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Director:
Writers:
Roy Langsdon (screenplay)
John Platt (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 March 1990 (USA) more
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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... more | add synopsis
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Joanna & Derek Excel at Crotch-Fueled Dancing
 (From E! Online. 12 October 2009, 8:45 PM, PDT)

Joanna & Derek Excel at Dancing
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Laura Harring bedazzles despite drab script more (12 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

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)
Sabrina Mance ... Cami
Pilar Del Rey ... The Queen
Robert Apisa ... Security Guard #2
Greg Niebel ... Jail Cop #1
Kenny Scott Carrie ... Jail Cop #2
Remy O'Neill ... Robin
Charles Meshack ... Eddie
John Rice ... Mr. Gaines
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Danny Blume ... The Band
Bongo Eddie ... The Band
Carol Coleman ... The Band

Kid Creole ... Kid Creole (as August Darnell)
Cory Daye ... Vocalist
Ken Fradley ... The Band
Javier Garcia ... Dancer
Eugene Grey ... The Band
Taryn Hagey ... Coconut
Adriana Kaegi ... Coconut
Charlie Lagond ... The Band
Lee Robertson ... The Band
Peter Schott ... The Band
Dave Span ... The Band
Janique Svedberg ... Coconut

Johnny Mask ... Mickey's Dancing Patron (uncredited)
Lisa Saxton ... Dance patron (uncredited)
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Directed by
Greydon Clark 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Roy Langsdon  screenplay
John Platt  screenplay

Produced by
Richard L. Albert .... producer
Ami Artzi .... executive producer
Marc S. Fischer .... producer
Menahem Golan .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Vladimir Horunzhy 
 
Cinematography by
R. Michael Stringer (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Robert Edwards 
Barry Seybert 
Earl Watson 
 
Casting by
Ted Warren 
 
Production Design by
Don Day 
 
Set Decoration by
Shirley Starks 
 
Costume Design by
Susan L. Bertram 
 
Art Department
Phil Brandes .... construction coordinator
 
Sound Department
J. Patrick Kanehann .... boom operator
Steve Scoville .... dialog editor
 
Stunts
Andy Gill .... stunts
Barbara Anne Klein .... stunts
Steve Niall .... stunts
Michael J. Sarna .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Rick Lamb .... assistant camera
 
Casting Department
Cheryl Faye .... dance casting
 
Other crew
Felix Chavez .... choreographer
Miranda Garrison .... choreographer
Rob Jaeger .... location manager
Adriana Kaegi .... choreographer
Tina Louise Newman .... production coordinator
Allen Walls .... assistant choreographer
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lambada, the Forbidden Dance (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:
97 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lambada (1990/I) producers sued successfully to have the word "lambada" removed from "The Forbidden Dance"'s official title, though only "The Forbidden Dance" uses the song "Lambada" which launched the short-lived dance craze. more
Quotes:
[Joa is sitting there playing the drumms with his hands]
Carmen: They say the music is an universal language. I know another.
[Carmen gets up and dances for Joa and he smiles for the first time at her]
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Soundtrack:
Always You more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Laura Harring bedazzles despite drab script, 19 July 2003
6/10
Author: Carsten Klapp from Canada

The spellbinding dance moves of the stunningly beautiful and talented Laura Elena Harring are the only parts of this film worth watching.

Otherwise, the cast was poorly chosen and the dialogue is weak. Aside from a couple songs the music was nothing special. The rainforest subplot could have provided an interesting storyline but as presented it seems disassociated from the characters and the rest of the script; at best it provides an uninteresting break between dance sequences.

Laura Harring is simply an absolutely captivating talent who appears sorely out of place in this film.

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