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Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance

2001Movie⏱️ 1h 52mPG-13πŸ† #4935 Top Rated
DramaMusicRomance
⭐ 6.2
IMDB Rating
68,621 votes

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

Director
Thomas Carter
Writers
Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
Stars
Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington
Release Date
January 12, 2001
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ† 7
Wins
🎯 8
Nominations
πŸ’¬ 354
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 59.3K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Julia Stiles
Julia Stiles
as Sara
Sean Patrick Thomas
Sean Patrick Thomas
as Derek
Kerry Washington
Kerry Washington
as Chenille
Fredro Starr
Fredro Starr
as Malakai
Terry Kinney
Terry Kinney
as Roy
Bianca Lawson
Bianca Lawson
as Nikki
πŸ‘€
Vince Green
as Snookie
Garland Whitt
Garland Whitt
as Kenny
Elisabeth Oas
Elisabeth Oas
as Diggy
Artel Great
Artel Great
as Arvel

πŸ’° Box Office

$131,706,809
Worldwide Gross
$91,057,006
Domestic Gross
$23,444,930
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
DTS
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Lemont High School - 800 Porter Street, Lemont, Illinois, USA
Production
Cort/Madden Productions, MTV Films

🏷️ Keywords

ghettohip hopnew york cityafrican americanballet

🎯 Categories

Coming-of-AgeDramaMusicRomance

⭐ Featured Review

read my comment for my summary on this movie
by themush01 β€’ 2006-05-10

"Throughout history there has been hardships for African Americans. Slavery, human rights, discrimination, and racism have been very obvious problems for them. Although they have gained their human rights and slavery has been abolished, discrimination and racism are still around in the twenty-first century. Within the romantic drama Save The Last Dance directed by Thomas Carter, 2001, it lets its viewers see and recognize what people are still like to this day when dealing with different races such as white and black. Within this movie the main character Sara wants to be a ballerina. Her moth..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Kerry Washington's first major role. She was working as a substitute teacher at the time, and paid so little for the film that she had to return to that job. Consequently she switched to only elementary school positions because high school students would show up to "watch Chenille teach French."

πŸ“– Synopsis

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.