Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2005
PG-13
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.7K

YOUR RATING

Marisa Tomei and Robert Carlyle in Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)

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A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

3.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Elden Henson played two parts in this film, one being Samson, the other as young Steve Mills. The flashbacks are from a 1990 short film of the same name and Elden played the role of Steve as a 12 year old boy.

Goofs
When practicing the waltz, one boy counts off 1-2-3-4. The waltz is a three count.

Quotes
Marienne Hotchkiss: Dance is a very powerful drug Mr. Keane. If embraced judiciously, it can exorcise demons, access deep seated emotions and color your life in joyous shades of brilliant magenta that you never knew existed. But, one must shoulder its challenges with intrepid countenance if one is ever to reap its rewards.

Connections
Edited from Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990)

Soundtracks
Over the Rainbow
Written by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg
Courtesy of EMI Feist Catalog, Inc. (ASCAP)
Performed by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (as Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole)
Courtesy of Big Boy Record Company/The Mountain Apple Company, Hawaii

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Featured review

8/10

Wonderful Movie

I saw this movie at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. It truly was a wonderful package. All parts come together. After the film, the audience gave it a standing applause. It was a hit with the audience, including myself. I would see it again. Robert Carlyle was very good as the sympathetic baker, consumed by his wife's death, and inadvertently drawn into an emergency situation. The director/writer incorporates his older film of a boy's experience of being forced to go to dance and charm school, melding it perfectly with the now adult man's perception played by John Goodman. Others in the film were Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Donnie Wahlber, and Sean Astin, all giving a wonderful performance.