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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Country: USA, Language: English, 34 mins

  • Director: Randall Miller
  • Writer: Randall Miller
  • Producer: Robert Bauer; Udy Epstein

CGiii Comment

The short that went onto become a feature...why?


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The(ir) Blurb...

Worse than having your glove stolen, worse than Chinese water torture, even worse than the earth spinning off its axis and careening into Mars, your mom enrolls you in Marilyn Hotchkiss' program. Not only do we have to wear a tie and jacket, but you have to be polite... and dance... with girls! What Steve and Peter didn't know was that this was to become the biggest day in their lives, because, for the first time, they were about to like girls...

Cast & Characters

Elden Henson as Steve Mills;
Kate Mulligan as Mrs. Mills;
William Hurt as Steve Mills;
Teri Johnston as Kate Collmary;
Kelley Parker as Lisa Gobar;
Michael Bower as Glen Tanksley;
Erin March as Hot Dog-Eating Girl;
Sarah Park as Rope-Climbing Girl;
Guy Edmond as Rope Champ Boy;
Chance Michael Corbitt as Peter Jelliffe;
Philip Perlman as Civil Defense Instructor;
Karlyn Michelson as Class Tattletale;
Maria Parkinson as Homeroom Teacher;
Joshua Horowitz as Kenny Dulin;
Isaac Florentine as German Soldier #1