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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Country: USA, Language: English, 103 mins

  • Director: Randall Miller
  • Writer: Randall Miller
  • Producer: Robert Bauer; Lon Bender

CGiii Comment

It only took 15 years for the short film to become a feature!

Was it worth the wait? Sadly, no.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Dance is a very powerful drug, if embraced judiciously; to reap its rewards, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance. Frank Keene, a grieving baker in a near catatonic state, happens on a car accident. The loquacious and insightful victim, Steve Mills, is on his way to an appointment in Pasadena with a years-ago acquaintance; he asks Frank to go in his place. It's a dance class. Frank goes, to find Steve's friend. The story moves back and forth among Steve's childhood, the scene of the accident, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop. Black eyes, group therapy, loneliness, boys being boys, roads not taken, and saying good-bye color the story.

Cast & Characters

John Goodman as Steve Mills;
Elden Henson as Young Steve Mills / Samson;
Robert Carlyle as Frank Keane;
Sean Astin as Kip Kipling;
Teresa Johnston as Kate Collmary;
Kelley Parker as Young Lisa Gobar;
Michael Bower as Tommy Tanksley;
Chance Michael Corbitt as Peter Jelliffe;
Joshua Horowitz as Kenny Dulin;
Philip Perlman as Civil Defense Man;
Maria Parkinson as Miss Parkinson;
Karlyn Michelson as Lucy;
Camryn Manheim as Lisa Gobar;
Octavia Spencer as Ayisha Lebaron;
Marisa Tomei as Meredith Morrison