Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005) | |
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Directed by | Randall Miller |
Written by | Randall Miller (short film) Jody Savin |
Produced by | Randall Miller Eileen Craft Eduardo Castro Morris Ruskin Jody Savin |
Starring | Robert Carlyle Marisa Tomei Mary Steenburgen Sean Astin Donnie Wahlberg David Paymer Camryn Manheim Adam Arkin Sonia Braga Elden Henson Ernie Hudson Miguel Sandoval Danny DeVito John Goodman |
Cinematography | Jonathan Sela |
Edited by | Randall Miller |
Music by | Mark Adler |
Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Release dates | January 25, 2005Sundance) March 31, 2006 | (
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million |
Box office | $404,870 |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School is the name of two movies: a 1990 short children's musical and a 2005 romance. They were both written, produced, directed, and edited by Randall Miller. The 2005 movie is based on the 1990 movie. Fragments of the 1990 movie are interwoven through the 2005 movie as flashbacks. [1]
2005 Movie Plot[]
Frank Keane (Robert Carlyle) is a grieving baker unable to move on after his wife's suicide. Frank happens upon a car accident involving Steve Mills (John Goodman) who has suffered serious injuries. Steve was on his way to a ballroom dancing class in Pasadena to meet a childhood friend and asks Frank to go in his place. Frank reluctantly agrees. As the film progresses the story moves back and forth through the timeline of Steve's childhood, the accident scene, and the aftermath of Frank's first Lindy hop.
Steve's friend does not appear at the dance class. Frank's depressive state makes him uncomfortable in an environment with so many people. However, he is drawn to shy student Meredith (Marisa Tomei). Some of the students caution him against talking to her. Meredith's partner Randall (Donnie Wahlberg), the star pupil, is an obnoxious bully who takes an instant dislike to Frank and tries to intimidate him. Frank's friends from grief therapy convince him to continue with the dance class and soon the entire therapy group has joined.
As the class progresses Frank discovers a natural talent for dance that surpasses Randall's. Randall jealously slashes Frank's tires in an attempt to scare off the baker. Frank ignores the attack against the advice of others and forms a friendship with Meredith, who is revealed as Randall's stepsister and not his abused girlfriend as people assumed. Meredith defends her stepbrother's overprotective behavior, which developed in response to their father's violent physical abuse.
Frank eventually scatters his wife's ashes, an act he had been unwilling to perform in the past. He begins to put his life back together. He tracks down Steve's childhood friend (Camryn Manheim) to inform her of Steve's death. She reacts as if their missed reunion means nothing, but privately she cries as she sifts through her mementos of Steve. Frank and Meredith begin a relationship, and with the other members of the dance class continue to find friendship and healing in dance.
Casts[]
Fragments of the 1990 movie are interwoven through the 2005 movie, so most of the cast of the 1990 movie appear in their 1990 roles within the 2005 movie.
1990 movie roles[]
- Elden Henson as Steve Mills
2005 movie roles[]
Elden Henson acted in the 1990 movie as a child, and he has a different role in the 2005 movie as an adult.
- Robert Carlyle as Frank Keane
- John Goodman as Steve Mills
- Sean Astin as Kip Kipling
- Mary Steenburgen as Marienne Hotchkiss
- Marisa Tomei as Meredith Morrison
- Donnie Wahlberg as Randall Ipswitch
- David Paymer as Rafael Horowitz
- Camryn Manheim as Lisa Gobar
- Adam Arkin as Gabe DiFranco
- Sonia Braga as Tina
- Elden Henson as Samson
- Ernie Hudson as Blake Rische
- Miguel Sandoval as Matthew Smith
- Octavia Spencer as Ayisha Lebaron
- Danny DeVito as Booth
- Harry Shearer as Promo Announcer
- Ian Abercrombie as Ervin Sezgin
- Mary Pat Gleason as Natasha
- David St. James as Cameron McGee
- Cate Mulligan as Steve Mills Mother in denouement
References[]
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (March 31, 2006). "A New Life Awaits at 'Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School'". The New York Times.
External links[]
- English-language films
- 2005 films
- 2005 romantic comedy-drama films
- American musical comedy-drama films
- 2000s musical comedy-drama films
- 2000s dance films
- American films
- American dance films
- American romantic comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Randall Miller
- Features based on short films
- Shoreline Entertainment films
- 2005 comedy films
- 2005 drama films