Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School is a 2005 romance film produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films and directed by Randall Miller. It is based on a 1990 short film of the same name, fragments of which are interwoven through the film as flashbacks. Both films feature Elden Henson.
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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.
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Cast
- 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 Young Steve Mills / 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
Releases
This film will be released on UK DVD by Simply Media 2nd July 2018.
References
External links
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School on IMDb
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990) on IMDb
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School at Box Office Mojo
- Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School at Rotten Tomatoes
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