Release Date: 2006-03-31
Limited Release
Distributors: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Directors: Randall Miller
Actors : Camryn Manheim, Danny DeVito, David Paymer, Donnie Wahlberg, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, Miguel Sandoval, Robert Carlyle, Sean Astin
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Film Genre(s): Romantic Comedy
United States
SYNOPSIS
Based on a short film created 15 years ago by Miller and wife Jody Savin, Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School" is a beautiful film that celebrates the reawakening of the spirit. Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. When fate intervenes, he pulls over to help a stranger in a car wreck. The man (John Goodman), near death, begs Frank to fulfill a promise made 40 years ago that he would meet his childhood sweetheart at Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School where they first met as kids. Frank attempts to deliver the man's regrets, but instead meets his own destiny when he encounters Meredith (Marisa Tomei) and the invigorating world of dance, which opens his heart to find love again.PREVIEW NOTES
- The Hollywood Reporter reports that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to the film. - 2005-03-28
"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
