Dance With Me Page #3

Synopsis: Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Randa Haines
Production: Sony Pictures
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
PG
Year:
1998
126 min
336 Views


I'll smoke this

on the way to the coast.

Peter, sweetie,

not on my costumes.

That's Daddy.

- Hello?

- It's me.

Who?

Me, Rafael.

How did you get this number?

Directory assistance.

What are you doing?

Hold on.

Mr. Sparkles, what are you doing?

Here. Look.

Watch your daddy, okay?

Sorry.

You are not alone?

I'm sorry.

No, I'm alone.

You know when you said

you owed me one?

Don't let it go to your head.

Did you mean it or not?

Exactly what did you have in mind?

- I want you to take me dancing.

- Tonight?

Tomorrow.

I don't like to move too fast.

Too tast going where?

Have you ever had a mojito?

No, I hardly ever drink.

Ot course not.

You've never had

a Cuban drink.

Never had a Cuban anything.

You did something ditferent

to your hair?

What do you mean?

It's more pooty.

- Poofy?

- Yeah.

- Putfy?

- Putty. Yeah.

Yeah, like a hat.

- Are you kidding?

- Yes, I am.

This way.

Fly's open.

I bet it is.

Shall we dance?

Do you mambo?

You mean, the way you do?

Yeah, mambo.

- You are Latin, aren't you?

- Yes, but I don't know what you do.

Well, I'll show you the basics

really quick.

You're gonna break

on the two beat.

- Break?

- Yeah.

Start with your lett on the two.

Just a little ball change.

Okay?

One, two, three, tour.

Just...

The two.

You did the one. Two.

Okay, wait.

- You wanna learn?

- Sure.

I'm sorry.

You know,

I don't know what you're doing.

Why don't we take a break?

I'm gonna go to the ladies room.

Dance, honey?

- I need to go.

- What?

- I need to go now.

- Why?

I don't wanna play games

with you.

You wanted to go dancing,

you danced.

Just leave it at that.

It was a two-hour bus ride...

but I forgive you.

You torgive me?

We didn't go together.

- We had a date.

- It wasn't a date.

We just went dancing

and you made me teel like an idiot...

'cause you said

you couldn't dance.

I said I couldn't do

what you do.

I don't know what

change ball means.

The music tells me

how to dance.

It's ball change.

I'm Cuban.

Of course I know how to dance.

Here's your ticket.

I don't like people

laughing at me.

I've been lett on my ass

one too many times to think it's tunny.

I didn't mean to insult you

at the club.

I apologize it I did.

I was just trying to have tun

with you.

A little rum, a little dancing,

a little jokes.

I didn't know

that would be so hard.

It will never...

happen again.

No, let me tell him, okay?

One more day

closer to Vegas.

No, you lead and let me count.

No, honey, I need to start it

because I have to lead.

You lead, but let me count.

When you start counting, it goes slow.

- Then it gets taster and taster.

- It doesn't start slow. I'm on beat.

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Daryl Matthews

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