Take the Lead
A dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Released
- 2006
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
A dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.
Top credits
Antonio Banderas ā Pierre Dulaine
Rob Brown ā Rock
Yaya DaCosta ā LaRhette
Alfre Woodard ā Augustine James
Did you know
ā¢ The youthful members of cast worked with the real Pierre Dulaine to get their dance moves correct for the movie.
ā¢ Originally, Antonio Banderas turned down the part of Pierre when he looked at the script and realized the whole film was about ballroom dancing. The producers begged him for a few minutes for them to explain the story. After hearing this, viewing a documentary on and meeting the real Pierre Dulaine, Banderas signed on.
ā¢ Dante Basco played high school boy Ramos when he was 31 years old.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $34,742,066
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $12,775,000 (2006-04-09)
User reviews
Surprisingly really good!
Surpasses formulaic story
Very Entertaining and Based on a True Story
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
