| | | From Baz Luhrmann, the director of Moulin Rouge
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), French, Spanish, Subtitled
It's the hilariously funny romantic comedy that's sure to leave you laughing, cheering and feeling great! Charming critics nationwide, Strictly Ballroom is the magical story of a championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly duckling dancing partner. Together they make their dreams come true! You're sure to enjoy this exhaustively funny comedy as it dances and soars its way straight into your heart. Critics everywhere have fallen madly in love with this big screen treat and so will you!
"...vibrant energy... thrilling to watch." Sandi Chaitram, BBCi
"...Mercurio and Morice are marvels of sensuality." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Editor's Note
A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true. Directed in a delicious high-key style by director Luhrmann (WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO JULIET) in his madcap debut.
Plot Summary
Super-hunk Scott Hastings is an ambitious, athletic dancer eager to break with the Australian Dance Federation's stodgy traditions and choreograph his own steps for the upcoming Ballroom Dancing Championship. Scott's mother Shirley, his prissy partner Liz and coach Les are up in arms over his brash attitude towards ballroom conventions. Angry at Scott's new passionate refusal to follow the rules, Liz quits, leaving him without a partner. When Fran, a klutzy beginner, approaches him, Scott doesn't believe she can make the grade. But once Fran and her family introduce Scott to the vivacious Spanish rhythms and sharply sensuous moves that are part of their culture, he realizes this is the very outlet he's needed for his talents. Together, Fran and Scott boldly challenge the Federation's provincial attitudes, making everyone green with envy.
| Features | Deleted Scene Easter Egg | | "Samba To Slow Fox" Dancing Featurette | | 3D Gallery | | Widescreen 1.85:1 | | Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Audio Commentary with Director Baz Luhrman, and others |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/6/2005 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 2418303 | | UPC: 00786936166712 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
British Academy Awards (1993) |  | Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie, Winner, Best Costume Design | | David Hirschfelder, Winner, Best Original Film Score | | Catherine Martin, Winner, Best Production Design | | | Tara Morice, Nominee, Best Actress |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Overlaid with a buoyant veneer of spangles and marabou, and with a tireless sense of fun..." 02/12/1993 p.C12Total Film
"...Full of breezy charm..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 03/01/2000 p.87 USA Today
"...Beguilingly eccentric characters..." 07/10/1997 p.2D Rolling Stone
"...Luhrmann is a director with style and snap....Mercurio and Morice are marvels of sensuality in motion..." 03/04/1993 p.74 Entertainment Weekly
"...Bouncy and chic..." 03/19/1993 p.44 Chicago Sun-Times
"...What's best about the movie is the sense of madness and mania running just beneath the surface..." 02/26/1993 p.43 |
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