Rating: NR
Genre: Comedy Drama
Release Date: 02/21/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 77 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Questionable for Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Vintage Home Ent.

This wildly off-beat comedy is about a male dancer (Paul Mercurio) who refuses to follow the accepted rules of ballroom dancing and creates his own style of choreography, which infuriates the ballroom dancing establishment. Before he's scheduled to compete in the Pan-Pacific ballroom championships, he's forced to take up a new partner (Tara Morice), a beginner who initially seems without promise. With his help, she turns into an assured and wonderful dancer. Baz Luhrmann's visual style may be too bright, gaudy and exaggerated for some tastes, yet he treats his characters with compassion, which makes Strictly Ballroom such an engaging comedy.

~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Paul Mercurio - Scott Hastings
Tara Morice - Fran
Bill Hunter - Barry Fife
Barry Otto - Doug Hastings
Pat Thompson - Shirley Hastings
Gia Carides - Liz Holt
Peter Whitford - Les Kendall
John Hannan - Ken Railings
Sonia Kruger-Tayler - Tina Sparkle
Pip Mushin - Wayne Burns

Production:
Baz Luhrmann - Director
Tristram Miall Jane Scott - Producer
David Hirschfelder - Composer
Jill Bilcock - Editor
Craig Pearce Baz Luhrmann - Screen Writer
Faith Martin - Art Director
Angus Strathie - Costume Designer
Catherine Martin - Costume Designer
Catherine Martin - Production Designer
Phil Judd - Sound/Sound Designer
Steve Mason - Cinematographer

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