Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

"Break the rules. Find your freedom. Live your life."

2004 1h 26m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 721

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In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence.

“Break the rules. Find your freedom. Live your life.”

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Cast

Diego Luna
Javier Suarez
Romola Garai
Katey Miller
Sela Ward
Jeannie Miller
John Slattery
Bert Miller
Jonathan Jackson
James Phelps
January Jones
Eve
Mika Boorem
Susie Miller
René Lavan
Carlos Suarez

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Guy Ferland
Writers: Boaz Yakin, Victoria Arch, Kate Gunzinger
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dirty Dancing Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Guy Ferland, shot by Anthony B. Richmond. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Heitor Pereira. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Luis Colina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Diego Luna and Romola Garai and Sela Ward carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Guy Ferland directs. Anthony B. Richmond behind the camera. Heitor Pereira scores. Luis Colina cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Part of the "Dirty Dancing Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Guy Ferland, shot by Anthony B. Richmond. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Heitor Pereira. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Luis Colina shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Diego Luna and Romola Garai and Sela Ward carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Break the rules. Find your freedom. Live your life.".
10IMDB entry: tt0338096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 11 themes, including "dancing", "dance", "beach", "cuba".
12Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Anthony B. Richmond
Original score: Heitor Pereira
Editing: Luis Colina
Production design: Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
Costume design: Isis Mussenden
Makeup / hair: Lizzie Ibarra
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $27,685,016
Return: 111% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

Part of

Dirty Dancing Collection

Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romance film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach. The story is a coming of age drama that documents a teenage girl's coming of age through a relationship with a dance instructor whom she encounters during the family's summer vacation. In 2004, a prequel to the film was released, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. Although not a remake, Havana Nights showcases a similar storyline about an American teenager learning about life through dance, when her family relocates to Havana, Cuba just before the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Swayze was paid $5 million to appear in a cameo role as a dance teacher — considerably more than the $200,000 he earned for the first film.

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Andre Gonzales2023-07-03
★ 5/10
I liked the dancing and was surprised that Patrick was in this but that's about it. The storyline was dumb and they didn't even finish there routine for the contest. So it was a pretty pointless movie.
r96sk2024-01-29
★ 7/10
'Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights' is surprisingly watchable. I was expecting a rather tame and boring return to the world of 'Dirty Dancing', though it actually produces a fine dance romance flick. Of course compared to the excellent and far superior original it is a downgrade, but for what it is I had a decent time watching. Romola Garai and Diego Luna have solid enough chemistry onscreen, while John Slattery offers firm support. Sela Ward is alright, not helped by how the makers chose to portray her character - Jeannie becomes quite irredeemable at one point, with the film's attempts to 'fix' that totally failing to convince. That's about it for cast positives, though it was neat to see a familiar face from the 1987 flick appear. The dance and Cuban revolution parts of the story don't mesh amazingly, a bit forced perhaps, but all in all I'd say they just narrowly made it work. I will say the dancing numbers and soundtrack aren't as good as they could've/should've been, yet I did still appreciate a few bits of music: the intro piece and the use of Wyclef Jean's 'Dance Like This', I never knew until now that that latter track was the original of Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' - you learn something new every day!