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	Strictly Ballroom
		The intrinsic authority of the art itself is more important (and more life-giving) than the authorities who supply consequences for betrayal of their rules.
		Scott and Fran are declared "unclean" because they dare to challenge the culture of Competitive Ballroom Dancing.
		Scott and Fran's rebellion sparks new life in the Competitive Ballroom Dancing adherents.
	www.textweek.com /movies/strictly_ballroom.htm (176 words)

	Cinema of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the end the movie is about how the failure to try to understand one another leads to mutual loss, and not a Rousseau-like comparison of the "noble savage" vrs.
		The climax of the movie occurs on the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli and depicts the ill-fated attack at the Nek on the morning of the 7 August 1915, by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
		Strictly Ballroom was Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of his own short play of the same name, first staged in 1986.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cinema_of_Australia (2340 words)

	Review: Strictly Ballroom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Strictly Ballroom, based on an Australian play of the same name, was one of that country's biggest 1992 screen hits.
		The movie has wit, style, and a special brand of irreverence that allows it to work as a love story, a comedy of manners, and a satire.
		Strictly Ballroom is a welcome surprise, and the perfect antidote for the late winter blues.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/s/strictly.html (471 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews : Strictly Ballroom
		Strictly Ballroom began for Luhrmann as a project when he was a drama student, then re-worked to become an award-winning production at a Czech theater festival, and then re-tooled yet again as a successful stage show.
		The movie opens smack in the middle of the gaudy, insane world of Aussie ballroom dance, at the district championships.
		Despite the visual references to '70s and '80s styles, the movie mainly recalls old boy-meets-girl films of the past, where we know that a happy ending is assured once the boy and girl overcome the inevitable obstacles.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/s/strictlyballroom.shtml (929 words)

	Strictly Ballroom
		Since all three movies are geared to a predominantly female audience, the filmmakers created male lead that appeals to what their female audience desires.
		In Strictly Ballroom, Fran captures Scott’s love and is able to win the Pan Pacific’s with him, showing all the other females how she is better than they are.
		Strictly Ballroom was made for the happy moviegoers on Friday night that want a storybook romance.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/jmarsh/ballroom.htm (1774 words)

	Strictly Ballroom
		Strictly Ballroom was released in Australia on the 19 of August 1992 and raised $21.55million in the 32 weeks it was screened at the Box office.
		Strictly Ballroom also screened in New Zealand grossing $NZ2.5 million in the UK grossing $7million and screenings in Japan grossing $3.5million and in Germany $5million.
		Strictly Ballroom has a quite a positive critical uptake as most of my research indicates that the bias between favourable and non favourable reviews is heavier at on end of the scale.
	wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/1997/hill.htm (1108 words)

	Strictly Ballroom (1992)
		Strictly Ballroom focuses its attention on the gaudy, fantastical world of ballroom dancing and the fixated characters that live within it.
		The beginning of Strictly Ballroom sets the tone for the rest of the film brilliantly, showcasing techniques which pop-up throughout and introducing the main characters.
		Luckily, Strictly Ballroom is a movie which believes in itself, retaining its freshness until almost the very end (when a touch of sentimentality appears).
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Strictly_Ballroom.html (840 words)

	Strictly Ballroom - Movie Review
		Part Rocky with a touch of Blue Velvet, Simply Ballroom is the decidedly odd story of a boy (Paul Mercurio) and his tap shoes...
		Now released on DVD (which includes a commentary from Luhrmann and his crew), it's easier to track Luhrmann's transition from Ballroom to Romeo + Juliet to the masterful Moulin Rouge -- and his road to greatness is an impressive one.
		Ballroom belies Luhrmann's love for the stage (beginning, Rouge-style, with a red curtain opening) and for gaudiness, but the tale is beyond his budget and sadly lacking in grandeur.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/strictlyballroom (311 words)

