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Shall We Dance?
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Shall We Dance? is a 2004 American film directed by Peter Chelsom from a screenplay by Audrey Wells. Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein produced it through Miramax, with John de Borman as director of photography, Robert Leighton as editor, and music by Gabriel Yared and John Altman. The cast includes Richard Gere, who also narrates, alongside Susan Sarandon, Jennifer Lopez and Stanley Tucci.
Set and filmed in Chicago, it spans the romantic comedy, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related and drama genres. Made on a budget of $50,000,000, it earned $170,128,460 at the box office, received 7 nominations, and was rated PG-13. It was distributed by Miramax, Netflix and Paramount+.
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6.4A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Cast
- Richard Gere as John Clark
- Jennifer Lopez as Paulina
- Susan Sarandon as Beverly Clark
- Stanley Tucci as Link
- Lisa Ann Walter as Bobbie
- Anita Gillette as Miss Mitzi
Themes
- dance
- jealousy
- husband wife relationship
- dancer
- dancing master
- musical
- love
- remake
- ballroom dancing
- dance instructor
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
51,244 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
46%
Metacritic
47/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Chelsom
- Screenplay by
- Audrey Wells
- Based on
- Shall We Dance? , (1996 film), by Masayuki Suo
- Produced by
- Simon Fields
- Starring
- Richard Gere Jennifer Lopez Susan Sarandon Stanley Tucci Lisa Ann Walter Richard Jenkins Bobby Cannavale Omar Miller Mýa Harrison Ja Rule Nick Cannon
- Cinematography
- John de Borman
- Edited by
- Robert Leighton
- Music by
- Gabriel Yared John Altman
- Distributed by
- Miramax Films
- Release date
- October 15, 2004 ( 2004-10-15 )
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $170.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Chelsom
- Screenwriter
- Audrey Wells
- Composer
- John Altman
- Producer
- Harvey Weinstein
- Production company
- Miramax
- Cinematographer
- John de Borman
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 580403
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/shall-we-dance-2004
Show 6 more facts
- publication date
- 2004-11-04
- title
- Shall We Dance?
- narrator
- Richard Gere
- distributed by
- Paramount+
- film editor
- Robert Leighton
- review score
- 46%
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Encyclopedic overview
Shall We Dance? is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon. A remake of the 1996 Japanese film of the same name, the film received mixed reviews and grossed $170.1 million worldwide.
Plot
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