Dance With Me Page #4

Synopsis: Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Randa Haines
Production: Sony Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
PG
Year:
1998
126 min
350 Views


Teachers, please escort your students

tor the Pro Am competition.

Teachers, please escort your students

tor the Pro Am competition.

We begin with the tango.

Senior ladies, student division.

I'll be back.

We'll take a short break

while the judges turn in their scores.

Hey, did you see Bea?

I'm going back to Cuba.

I know...

you will miss me.

And we continue now

with the amateur junior swingers.

- Ruby, he's here.

- Wait.

- Lou, this is Ruby.

- Very nice to meet you.

You'll be joining us

in Chicago?

Come on.

We'll talk in the bar. Let's go.

- Julian...

- Now.

He trained in England.

I did too.

- You looked good out there.

- I know.

I put the word out.

I'm expecting several job otfers here.

New York, San Francisco.

Even London.

What is that?

That's arm styling.

It telt good.

You know where I want that arm.

Just put it there.

Now try it again.

Don't look at me like I'm an a**hole

just 'cause I like to win.

That's not the only reason.

I've been told

I have a very attractive head.

A little more.

Gonna warm up with me or her?

You made the rules, baby.

Dancing only.

- Where's Bea?

- I don't know.

Next, we have

two new separate entries.

Theater Arts and Cabaret.

Cabaret?

Please welcome, trom Texas...

Patricia Black

and Ratael Intante.

I want to do that too!

Music, please.

Bea Johnson and Ratael Intante!

More!

Thank you.

Thank you, Bea!

I wanna do that too!

Thank you.

Brilliant.

- We did it!

- It was Rafael's idea.

John, you came.

- Were you here the whole night?

- You were great.

I didn't see you.

I saw you.

We need to talk.

About what?

I'm going back to Cuba.

But you're an American citizen.

I'm not an American citizen.

It one ot your parents is,

you are.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please take your seats.

Let's get outta here.

Round one ot the Protessional

Latin Championships.

The order will be

Samba, Cha-cha-cha...

Paso Doble and Rhumba.

Samba, please.

I said some things the other night

I didn't mean.

I've lived with regrets

my whole lite.

I loved your mother.

It scared me.

And then you,

out of the blue...

I didn't know.

I just handled everything

all wrong.

Hell, I don't know

how to do this.

Maybe...

we could start over.

I'm Ratael Intante...

trom Santiago de Cuba.

John Burnett...

trom somewhere in Texas.

- You're a hell ot a dancer.

- Si.

I was proud of you out there.

You nailed that star litt.

Who are your tavorite couples?

Who are your tavorite couples?

Only six will return.

You are dragging, man.

You're leading me too hard.

And now...

the tinalists...

tor the Protessional Latin

World Open Championships.

From Italy, couple number 243.

From the U.S.A.,

couple number 285:

Julian Marshall

and Ruby Sinclair!

- We love you!

- From Montreal, Canada...

couple number 293.

Don't die on me.

Watch your tempo.

Watch your ego.

From South Atrica,

couple number 336.

- And from Finland, couple number 333.

- That's my teacher!

Samba, please.

Cha-cha-cha.

- Move your teet.

- Stop pushing me.

Paso Doble.

What a show, ladies and gentlemen.

They've been dancing all night.

Let's show them

your appreciation.

My legs are cramping.

- Just keep moving.

- They're cramping.

One more dance.

Don't screw it up now.

Rhumba, please.

Dance.

Come on.

Go, U.S.A.!

And now, ladies and gentlemen...

And now, ladies and gentlemen...

the results of the 22nd World

Protessional Latin Championships.

In sixth place, trom South Africa.

In titth place, trom Italy.

And in fourth place...

from Finland.

Good luck, baby.

In third place,

trom Montreal, Canada.

It's gonna be us or them.

And...

our runner-up...

trom the U.S.A.

My Ruby!

- And the new professional champions...

- You were great.

From the United States ot America...

Julian Marshall

and Ruby Sinclair!

- You were great!

- Thank you.

Cheers.

You were great.

Have a seat.

Beautitul. Very nice.

I just have to say,

you blew me away.

You were just incredible.

I want you to work tor me.

I have something here.

Contract.

Look those over.

I think you'll tind it

very, very generous.

You wanna dance?

Any questions?

Just feel free to ask.

You and Julian will be

very successtul in Chicago.

You got great benetits.

It's the tinest studio

in Chicago.

No, I can't.

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Daryl Matthews

Daryl Matthews is a medical doctor and a Professor of forensic Psychiatry at the University of Hawaii. Matthews has served as a Psychiatric consultant to the US Army. Matthews has been called in to give advice about the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba, where suspects in the global war on terror are held in extrajudicial detention. more…

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