Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Director of Photography
Robbie Greenberg
Costume Designer
Sandra Hernandez
Production Designer
Paul Eads
Reviews
Total Film - ...[The film has] smart performances and pulls off the rare trick of tackling some thorny racial issues without becoming blandly moralistic..., Los Angeles Times - ...Well-crafted and smoothly paced, SAVE THE LAST DANCE benefits most strongly from its predominately youthful cast....Lawson and the most appealing Washington make impressions as vivid as those of Stiles and Thomas..., Variety - ...[Stiles'] performance, and her dancing, blossom in a pleasant, spirited way....Thomas projects a potently attractive self-confidence..., Entertainment Weekly - ...SAVE THE LAST DANCE teaches that you should never give up your dreams and that love is all you need...
Dubbing Languages
German\Czech
Hearing Impaired
English
Additional Information
With her dreams of becoming a professional ballerina decimated by the accidental death of her mother, Sara Johnson (Julia Stiles) is forced to move from her quiet Midwestern town to her father's ghetto apartment on the south side of Chicago. The stark urban environment's contrast of race and class compound Sara's loss and her misplaced guilt, which are both exacerbated by the fact that her mother had been en route to her dance performance at the time of her death. But when she meets Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas), a popular black student with a passion for hip hop and a future brighter than his troubled past, her repressed ambition and sorrow are released through a revitalized interest in the cathartic and expressive power of dance. Their friendship and mutual interest in dancing inexorably lead to a passionate romance that raises the sadly typical, bigoted resistance from Sara's white father and Derek's black friends. Widely hailed by critics for being as sophisticated and intelligent as it is viscerally passionate, SAVE THE LAST DANCE enjoyed the top of the American box office in its first weekend in release, playing to sold out shows across the country, a landslide affirmation that Sara and Derek are not as alone as they think.
Movie/TV Title
Save The Last Dance
Composer
Mark Isham
Sound source
Dolby Digital 5.1\Dolby Surround
Screenwriter
Cheryl Edwards, Duane Adler
Editor
Peter E. Berger