	Paul Mercurio Online
		Strictly was nominated for 13 AFI Awards in 1992, winning 8.
		Ballroom, spectators at the Pan-Pacific Ballroom Dancing Championship jump the barriers and take to the sacred floor, dancing however they like to a John Paul Young pop song.
		The film's star, Paul Mercurio, pictured right, says he hopes Strictly Ballroom will have the same effect on cinema audiences - to inspire them to overcome the barriers which separate ordinary people from dance.
	www.paulmercurio.net /film/strictly2.php (501 words)

	Congregational Leaders \| Articles & News
		The film Strictly Ballroom is a modern parable of shifting paradigms, personal vision, and continuous improvement.
		The movie has romance, music, dancing, and comedy blended together to tell the story of a young Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings, and his assault on the established paradigm of what constitutes quality performance.
		Although all the characters share a similar mission, it is remarkable to see the different visions that the various characters have for their lives.
	www.gbod.org /congregational/articles.asp?act=reader&item_id=2586 (397 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Film Listings
		Strictly Ballroom is shamelessly manipulative, blatantly derivative, and hopelessly maudlin.
		Although made in Australia, Strictly Ballroom takes its cues from American pop culture; it emulates Saturday Night Fever, Rocky, Dirty Dancing, and other Hollywood movies in which the underdog must prove himself to a world that doesn't understand what compels him.
		Metaphorically speaking, Strictly Ballroom celebrates individuality over homogeneity; for all its melodramatic flourishes and grotesque exaggerations, it never mocks the hero's dream of self-expression.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:141204 (358 words)

	Strictly Ballroom Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		But Strictly Ballroom is the most conventional of the three — energetic (but not as frenetic as its successors), and as colorful and exuberant as an old Technicolor musical from MGM.
		Strictly Ballroom was made on a miniscule budget in comparison to Moulin Rouge, but that didn't stop Luhrmann from indulging himself in building the sets that would let him create a parallel universe for his dance community.
		While it lacks Strictly Ballroom's romance and melodrama, it still seems startlingly familiar as the filmmakers interview and follow several dancers, their instructors, and families leading up to a climax at the 1985 Professional Dance Championship.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=2098&Tab=DVD (1543 words)

	STRICTLY BALLROOM
		STRICTLY BALLROOM is his directorial debut and the one that thrust him onto the international scene.
		From the costumes to the music, from the dance numbers to the outrageous characters, STRICTLY BALLROOM is a film you won't soon forget.
		Ballroom dancing may be silly, but you still need to have talent to succeed at it.
	crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsS/f_strictly_ballroom.html (909 words)

	Strictly Ballroom (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Strictly Ballroom is just that, totally focused on the ballroom dancing scene of provincial Australia.
		The photography by Steve Mason captures all the pizzazz and dazzle of the ballroom scene and the ballroom costumes by Angus Strathe exaggerates the glitz to sparkling effect.
		Strictly Ballroom is pure entertainment of the first order and should not be missed by anyone looking for a joyous night of unbounded pleasure.
	www.filmsondisc.com /dvdpages/strictly_ballroom.htm (895 words)

	USA Swing Net
		There, he falls for former Ballroom Champion, Ruby Sinclair, who is preparing for one last shot at the title.
		This offbeat, crowd-pleasing, highly-acclaimed Australian movie is a spoof about the ego and politics of the Ballroom Dance World.
		It focuses on a competitive ballroom dancer and his inexperienced, ugly-duckling partner who rises to the challenge of competing at the highest level.
	www.usaswingnet.com /movies.htm (702 words)

	Strictly Ballroom [1992] DVD at Shop Ireland
		Strictly Ballroom [1992] starring: 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, Lauren Hewett, Steve Grace, Paul Bertram, Di Emery, Lara Mulcahy Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
		It's not that Baz Luhrman's success has gone to his head, far from it....it's just that his other two movies to date...Romeo and Juliet, Moulin Rouge...are not a patch on Strictly Ballroom.
		Scott Mercurio is fantastic as the tortured classical dancer who strives to break free from the established laws of Ballroom and redefine it's expression.
	www.shopireland.ie /dvd/reviews/B00004CYHM/2 (850 words)

