Love N' Dancing New Movie, More West Coast Swing interest?

[BLong206b]

Anyone think the new West Coast Swing movie will boost WCS popularity in the general public?

Tom Malloy, Amy Smart, Billy Zane.

Jordan and Tatiana etc. should be pretty happy.

 

[jacklyn]

I saw the premiere in Atlanta this past Thursday! It was awesome! I really hope people will enjoy it, the dancing in the movie was phenomenal!

 

[Spitfire]

I just received an email announcing a car pool ride to the Phoenix area for the opening of this movie at a local theater this next weekend to be followed by going to a WCS dance afterward. I think I heard about this movie, but didn't know it was about WCS dancing, how cool!

But as with all movies I want to see I'll wait until it is released on DVD.

With a movie such as this along with the other dancing movies that have been made these last few years I'm guessing that dancing has seen a surge in popularity, probably in part due to these movies.

 

[GJB]

I'm not positive but I think the movie was filmed in Phoenix.

I'm looking forward to seeing it!

 

[Spitfire]

I not positive but I think the movie was filmed in Phoenix.

I'm looking forward to seeing it!

I replied to the email asking about that. I'm going down there myself next weekend for the next USAdance chapter party.

 

[Spitfire]

I'm not positive but I think the movie was filmed in Phoenix.

I just read that it was filmed in Albuquerque.

 

[DWise1]

Am I the only one who's seen the movie? Not a good sign. Word is that this is a limited release so that they can look at the box office and whether to go for a wider theatrical release.

It was so much like going dancing here in Orange County, because in the US Open open-dancing scenes I recognized so many of the dancers. I think they must have recruited their extras from here. A group of us went to see it with Carrie Lucas, who was one of the social dancers -- when it opens with a close-up of the dancers' feet, one girl recognized Carrie's shoes and Carrie confirmed that those were her legs.

While Google'ing for showtimes, I found some reviews that complained about a "clunky love story", but that's de rigueur for dance movies. Besides, I didn't find it "clunky".

 

[GJB]

It's not playing near me. I'll be keeping an eye out for it and hope it comes around.

 

[Spitfire]

I'm told by those who have seen it that it's excellent.

 

[kayak]

We went to Albuquerque to be filler dancers. I know several people that had enough video shot of them to make the credits. I think we are just in the crowd someplace. It was kind of a fun weekend. They did two weekends, but we could only go for one of them.

I think they only released the movie in four cities this past weekend and were waiting to see the response before putting out to a broader range?

 

[Spitfire]

We went to Albuquerque to be filler dancers. I know several people that had enough video shot of them to make the credits. I think we are just in the crowd someplace. It was kind of a fun weekend. They did two weekends, but we could only go for one of them.

I think they only released the movie in four cities this past weekend and were waiting to see the response before putting out to a broader range?

Kayak, where in Albuquerque was this portion filmed?

 

[kayak]

A place called the Caravan East. The movie part was kind of interesting, but mainly we had fun dancing with each other while the pros were off doing their thing.

 

[RickRS]

Am I the only one who's seen the movie? Not a good sign. Word is that this is a limited release so that they can look at the box office and whether to go for a wider theatrical release.

I can't find it playing in my area. RottomTomatoes.com has only ten critics that has seen it, so, with a very limited opening, this suggest a weak promotion by the studio. Unless the ticket sales excite the suits, this one may just move over to a early DVD release and few outside the dance community may see it.

 

[Terpsichorean Clod]

I just read that it was filmed in Albuquerque.

Strange. From the trailer, it looked like Philly.

 

[kayak]

The story isn't set around NM. However, I think the NM area has a bring business in effort going. So I suspect the producers of the movie got some nice incentives. Plus, the core dancers that made the movie have pretty good NM ties.