| Take the Lead (2006)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Antonio Banderas |
Pierre Dulaine
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| Yaya DaCosta |
Lahrette
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| Rob Brown (VI) |
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| Alfre Woodard |
Principal Augustine James
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| Dante Basco |
Ramos
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| John Ortiz |
Joe Temple
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| Laura Benanti |
Tina
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| Marcus T. Paulk |
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| Jenna Dewan |
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| Katya Virshilas |
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| Rob Brown |
Rock
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| Lyriq Bent |
Easy
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| Jo Chim |
Gretchen
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| Plot |
| The sensuous thrill of ballroom dancing collides with the hip-hop world of self-expression in Take the Lead. Antonio Banderas (Desperado, The Mask of Zorro) stars as Pierre Dulaine, a dance teacher who--perhaps to fill a void in his own life--decides to teach the foxtrot and the tango to a group of inner-city high school students who've been put in detention. The kids sullenly resist this intruder with his silly box-steps, but gradually succumb to the allure of passion channeled into physical grace. It's a lot of hooey, of course--the stories about the individual kids are shallow melodrama--but a movie like this isn't so much about plot as about dancing, and the dancing bewitches. The main problem of Take the Lead is that there isn't enough dancing; at least half of the personal struggle of the students could be jettisoned and happily be replaced by fifteen minutes of a sleek and sexy rhumba. Still, Banderas has a warm, ingratiating presence and can spout platitudes about dance with conviction; Alfre Woodard (Crooklyn, Desperate Housewives) has her usual charismatic authority as the school's hard-nosed principal; and the dance competition at the movie's end gives the movie the lift it's wanted for the previous hour and a half. --Bret Fetzer |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Music |
| Director |
Liz Friedlander |
| Producer |
Christopher Godsick; Diane Nabatoff; Michelle Grace; Toby Emmerich |
| Writer |
Dianne Houston |
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| Studio |
New Line Home Entertainment |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
118 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
4/7/2006 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
944 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Edition Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| Barcode |
794043103636 |
| Release Date |
8/29/2006 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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7 Deleted Scenes
3 Trailers Remixed by Internationally Known DJs
3 Behind the Dance Featurettes
Commentary by Director and Editor
And More! |
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