	Strictly Ballroom (1992)
		It’s also a winsome love story, a bittersweet tale of regret and opportunities lost, of hopes and dreams defeated by opposition and doubt, and a heartfelt celebration of living life to the fullest in defiance of all naysayers.
		Strictly Ballroom starts as an edgy, in-your-face mockumentary satirizing the rigid pretensions of people who take competitive ballroom dancing way too seriously.
		Strictly Ballroom is the film that Luhrmann was trying to outdo when he made Moulin Rouge!
	www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/strictlyballroom.html (345 words)

	BBC News \| OSCARS 2002 \| Luhrmann's inventive career
		The 39-year-old's first film was Strictly Ballroom in 1992 which he directed and wrote with his long-time collaborator Craig Pearce.
		Although Strictly Ballroom was a love story based in the weird world of dance it used documentary devices to get across the tension of ballroom competitions.
		Bafta was more generous with the movie, nominating it for nine awards of which it won four, including best screenplay for Luhrmann and the David Lean Award for Direction.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/in_depth/entertainment/2002/oscars_2002/1800756.stm (801 words)

	Strictly Ballroom (1992)
		It’s also a winsome love story, a bittersweet tale of regret and opportunities lost, of hopes and dreams defeated by opposition and doubt, and a heartfelt celebration of living life to the fullest in defiance of all naysayers.
		Strictly Ballroom starts as an edgy, in-your-face mockumentary satirizing the rigid pretensions of people who take competitive ballroom dancing way too seriously.
		Strictly Ballroom is the film that Luhrmann was trying to outdo when he made Moulin Rouge!
	decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1948 (327 words)

	BrothersJudd.com - Review of Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom
		Our love for certain movies often has as much to do with the circumstances under which we were introduced to them as with the quality of the film itself.
		But in direct contravention of the rules and traditions of ballroom dancing (which have as much to do with the teaching of dance to willing customers as with dance itself), Scott has recently developed a dangerous desire to dance his own "crowd-pleasing steps".
		They must respect the conventions of ballroom dance, with its basis in the couple, even as they expand its possibilities and violate the self-serving diktats of the corrupt elders who run the competitions.
	www.brothersjudd.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.moviedetail/movie_id/45 (964 words)

	Title: "Strictly Ballroom" - Topics: Dance; World/Australia
		to "Strictly Ballroom" will show parents and teachers how to get the most from this film, not only to introduce children to the world of competitive ballroom dancing and to flamenco, but also to fill out the character development lessons of the film.
		"Strictly Ballroom" is so powerful and engaging that it can transform lives by awakening an interest in dance in the most unlikely places.
		"Strictly Ballroom" will also introduce children to the world of competitive ballroom dancing and to flamenco.
	www.teachwithmovies.org /guides/strictly-ballroom.html (599 words)

	Kalamazoo Dance: USABDA Chapter in Kalamazoo Michigan: Ballroom Dance Stuios in southwest Michigan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Take the Lead is a ballroom dance documentary to be released at cinemas in 2006.
		But when his classic methods clash with his students' hip hop instincts, he teams up with them to create a new style of dance and becomes their mentor in the process.
		Randall Miller 's Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School compiles an all-star cast to tell an unabashedly emotional story about life, love, and destiny.
	www.kalamazoodance.org /kzdancesporttv.html (255 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Strictly Ballroom
		Simply Ballroom (1992) began for director Baz Luhrmann as a project when he was a drama student, then re-worked to become an award-winning production at a Czech theater festival, and then re-tooled yet again as a successful stage show.
		In bringing it to the screen, Luhrmann created the first of what he now refers to as his "red-curtain cinematic form," using a highly stylized, theatrical presentation to tell a simple, classic story.
		He never lets you forget that you're watching a movie, a conceit that works brilliantly because Strictly Ballroom is such an old-fashioned story, recalling boy-meets-girl films of the past where we know a happy ending is assured once the boy and girl overcome the inevitable obstacles.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/s/strictlyballroom.q.shtml (356 words)

