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Strictly Ballroom
- Director: Baz Luhrmann
- Writer: Baz Luhrmann
- Producer: Antoinette Albert; Tristram Miall
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A little rough around the edges - but, that's its charm.
Even with the might of Hollywood, it's a little Australian film that picks up the award for being the best dance film in a very long time.
Luhrmann's debut and a fine beginning to a bizarre career.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Scott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckly who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!"
Cast & Characters
Paul Mercurio as Scott Hastings;
Tara Morice as Fran;
Bill Hunter as Barry Fife;
Pat Thomson as Shirley Hastings;
Gia Carides as Liz Holt;
Peter Whitford as Les Kendall;
Barry Otto as Doug Hastings;
John Hannan as Ken Railings;
Sonia Kruger as Tina Sparkle;
Kris McQuade as Charm Leachman;
Pip Mushin as Wayne Burns;
Leonie Page as Vanessa Cronin;
Antonio Vargas as Rico;
Armonia Benedito as Ya Ya;
Jack Webster as Terry