STAND-ALONES
In
looking at video clips for this year's
holiday advent calendar, we fell in love
with a bunch of dances that didn't seem to
fit into any one kind of narrative.
They're
stand-alones.
We'll
get to them in a minute or two.
First,
we have some more of our website items for
you to look at:
"The
First Wives Club." 1997. Three
legendary ladies - Diane, Bette, and Goldie
- singing a legendary song:
From a really wonderful 2004 movie, "Shall We Dance," a
steaming-hot tango with Richard Gere and
Jennifer Lopez:
From Bob Fosse's directorial debut, here's the best dance:
Was it great balance? Or was it
velcro? From "Fiddler on the Roof" in
1971, the incomparable "Bottle Dance."
Just before filming the "He's My Friend"
number in 1964's "The Unsinkable Molly
Brown,"" last-minute budget cuts meant the
number had to be shot in a single day (it
was originally scheduled for three.)
This meant readjusting everything so that
there could be really long takes. As
you can see, Debbie Reynolds and the cast
were totally up to the task:
The
title song in "Viva Las Vegas" is what
everyone remembers, but this number -- "My Baby Loves Me" -- is
full of fireworks and sparks as the
chemistry between Elvis Presley and
Ann-Margret ignites the screen:
"big"
was the movie that made Tom Hanks a BIG star
back in 1988, and if you had to pick the best moment in
the movie, it would be this one:
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