RELEASE:
Wide
GENRE:
Musical
Official website:http://www.taketheleadmovie.com/
Premise of "Take the Lead"
Top dancer Pierre Dulaine is used to instructing the wealthy and elite how to ballroom dance. His passion leads him to take on a group of public high school kids in detention.
After spending the requisite period clashing with his kids, the ballroom wizard helps his charges to pioneer a new method of dance that combines the discipline of ballroom and the energy of hip-hop.
CAST:
Antonio Banderas (Pierre Dulaine)
Robert Brown (Rock )
Alfre Woodard (Augustine James)
Yaya DaCosta (LaRhette )
Dante Basco (Ramos )
Lauren Collins (Caitlin )
Elijah Kelley (Danjou )
Jonathan Malen (Kurd )
Jenna Dewan (Sasha )
Jo Chim (Gretchen )
Laura Benanti (Tina )
Jasika Nicole (Egypt )
Rob Brown
Brandon D. Andrews
DIRECTOR:
Liz Friedlander
WRITER:
Dianne Houston
PRODUCERS:
Christopher Godsick,
Michelle Grace,
Diane Nabatoff
STUDIO/DISTRIBUTOR:
New Line Cinema