Tagline: He’s Going To Show Her the Time of Her Life.
Set in 1958 Havana, this is the story of a lonely 17-year-old American girl (Romola Garai) who moves to Cuba in the days right before the Revolution with her parents, where she soon meets a charming and talented local dancer (Diego Luna), who encourages her to discover her natural dancing abilities. Undoubtedly, it all leads to an exciting climax as Castro’s forces take control and the Americans are forced to leave.
Set against the decadent glamour and escalating danger of revolution-eve Cuba, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights re-imagines the 1987 film phenomenon from an exciting new perspective. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights tells a timeless story of a young woman’s discovery of love, sensuality and independence – but with a sizzling style and rhythm all its own. Based on co-producer / choreographer JoAnn Jansen’s real life experiences as an American teenager in Cuba, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights plunges us into a world of bright color, vibrant sound and intense emotion.
Havana: November, 1958. 18-year-old Katey Miller (Romola Garai) brings an innate curiosity and a smattering of Spanish to her new life in Cuba’s lush capital, where her father has taken an executive position at Ford. Bookish and awkward, Katey is expected to join the smart set of American teenagers who are the Millers’ neighbors at the exclusive Oceana Hotel. But Katey finds herself drawn instead to the proud, purposeful Javier (Diego Luna), a waiter who also happens to be a brilliant dancer.
Determined to learn the slinky, spectacular moves that Javier seems to know in his bones, Katey persuades him to partner with her in a prestigious national dance competition at Havana’s glittering nightclub / casino, The Palace. Soon, the straight-A student is deceiving her parents, stealing away both day and night to discover a different part of Cuba with Javier. They meet at the steamy nightclub La Rosa Negra, where only the locals go and where the dancing is hotter than the temperature outside.
Some days, they practice on the sand of an out-of-the-way beach, aligning their bodies in a sensual harmony that mirrors the growing passion between them. As the night of the contest finally arrives, Katey and Javier are ready to take their place as a couple on the dance floor – unaware that the country club, and the streets of Havana itself, are about to erupt in revolutionary violence.
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2 or Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights) is a 2004 American musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland. The film is a prequel/”re-imagining” of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution.
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
Directed by: Guy Ferland
Starring: Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, John Slattery, Jonathan Jackson, January Jones, Mika Boorem, René Lavan, Mya, Polly Cole, Chris Engen, Tommy Kavelin
Screenplay by: Victoria Arch, Boaz Yakin
Production Design by: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Cinematography by: Anthony B. Richmond
Film Editing by: Luis Colina, Scott Richter
Costume Design by: Isis Mussenden
Set Decoration by: Alan Hicks
Art Direction by: Teresa Carriker-Thayer
Music by: Heitor Pereira
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sensuality.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: February 27, 2004
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