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Directed by | Thomas Carter |
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Story by | Duane Adler |
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Cinematography | Robbie Greenberg |
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Music by | Mark Isham |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13 million[1] |
Box office | $131.7 million[1] |
Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American dance film produced by MTV Films, directed by Thomas Carter and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple in Chicago who work together to help Stiles's character train for a Juilliard School dance audition.
Released theatrically in the United States on January 12, 2001, the film received mixed reviews from critics. It was a box-office success and grossed $131.7 million worldwide against a $13 million budget.
A direct-to-video sequel, Save the Last Dance 2, was released in 2006.