Taglines: Set the night on fire.
Lambada movie storyline. A Beverly Hills school teacher by day, Kevin Laird (J. Eddie Peck), journeys at night to a warehouse in East L.A, where a group of barrio kids gather to dance the lambada.
Using his dazzling dance moves to earn the kids’ respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them academics in an informal backroom study hall. One of his students, Sandy (Melora Hardin) sees him at the club. The next morning at school while Kevin is teaching, Sandy daydreams that she and Kevin are dancing and he madly kisses her on his motorcycle. It’s the best of both worlds, but then Sandy becomes a jealous and lovestruck student and she exposes Kevin’s double life, his two worlds collide, threatening his job and reputation.
Lambada is a 1990 dramatic film starring J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Adolfo “Shabba-doo” Quinones, Ricky Paull Goldin, Dennis Burkley, and Keene Curtis. Lambada was written and directed by Joel Silberg and choreographed by Shabba-Doo. The film was released simultaneously with rival film The Forbidden Dance; neither was well received, though Lambada was called “the better of the two”.
Lambada (1990)
Directed by: Joel Silberg
Starring: J. Eddie Peck, Melora Hardin, Shabba-Doo, Ricky Paull Goldin, Basil Hoffman, Dennis Burkley, Leticia Vasquez, Gina Ravera, Kayla Blake, Debra Hopkins
Screenplay by: Joel Silberg, Sheldon Renan
Production Design by: Bill Cornford
Cinematography by: Roberto D’Ettorre Piazzoli
Film Editing by: Andy Horvitch
Art Direction by: Jack Cloud
Music by: Greg De Belles
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: March 16, 1990
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