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Constant Chatter Shopping Center - White Nights
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List Price: $14.94
Our Price: $10.99
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page
Directed By: Taylor Hackford
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396159037
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2006-08-29
Running Time: 136
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1985-11-22
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 136 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Summary: From a Gregory Hines fan
Comment: As a Gregory Hines fan, I was not disappointed in this movie. Though not a big ballet fan, Baryshnikov was excellent and a suprisingly good actor. Just the right amount of action and suspense make it worthwhile owning/seeing.
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Summary: Amazing movie! RIP Gregory Hines!
Comment: This movie has the best dancers ever! A dancer tries to leave the USSR after a plane crash but they want to force him to stay to dance in the country. His roomates want to leave with him after they find out the wife is pregnant. Excellent movie I used to watch this movie over and over again as a child and now that I have it on DVD I'm sure I will again!
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Summary: Great dancing and engaging drama - what more could you want!
Comment: I first saw White Nights many years ago and loved it. Having recently watched it again I was a little cautious about how it would be, so many years later. It's still just as great. Typically dancers don't have the best track record when it comes to quality acting, but Baryshnikov is terrific. The storyline is incredibly believable and the music adds perfectly to the drama of Communist Leningrad. I would highly recommend this movie to lovers of both dance, and good drama.
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Summary: White Nights - hot dance in Soviet Russia!
Comment: A movie with ballet - but not a ballet movie! The opening scene showing Mikhail Baryshnikov's mind-blowing dance piece against turbulent orchestral music sets the scene for a serious, complex movie. He plays Nikolai Rochenko, a Russian deserter who defected to America but crash-lands back in the Motherland (some of the best air-crash footage I've ever seen).
Stuck back in communist Soviet Union, he tries to escape back to the USA but is thwarted by Colonel Chaiko and a bugged apartment. Enlisting the help of Gregory Hines (who is amazingly radiant in this movie) and Nikolai's ex-girlfriend Galina (played by a wonderful Helen Mirren), together they try to escape during the sun-lit night of a Russian Summer. This movie was also Isabella Rossellini's first dramatic role and she is sublime as Raymond's Russian wife.
This movie will not disappoint - with drama, suspense and some of the best dance moves on film, it is a wonderfully satisfying film.
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Summary: For Baryshnikov Fans! A Must!
Comment: I first saw this movie when it came out years ago. I loved it then and I love it now! If you are a fan of ballet, dance, and Baryshnikov it is a must have! The story follows the era of the Russian Cold War and the isolation its dancers went through. It is a likely story for its time with dancers being controlled by a harsh government, people wanting to escape the life of poverty and government control, and finding freedom somehow. To watch Baryshnikov dance in anything is wonderful!
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