	Aligator Pop - Strictly Ballroom
		Strictly Ballroom is no exception to this trend.
		Instead of long ago and far away, Luhrmann stages Strictly Ballroom in a microcosm that may as well be an alien landscape for most viewers: the Australian world of ballroom dancing.
		With hard work, elaborate costumes and the right moves, anyone can rise from his or her normal workaday role and be a star for at least as long as that night's spotlight dance.
	www.aligatorpop.com /movies/reviews/strictly_ballroom.htm (685 words)

	'Strictly Ballroom' - Synopsis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It's the magical story of a championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly duckling dancing partner.
		The movie was an adaptation of an original, thirty minute play of the same name that was devised and directed by Luhrmann and first staged in 1986.
		Both the play and movie are based on characters that Luhrmann can relate to through his own experiences as a ballroom dancer during his childhood.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /bazthegreat/strictlysynopsis.htm (728 words)

	ABC News: Why Ballroom Dancing Is Cool Again
		The 1992 movie, "Strictly Ballroom," won a top prize at the Cannes Film Festival and breathed life into a pastime many thought of as stuffy and out-of-date.
		And then there is the recent documentary, "Mad Hot Ballroom," about a dance competition for inner-city, public school kids in New York City that has audiences rooting for the underdogs.
		Shira, a member of the ballroom dance team at Columbia University in New York, said, "You're actually in contact with another human being.
	www.abcnews.go.com /Primetime/story?id=1567801 (666 words)

	Dance Movies Reviews News Articles - Strictly Ballroom Dancing Waltz, Samba Paso Doble Championship
		Have been fascinated and will forever be fascinated with this movie, truly the first movie about ballroom dancing.
		Nevermind the lousy ballroom hold and the chaotic latin footworks, it is still a very touching story and would be well loved by many.
		RpMerleon Studios' websites are to keep all dance competitors, ballroom dancers, dance enthusiasts and dance instructors up to date on the ballroom dancing and dancesport scene in Singapore and Asia region.
	www.rpmerleon.com /articles/9611strictly_ballrm.php (863 words)

	Strictly Ballroom Special Edition DVD film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		His maverick approach flies in the face of the rituals of ballroom dance and sees him being threatened with disbarment by the ADF (Australian Dancing Federation) judges.
		Strictly Ballroom focuses its attention on the gaudy, fantastical world of
		ballroom dancing and the fixated characters that live within it.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /dvdreviews/s/dvdstrictlyballroom.htm (818 words)

	Strictly Ballroom (1992)
		Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), one of Australia's best ballroom dancers, has his eyes set on winning the local Grand Prix Amateur Championships, until his funky and improvised moves cause his dance partner, Liz (Gia Carides), to leave him.
		His unorthodox manner upsets his mother, herself a former ballroom dance champion and the Dance Federation chairwoman.
		A mousy ugly duckling named Fran (Tara Morice) believes in Scott and finally gets up the courage to try out, but he's offended at her nerve … that is, until he sees her potential and passion.
	movies.go.com /strictly-ballroom/d806956/comedy (216 words)

	Hour.ca - Film - Movie details - Strictly Ballroom
		Young Scott Hastings has been preparing for the Australian Ballroom Dance Federation Championship since he was six.
		She will teach him that "vivir con miedo es como vivir a media" (A life lived in fear is a life half-lived) and with her, he will embark on a crazed journey to the Pan Pacific finals.
		The movie flows well, the actors have great chemistry, the soundtrack is beautiful and the comedy is very...
	www.hour.ca /film/movie.aspx?iIDFilm=2301&v=vo (463 words)

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