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 Pink, Ice 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.
