Take the Lead
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- Synopsis
- A teacher and his students open up new worlds for one another in this urban drama inspired by a true story. Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) is a prize-winning ballroom dancer and instructor from Manhattan who volunteers his services to a high ......
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- Starring
- Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Lauren Collins
- Director(s)
- Liz Friedlander
- Distributor(s)
- New Line
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 117 min.
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Critic Reviews
Antonio Banderas is reason enough to see the movie.Read the full review
The movie's best moments are between Banderas and the kids. When the plot shifts to reveal the students' back stories (one has a prostitute mother, another a drunken father), the story becomes a melodramatic rehash of other movies, like "Fame" or "Rent."Read the full review
Inspired by a true story (translation: a lot of it is made up), the movie shucks its corn straight from the cob. But it's no less engaging for that, thanks to the enthusiasm of the young cast and the fusion of classic dance with hip-hop moves courtesy of Rich and Tone Talauega.Read the full review
Headlines
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NE Qns. teams win prizes in dance contest
12/23/09 Students from Douglaston's PS 98 took a bronze award and Fresh Meadows' PS 26 took a silver prize in a citywide ballroom dancing competition last week, but the schools were outstepped by Woodside's PS 152, which will go on to the grand final contest in June. Dancing Classrooms held its finals competition last Thursday, at which nine teams from schools across the five boroughs strutted their stuff as they danced the merengue, foxtrot, tango, swing and rumba. | New York Post - New York NY -
Bayside school advances in city dance contest
12/17/09 Students with fancy feet from Bayside's PS 41 said they had practiced hard and learned important lessons about etiquette during the 20 sessions leading up to a borough ballroom dance competition they took part in last week in their school's gym. | New York Post - New York NY -
Liz Friedlander Will Helm 'I am Charlotte Simmons'
04/29/08 Moviefone It's been a really long time since we last saw Tom Wolfe's work on the big screen. | Cinematical.com -
'Charlotte' adaptation gets director
04/28/08 Liz Friedlander is attached to direct "I Am Charlotte Simmons," the first Tom Wolfe novel the author has optioned for the screen since 1987's "The Bonfire of the Vanities." | The Hollywood Reporter
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