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: