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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 4467
Released: August 29, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The story of Nikolai Rodchenko (Mikhail Baryshnikov) a Russian defector and Raymond Greenwood (Gregory Hines) an American tap dancer who defected behind the Iron Curtain during the Vietnam War. Artistic vision and political idealism collide as two great dancers make a decision that will change their lives forever.System Requirements:Running Time: 136 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG-13 UPC: 043396159037 Manufacturer No: 15903
Description of White Nights:
Sometimes movies are built around a great idea begging for a story, in this case pairing ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov with tap great Gregory Hines. The resulting storm of dance in White Nights, as one would expect, is great, but the story is a little forced. Baryshnikov plays (in parallel to his own life) a Russian defector to the U.S. who ends up a prisoner in the motherland after his plane is forced to land in Leningrad during an emergency. Hines is an American expatriate who gets involved with the situation. Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) punctuates an escape scenario and relationship dilemmas with as many dance sequences as possible, and the result is a wobbly, unconvincing tale with some furious footwork. Fortunately, performances carry the day, as the two male leads are both very strong as actors, and the supporting cast--Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren, and filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting)--is terrific. --Tom Keogh
White Nights Reviews:
Spectacular Dancing 
2009-07-02 - This movie stars two top dancers in their respective fields, tap and ballet. Even though the plot is somewhat slow and dated, reminiscent of the Cold War era, the individual and duo dance scenes are awesome. Seeing Helen Mirren in earlier days is an added bonus. If you love dance, I guarantee that you will love this movie!
Amazing... even if you just watch for the dancing
2009-06-30 - This movie is a beautiful love story and representation of life and times in Russia at the time of its making, but even if you can't see that, it's worth watching for the dancing. Mikhail and Gregory are just absolutely amazing, and that in itself makes the film worth watching. For those of you with a heart, however, there will be a lot more to it.
masters preserved
2009-05-16 - I searched for this movie on DVD for a long time. It contains performances that should be preserved by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, two of the masters of dance in this century. And the movie itself is not half bad either.
A dream
2009-05-09 - Here in Brazil we could not find this DVD anymore. We looked for it a lot. It was my young friend dream to watch WHITE NIGHTS and see his idol and "mentor" to dance and also as a movie star. Now my 16 years old Brazilian dancer is happy and doing his job of studying dance -a hard task for a boy, isn't it? - better than ever!!
THANKS!!!
Vera
White Nights DVD
2009-04-28 - Fabulous movie---I wasn't certain that I'd be able to find the DVD since it's an older movie.
