The Forbidden Dance (1990)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Greydon Clark

Writers:

Roy Langsdon (screenplay)
John Platt (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 March 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

LAMBADA...If it got any hotter, it wouldn't be dancing!

Plot:

Filmed during the Lambada dance craze (if there really ever was one), this film tries to have a social conscience...

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Lambada | Beautiful Woman | Independent Film

Cast

Laura Harring	...	Nisa (as Laura Herring)
Jeff James	...	Jason
Barbra Brighton	...	Ashley
Miranda Garrison	...	Mickey
Sid Haig	...	Joa
Ángela Moya	...	Carmen (as Angela Moya)
Richard Lynch	...	Benjamin Maxwell
Shannon Farnon	...	Katherine Anderson
Linden Chiles	...	Bradley Anderson
Ruben Moreno	...	The King
Gene Mitchell	...	Cutter
Kenny Johnson	...	Dave
Connie Woods	...	Trish
Tom Alexander	...	Kurt
Steven Williams	...	Weed (as Steven Lloyd Williams)

Also Known As:

Lambada, the Forbidden Dance (Philippines: English title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Finland:S | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

21st Century Film Corporation

Trivia:

Written in 10 days, based on an idea writers John Platt & Roy Langsdon came up with in the car on the drive to producer Menahem Golan's office. The script was commisioned in December of 1989, was in production by the end of January, 1990, and hit theaters on March 17th that same year, all in an attempt to beat rival lamdada flick Lambada (1990/I) to theaters. Both films were eventually released on the very same day!

Quotes:

[Jason and Nisa got back from dancing and Jason's parents want to talk to Jason alone]
Katherine Anderson: And we don't want you fraternizing with the hired help!
Jason: We wen't dancing, we did't go to bed!
Katherine Anderson: Well, I shoud hope not there's enough of those people in the world without you fathering any more.
Jason: Will you try to keep it down, she might hear you.
Katherine Anderson: I want her to hear me and I want her out of My Dress!
Jason: About the dress...
Katherine Anderson: What about it? I hope you realize its a Christian D'ore original and it cost me more than that maid makes in a year. So get her out of it!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Anything for Love (1993) (V)

Soundtrack:

Good Girls Like Bad Boys

It Sucketh

This movie is bad. Painfully bad. Kinda like being struck in the head with a ball-peen hammer. Repeatedly. But worse.

Acting - Cardboard. Plot - written on a napkin during someones lunchbreak. I think the movie was directed by a ouija board or magic 8 ball ('plot unclear, try again later')

I'm allowed up to 1,000 words to insult this movie but it doesn't rate that level of effort. In short -

THIS IS THE MUST SEE ACTION ADVENTURE OF THE NINETIES!!! NO HOME SHOULD BE WITHOUT ONE!!! OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY!! VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!!!