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Save the Last Dance

Genre
Drama
Rating
PG-13
Released
12 January, 2001
Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American teen dance film produced by MTV Productions, directed by Thomas Carter and released by Paramount Pictures on January 12, 2001. The film stars Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple in Chicago who work together to help the character played by Stiles, train for a dance audition. A direct-to-video sequel, Save the Last Dance 2, was released in 2006.

Director Thomas Carter
Produced by Robert W. Cort, David Madden
Screenplay by Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
Story by Duane Adler
Starring Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Terry Kinney, Fredro Starr
Music Mark Isham
Cinematography Robbie Greenberg
Edited by Peter Berger, Jeff Canavan, Fritz Feick
Production, company MTV Productions, Cort/Madden Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Released January 12, 2001
Running time 112 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $13 million
Box office $131.7 million
Netflix ID 60001823

About Save the Last Dance

An MTV Films production about a white dancer who falls in love with a black man from the south side of Chicago. It was followed by a 2006 direct-to-video sequel, Save the Last Dance 2.

Achievement of Save the Last Dance

The soundtrack for the film, which featured music from PinkIce Cube and Montell Jordan, amongst others, went 2x Platinum in the U.S. 

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Latest information about Save the Last Dance updated on July 28 2021.