TV Guide - Dance On DVD

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DVD Dancing Special by Ken Fox & Maitland McDonagh Caught this summer's dance fever? We've got some ‘movie picks for anyone who's ready to bust a move. » (993; Rated P6:$1.99) “Moulin Rouge!” director Baz Luhrmann's cheerfully vulgar fairy tale sets an individualistic rising ballroom star (casically trained Paul Mercurio) and an ualy duckling with gypsy fire in her blood against the repressive Australian Pan Pacific Championship committee, who insistthatifa routine isrrt “strictly ballroom,"it'sout.tsextravagant, cheeky and sur- prisingly sweet. ExTRAS: Undistinguished commentary; featurettes. Movie: 4% Extras: >» (1987; P63; $9998) More than a movie and slighty less than a religion, this sentimental favorit, set ina family-oriented Catskils resort in 1963, revolves around sheltered teenager "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey), who learns dance moves~and then some-from worldly instructor Johnny (Patrick Swayze). Anyone who ever fet ike a complete klutz can identify with uncoordinated Baby, and Swayze (whose macho movie roles overshadowed his profes sional hoofing) oozes feral charm. EXTRAS: This double- disc set is crammed with bonus material, including Dirty Dancing Live in Concert, Grey's audition and more. Movie: Extras: » (2004; $19.98, 6-13) Not a sequel or a remake but a “reimagining set in 1958 Cuba, where a bookish gringa (Romola Garai) gets 2 crash course in Latin rump-shaking from a sweet-faced hotel employee (Diego Luna of "Y Tu Mamé También’) as revolution brews. Not the phenomenon the original was, but the hip-grinding moves are way dirtier and Swayze stopsby fora cameo reprise of his character. ExTRAS: Com mentary, "Baila dance featurette. Movie: x Extras: » (2000; nr $1498) there were ever sucha thing as extreme ballroom, thisisit. Originally con- ceivedas abit of entertainment for Elton John'sSoth bith:

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