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Plot:
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...( read more 
), 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
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Recent Reviews
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MCT:June 14, 2008gregory hines is so incredible, such energy, what a performance. barysnikov is equally amazing, great screenplay and story line.
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MCT:April 20, 2008
The beginning of the movie was a little slow, but as it got going I got more into the movie. The ending was the best part. There are great dancing and acting in this movie.
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MCT:January 29, 2008
This is the most emotional, deeply moving, passionate movie I have ever seen to date. Don't watch it on a day when you're feeling down--it's also a bit dark and heavy.
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MCT:January 18, 2008delicious dancing, great "evil russians" spy storyline...theme, cast, dancing is all superb....one of my alltime favortie 80s flicks. fantastic.
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MCT:January 13, 2008
Wonderful movie. One of my favorite actors Gregory Hines. What a loss for the entertainment world.
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MCT:January 6, 2008
I watched this one a looong time ago! But it is a delight to see these two great dancers in action. Of course, this movie's about the evils of Communist Russia in the time of the Cold War. The character Mikhail Baryshkov plays- a Russian ballet dancer that reached world fame after escaping the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, his plane was about to crash into Soviet territory. He tried to burn his passport before the crash but.....you gotta see for yourselves, Folks!
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MCT:December 22, 2007
Pretty hard going as the laughs seem a little forced. Light hearted enough to spend a rainy afternoon in front of the screen though. No thought needed.
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This is the greatest movie ever!!!!!!!! It doesn't get much better. Love to dance and love the story.
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MCT:September 25, 2007
pretty good story. i didn't really understand it at first and it was kind-of boring in some parts, but it was ok. although the dacing and the music was really good.
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MCT:September 10, 2007
a dancing escape movie - i quite liked it, very 80's i bet looking back on it, with a good theme song by phil colins.
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MCT:September 8, 2007
This was a mediocre film but I always liked to watch Gregory Hines dance and that Baryshinikov guy's not too bad either...hehe
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MCT:September 7, 2007Saw it years ago, wasnt too impressed. Cant even remember much about it something about politics and dancing!
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MCT:August 25, 2007
The Dream Team of performance art genre dance movies. Worth watching if you're a fan of it but don't expect Kubrick. Take away the dancing and this is just a crappy politico movie.
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MCT:August 20, 2007The story isn't great, but good enough. The dancing is quite good, of course, and Baryshnikov doesn't suck as an actor. Hines was at the top of his game back then.
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MCT:July 31, 2007Although the Mikhail Baryshnikov is one of. or the best... this comes down to old American action movies. Where the other Russian actors are american and the story makes little sense... too much action for me.
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MCT:June 13, 2007
the master of ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov and one of the late great tap masters, Gregory Hines; mesh these two forms of dance together beautifully, it gives me chills seeing them dance together!
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MCT:May 8, 2007This movie is great from the plot to the dancing to the suspence. This movie should get more attention.
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MCT:March 17, 2007
good story, good acting, good characters..... love the ballet and tap dancing mix. I watched this till i wore my tape out! I find it very stimulating.
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MCT:February 23, 2007
Wonderful movie. I love the dancing scenes with Hines and Baryshnikov. I would see this again for that. But also it has a good story.
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MCT:February 22, 2007
This is by far my favorite movie of all. This is deffinetly a great movie to watch. Love Gregory Hines!
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MCT:January 24, 2007
Loved this film! The dancing is just AMAZING...but then it's Baryshnikov so how could it not be?!? ^_^
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MCT:October 11, 2006
Great drama-thriller film. Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines were fantastic on their dance sequences.
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MCT:August 14, 2006
This movie is a bit a mirror of what was the 80's Cold War.
Though it does not have as much dance sequences as I would like, it shows undoubtadly was is Baryshnikov considered one, if not the most, brilliant dancer ever, and what great actor he can be. Some 80's Hits, convincing performances, drama enough, makes this movie worth it
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