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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 097363455547
- WAPI (Tower ID): 107016441
- Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
- Release Date: October 18, 2005
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Product Description
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Review
Los Angeles Times, 05/20/2005, p.E4, "Warm, funny and very difficult to resist, this engaging film combines the charm of SPELLBOUND with the kinetic energy of STRICTLY BALLROOM in a way that will make you want to laugh, cry and do a little dancing yourself, maybe all at the same time." New York Times, 05/13/2005, p.E20, "[C]harming..." Entertainment Weekly, 05/27/2005, p.119, "[The] entire movie is a testament to the discipline, humor, and life of kids who swing." Rolling Stone, 08/25/2005, p.112, "[T]he real deal is Marilyn Agrelo's tremendously entertaining documentary....[It] swings and inspires." USA Today, 05/13/2005, p.6E, "MAD HOT BALLROOM is charming and inspiring..." Sight and Sound, 12/01/2005, p.68, "[A] disarming documentary....Agrelo offers a colourful, thriving portrait of New York..."
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Theatrical Release: May 13, 2005 (Limited)
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Tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and meringue may seem to represent the last vestiges of a dying art to some, but director Marilyn Agrelo proves this is far from true in MAD HOT BALLROOM. Agrelo reveals that the New York City public school system runs a ballroom dance program for fifth graders, in which these former preserves of the adult world are given a new lease on life by some enthusiastic little characters. The film follows students at three schools in the neighborhoods of Tribeca, Bensonhurst, and Washington Heights, with Agrelo training her cameras on the kids' lives both inside and outside of the classroom. The students are united by a zeal for the ballroom dancing lessons, which builds over a 10-week period and culminates in a competition to find the school that has produced the best dancers in the city. As the teachers gently cajole their students to learn the intricacies of the various disciplines, Agrelo intersperses classroom footage with the students' musings on life; many of these reveal a remarkable maturity. Gender and race boundaries disappear as focus on the competition consumes the students' energy, and the teachers are brought to tears as they see their prodigies turning into what one teacher touchingly terms "little ladies and gentlemen." As the pitter-patter of tiny toes scuttles across the ballroom floor in the competition's final stages, it's impossible not to get swept up in the action. One of Agrelo's cameramen is caught grinning in an affectionate, almost paternal manner as he accidentally wanders into the frame while filming. One of 2005's most uplifting slices of cinema, MAD HOT BALLROOM is a joyous, life-affirming experience.
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