")

Director: Peter Chelsom (Serendipity, Town & Country, The Mighty)
Producer: Simon Fields
Screenplay: Audrey Wells (Disney's THe Kid Guinivere, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, George of the Jungle)
Shot in Winnipeg Canada
Release: 2004
Summary: The remake of a heartwarming Japanese comedy about a conservative family man who rediscovers the passion and love in his life through ballroom dancing.
 
I just saw some previews about the movie just now. Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Serandan and Bobby Canavale :ladiesma: . Looks like it will be a great movie. Due out this summer. Very nice ballroom from Jennifer and Richard. I think I go see this one. :)
 
Flat Shoes said:
I want a good swing movie :(
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Hey, you do have Swing Kids. Shag too...

Oh, do you actually mean a GOOD movie? :) :) :)

I'd like to see a West Coast Swing movie myself.

P.S. Besides, gosh darn it... at least you have a good musical (Swing).
 
etchuck said:
Hey, you do have Swing Kids.
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I've seen the four(?) swing scenes, wasn't impressed though.

etchuck said:
Shag too...
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Hey.. Haven't even heard 'bout it. :arrow: Cheking IMDB/Amazon
(Btw: I love shag. Too sweaty for social dancing though!)

etchuck said:
Oh, do you actually mean a GOOD movie? :) :) :)
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Yeah! One that makes the public wanna learn how to swing. :D A movie with a decent plot and lots of great dancing, showing all the variations and moods of Lindy Hop, from slow and sexy, slow and cool, fast and fun and cool, fast with aerials, blues, balboa, shag.....

etchuck said:
I'd like to see a West Coast Swing movie myself.
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.... and west coast would be welcome too :!: :P


etchuck said:
P.S. Besides, gosh darn it... at least you have a good musical (Swing).
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I've searched for it (on DVD), but I can't find it. :(


Got a copy of the CD though... ( :banana: "... we do it on the two and four" :banana: (Where's the singing emoticons :?: ) )
 
What's "Shall We Dance" about? Richard Gere stars as John Clark, a man with a wonderful job, charming wife (Susan Sarandon) and loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on his commute home, John sees an entrancing young teacher (Jennifer Lopez) staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up for dance lessons hoping to meet her. At first, it seems like a mistake. His teacher turns out to be not Paulina, but the older Miss Mitzi (Anita Gillette), and John proves just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina, she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue, John discovers that his attraction to Paulina pales in comparison to the invigorating effects of falling in love with dancing. Now, keeping his new obsession from family and co-workers, John feverishly trains for Chicagos biggest dance competition. His friendship with Paulina blossoms, as his enthusiasm rekindles her own lost passion for dance. But the more time John spends away from home, the more his wife becomes suspicious until she hires a private detective to uncover a possible affair. With his secret about to be revealed, John will have to do some fancy footwork to keep his dream going and realize what it is he really yearns for.
 
Flat Shoes said:
etchuck said:
Shag too...
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Hey.. Haven't even heard 'bout it. :arrow: Cheking IMDB/Amazon
(Btw: I love shag. Too sweaty for social dancing though!)
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I guess that depends. I probably have to retake lessons in shag, but I never equated "sweaty" with Carolina shag. (Maybe Collegiate shag, which is different...)

Flat Shoes said:
etchuck said:
Oh, do you actually mean a GOOD movie? :) :) :)
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Yeah! One that makes the public wanna learn how to swing. :D A movie with a decent plot and lots of great dancing, showing all the variations and moods of Lindy Hop, from slow and sexy, slow and cool, fast and fun and cool, fast with aerials, blues, balboa, shag.....
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You know, I agree... for whatever reason more people here got into the retroswing/neo-swing/nouveau swing movement because of the Gap commercials, not because of any movie.

Of course, there is that one jitterbug scene in Back to the Future, though I admit it's not the focus of that movie.

Flat Shoes said:
etchuck said:
I'd like to see a West Coast Swing movie myself.
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.... and west coast would be welcome too :!: :P
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With last year's Dance Fever competition on TV, I think a lot of people were interested in WCS, though not enough to have hoards of people running out to learn it (at least on the east coast).

Flat Shoes said:
etchuck said:
P.S. Besides, gosh darn it... at least you have a good musical (Swing).
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I've searched for it (on DVD), but I can't find it. :(
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I understand... I don't think they videotaped it, which is an utter shame. They might have a couple of touring companies doing it though.

Flat Shoes said:
Got a copy of the CD though... ( :banana: "... we do it on the two and four" :banana: (Where's the singing moticons :?: ) )
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If you can find "Two and Four" that isn't a medley, I'd be very interested. Not to mention the "Hit me a Hot Note", "All of Me" in lindy speed... it's a great Broadway soundtrack, but I'm waiting for strict-tempo lindy/swing versions. Oh well. I will play these clips at dances I do run... but only on request. ;)
 
Vince A said:
List any of the choreographers . . . ???
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The only name I saw as choreographer was John O'Connell who also did Moulan Rouge and Strictly Ballroom. This was posted last year.

Oh, just saw this:
JoAnn Fregalette Jansen-Choreographer
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

Andrew Zee-Asst. Choreographer
 
peachexploration said:
What's "Shall We Dance" about? ...
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I don't know... I just think that Susan Sarandon wouldn't just hire a private eye for this... I'd expect her to just whap Richard Gere across his knees by herself. ;)
 
Vince A said:
List any of the choreographers . . . ???
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Joann Fregalette Jansen- Shall We Dance? (2004) (post-production) (choreographer)

Also of dirty dancing II fame, Oh boy, Think I'll stay with the orginal japanese version of the movie. :P
 
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