
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Costume Design
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Director
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Editing
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Film
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Costume Design
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Director
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Editing
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Film
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Production Design
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Screenplay
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Supporting Actor
Australian Film Institute Awards 1992 - Won - Best Supporting Actress
BAFTA Awards 1993 - Won - Best Costume Design
BAFTA Awards 1993 - Won - Best Original Score
BAFTA Awards 1993 - Won - Best Production Design
Cannes Film Festival 1992 - Won - Youth Award for Best Foreign Film
Golden Globe Awards 1994 - Nominated - Best Comedy or Musical
London Critics Circle Film Awards 1993 - Won - Newcomer of the Year
Robert Festival 1993 - Won - Best Foreign Film
Toronto International Film Festival 1992 - Won - People's Choice
Vancouver International Film Festival 1992 - Won - Most Popular Film
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Strictly Ballroom
Film SynopsisScott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckly who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!" Get Involved |
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William Fichtner
celebrityRuntime:
94 min.
Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Language:
English/American
Color:
Color
Certification:
PG
Tagline
• There's something in the air. It might be love -- but it isn't. • A life lived in fear...is a life half lived
Memorable Quotes
Fran: What happened to a life lived in fear and all that stuff? Scott: Fran... Fran: You really are a gutless wonder! Scott: There's a reason for this. Fran: I don't want to hear! Scott: Listen to me! Fran: No! Scott: It's hard for me too, Fran. Fran: *Hard*? Hard? How hard do you think it's been for *me*? To get you to dance with me in the first place? Frangipannidellasqueegymop. Wash the coffee cups, Fran, how's your skin, Fran? Hard? Scott: You don't understand. Fran: I understand. You've got your Pan Pacifics to win, and I'm back in Beginners, where I belong.
Liz: What do I want? I'll tell you what I want! I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now, and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with YOU!' [the door flies open. It's Ken] Ken: Pam Shortt's broken both her legs, and I wanna dance with you. Kylie: That was unexpected.
Scott: Look, a beginner has no right to approach an Open Amateur. Fran: Yeah, well an Open Amateur has no right to dance non-Federation steps, but you did, didn't you? Scott: But that's different. Fran: *How* is it different? You're just like the rest of them! You think you're different, but you're not, because you're just, you're just really scared! You're really scared to give someone new a go, because you think, you know, they might just be better than you are! Well, you're just pathetic, and you're gutless. You're a gutless wonder! Vivir con miedo, es como vivir a medias!
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Directed by
Baz Luhrmann
Writing credits
Baz Luhrmann
Craig Pearce
Andrew Bovell
Cast
| Paul Mercurio | ||
| Tara Morice | ||
| Bill Hunter | ||
| Pat Thomson | ||
| Gia Carides | ||
| Peter Whitford | ||
| Barry Otto | ||
| John Hannan | ||
| Sonia Kruger | ||
| Kris McQuade | ||
| Pip Mushin | ||
| Leonie Page | ||
| Antonio Vargas | ||
| Armonia Benedito | ||
| Jack Webster |
Funny, so very funny...simplest of stories but perfectly tuned for humor and difficult humor at that. Excellent performances, tremendous dancing and great great fun. Both the musical and comic timing are perfect and this is one of the few movies I recommend to everyone. If only I could figure out ... read more