Internationally known for his charisma and smoldering good looks, antonio banderas is the ultimate manifestation of the latin heartthrob. Antonio banderas biography, age, height, wife, children. I loved it because it took some old school ballroom songs and turned up the beat to make the songs and the movie appealing to a younger generation. When internationally renowned dancer pierre dulaine antonio banderas takes a teaching job in a new york city public school, he meets ridicule from the streetwise students, who scoff at the. Mad hot ballroom 2005 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Pierre dulaine brought ballroom dancing to elementary schools in new york city. When internationally renowned dancer pierre dulaine antonio banderas takes a teaching job in a new york city public school, he meets ridicule from the streetwise students, who scoff at the notion of ballroom dancing. Antonio banderas turns unruly high schoolers into dancers. Dance is transformative antonio banderas and director liz friedlander discuss their movie take the leadand the inspirational teacher its based on. Based on the story of ballroom dancer pierre dulane.
Based on a true story, the movie tells of the struggle of a dance teacher, pierre dulain antonio. In 2006, he starred in take the lead, a highset movie in which he played a ballroom dancing teacher. Movies of dance are usually attractive, and the entertaining take the lead is no. Antonio banderas, pierre dulaine discuss take the lead. Similarly, antonio banderas creates a compelling, debonair instructor who we want to root for. Antonio banderas, who plays dulaine in the film, says he found this selflessness refreshing. Take the lead starring antonio banderas take the lead, starring antonio banderas, is based on the true story of pierre dulaine and the pioneering new york city dance program called dancing classrooms. They say it takes two to tango and antonio banderas should know. October 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message antonio banderas is a spanish actor, musician director, producer, dancer, and. Banderas is charming, the young actors are compelling, and the dancing is stunning.
Take the lead is an engaging mentorship movie that rarely veers into sappiness, and is enlivened by. Tango movies scenes with al pacino, madonna, antonio bandares, jennifer lopez, colin firth, richard gere, jessica biel, gabrielle anwar and madonna. This movie list is all about the power of the snuggle. I dont think im a dancer, said antonio banderas, who plays the films suave ballroom instructor. She transitioned to television and film shortly after starring opposite antonio banderas in the ballroom dance movie take the lead and eventually landing the fanfavorite role of astrid farnsworth on foxs scifi drama fringe. A successful dance film need not abide by the rules of commercial. Movies dancing with the hesitant stars of take the lead video director, untested dancer, modelturnedactress take a chance on ballroom hiphop film. In the next few weeks movies with grownup stars like john malkovich, robert redford, liam neeson and. One was a documentary 2005s mad hot ballroom the other was 2006s take the lead with antonio banderas as dulaine. Antonio banderas may take the lead in creating hiphop.
Antonio banderas as pierre dulaine, a ballroom dance instructor. The mask of zorro 48 movie clip a very spirited dancer 1998 hd duration. That is the plot of the new movie, take the lead, starring antonio banderas. With the publicity brought on by the hollywood movie as well as an acclaimed documentary, mad hot ballroom, that played in theaters last summer, banderas predicts new triumphs for dulaine, whose.
A twist which, on the plus side, director liz friedlander takes advantage of with polished dance scenes and evocative visuals. He also founded dancing classrooms, a social and emotional development program for 5th grade children that uses ballroom dancing as a vehicle to change the lives of the children and their families. After seeing a car being vandalized by a student outside an innercity high school, pierre dulaine walks into the school to talk to the principal alfre woodard. This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. This heartwarming documentary will win audiences over, as the sheer charm of precocious, enthusiastic children learning to dance resonates from the screen. But from there, take the lead has only two left feet. Antonio banderas stars as a real life new york dance instructor who takes it upon himself to instruct a bunch of inner city children in ballroom dancing, for purposes of teaching them trust, selfesteem and selfdiscipline. Dancing with the hesitant stars of take the lead mtv. In take the lead, new york ballroom dancing teacher pierre antonio banderas begins teaching a group of troubled high school students. The tango he did in the film was like dancing with the stars. True story dance movie take the lead with antonio banderas. Pierre dulane antonio banderas, a professional ballroom dancer, volunteers to teach at a poor new york public school.
This film tells you the fictional story of the castillo brothers who went to the us from cuba to fulfill the american dream, to become famous musicians. The tango scent of a woman 48 movie clip 1992 hd duration. Banderas plays pierre dulaine, a european ballroom dancer who not. This movie has great musical and dance scenes and also some world famous cuban musicians, like tito puente who plays himself in a crazy party scene. Latino international film festivals gabi lifetime achievement award on. Pierre dulaine antonio banderas goes from dancing in a ballroom with a professional partner dimitrie melamed to teaching it to students in. Notably, his early works with children was fictionalized in the film take the lead, starring antonio banderas as pierre dulaine. With antonio banderas, rob brown, yaya dacosta, alfre woodard. Antonio banderas the tango scene from the film, take the. Based on a true story, the movie tells of the struggle of a dance teacher, pierre dulain antonio banderas, to give to a group of problem kids a second chance by exploring their dance skills. A former professional dancer banderas volunteers to teach dance in the. Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. Take the lead is a 2006 american drama dance film directed by liz friedlander and starring antonio banderas.
Is there anything better after a hard day than sitting down to a great netflix movie. He stars in new dance movie take the lead, playing a ballroom dancing teacher to a. Movies antonio banderas may take the lead in creating hip hopballroom dance trend actor plays reallife new york dance teacher in video director liz friedlanders feature debut. In this drama loosely based on the life and work of pierre dulaine, antonio banderas. I have always loved antonio banderas as an actor, and in this movie, he does. Inspired by a true story, antonio banderas stars as internationally acclaimed ballroom dancer pierre dulane in the energetic and moving film. I didnt like some of the camera angles and chafed at the dance shots often being too close up to really see what the moves were, but the choices in filming undeniably added to both the realism and the energy of the scenes. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Antonio banderas dancing tango in the movie take the. All this will be vaguely familiar, because youve probably seen a couple of other movies pierre dulaine inspired, the 2006 musical drama take the lead, starring antonio banderas as dulaine, and mad hot ballroom, a heartwarming and popular 2005 documentary about new york fifth graders who learn dance and take part in a dance contest. Antonio banderas turns unruly high schoolers into dancers in. When dulane volunteers to teach dance in the new york public school system, his background first clashes with his students tastes. Pierre dulaine antonio banderas is a renowned professional ballroom dancer, who teaches ballroom dancing at his manhattan dance studio. This week, antonio banderas hottrots his way into cinemas in take the lead, playing reallife ballroom dancing legend pierre dulaine, who teaches innercity teenagers the joys of waltzingand.
Antonio banderas the tango scene from the film, take the lead. Banderas stars as pierre dulaine, a ballroom dancer who took his dance lessons into new york public schools and used the art of ballroom dancing to teach students life lessons in discipline and respect. Take the lead is a 2006 american drama dance film directed by liz friedlander and starring antonio banderas as dance instructor pierre dulaine, the founder of dancing classrooms. Antonio banderas takes the role of pierre dulaine in his.
Banderas plays the lead role with understated elegance, and a. The twist here is the addition of ballroom dancing. Hd antonio banderas take the lead tango scene youtube. The real story of a dance teacher who believed in the talent of a group of problem kids. Hes first stymied, then embraced by the flintythenwarm principal alfre woodard.
Inspired by a true story, antonio banderas stars as internationally acclaimed ballroom dancer pierre dulane in the energetic and moving film take the lead. We are all billy elliot when we watch dance movies. Banderas plays pierre dulaine, a european ballroom dancer who not only turns a group of unruly detention students at a south bronx high school into budding astaires and charisses but also. It also stars alfre woodard, john ortiz, rob brown, yaya dacosta, dante basco, elijah kelley, and jenna dewan. Banderas does a nice, understated job and the actors portraying the urban kids are outstanding. Though his students assigned to detention hall for various infractions resist his initial efforts to express.
When an acclaimed ballroom dancer volunteers to teach in the new york public. Antonio banderas stars in take the lead, based on the life of pierre dulaine, a ballroom dancer who volunteered to teach in new york city public. Antonio banderas take the lead tango scene youtube. Antonio banderas the tango scene from the film, take.