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This movie is a great movie with Gregory Hines and Michael Barishinkov that dance during the cold war and the plot of the movie is exciting and sometimes sad at times. It really is a great movie to get to share with friends and family. It is mainly a movie for couples to see and the dancing in it is wonderful and the story is great too. I recommend this movie to everyone and also a great family movie to watch. There are a few immodest scenes, but for the most part, it is exciting and has you on the edge of your chair at times dealing with the KGB as they sneak around Old World Russia. I won't give more away so you will just have to see it to enjoy it too. Thank you for listing to my review. You won't be disappointed. Enjoy, Gckshopper
I saw this movie a long time ago. The plot isn't that great, but the dancing is spectacular! Where else can you see Mikhail Barynishikov and Gregory Hines dance together? I have to say the plot is rather dark and not that great of a story. I bought the DVD just to see the two of them dance.
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I have to watch this movie at least once a year, along with Romero and Michael Collins and a few others. White Nights is everything all rolled into one; romance, music, dance, action, thriller. The script, casting, direction, acting, production values are superb. Pacing is so tight that at the end, I always find myself on the edge of my seat trying not to help the story along by literally yelling "Run! Run! Faster!" I had a scary dream about that scene the night after the movie's first theatre showing, which might've happened even if I hadn't managed to squeeze in 4 viewings that day.
Very entertaining movie with great dancing by the best ballet dancer in the world Mikhail Baryshnikov and the great late tap dancing Gregory Hines. This is actress Isabella Rosselini's movie debut. Early appearance by Helen Mirren who went on to marry in real life the director Taylor Hackford.
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Story-a defected Russian ballet star (Mikhail Byrznikov-sp?) is returned via airline malfunction to his home land and taken prisoner. An American tap-dancer, also a defector (Gregory Hines) and his wife (Isabella Rossellini) are assigned to watch over him and convince him to stay in Russia willingly. The promises made to all of them soon deteriorate and it becomes clear that they all need to flee the country. Actors-Baryshnikov is an excellent dancer, but sometimes his acting is a bit off and he tends towards the overly dramatic. Hines also has some weakness on screen. However, they are both tghe best at what they do, and that is dancing. This film is awesome in that respect and you will probably want to just watch these sequences as they are high-energy and really demonstrate why they both are considered tops in their fields. Although Hines is no longer with us, this movie shows him in his prime, while Baryshnikov reportedly said that he was not in shape to do this film. If I could be so out of shape! Overall-there's not an oscar-winning performance in the entire movie, but this movie is about dancers doing what they do best-performing.Read full review
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