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Release Date
• USA: Mar 31, 2006
BoxOffice: $0.2M
Official Website:
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature situations and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 43 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Unclaimed Freight Productions, Art Klein (executive produced by), Charm School, Shoreline Entertainment
Studio Samuel Goldwyn Films
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• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Musical
Tagline: When destiny leads, love follows.
Plot: MARILYN HOTCHKISS' BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL begins with a fated meeting, as Frank (Robert Carlyle) pulls over to aid a car-crash victim, Steve (John Goodman), who is slowly dying by the side of the road. Frank is still coming to terms with his wife's suicide, so when Steve spins him a story about the dance school of the title, he decides to attend classes himself. Steve informs Frank that he was in love with a girl named Lisa (Camryn Manheim), who danced at the school when he was a 12-year-old boy. Now, some 40 years later, Frank was on his way to the school to meet her again, hoping to rekindle their flame. Director Randall Miller (CLASS ACT) neatly divides the story into three parts, providing flashbacks to flesh out Steve's story, showing Frank's desperate attempts--along with a paramedic team--to keep Steve alive, and illustrating what happens when Frank makes his way to the school. As the story pings back and forth, Frank arrives at the school intending to tell Lisa what happened to Steve, but fails to find her. What Frank does find, however, is Meredith (Marisa Tomei), a woman he hopes will fill in the aching gap left by the death of his wife. As Frank slowly falls in love with Meredith while continuing his search for Lisa, the film gently arcs through some
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 | Marisa Tomei
What Women Want, Anger Management, My Cousin Vinny |
 | John Goodman
The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Monsters, Inc. |
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 | Sean Astin
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
 | Danny DeVito
L.A. Confidential, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Fish |
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Mark Adler
Focus, The Rat Pack, Flowers for Algernon |
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