Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
File:Dirty Dancing Havana Nights movie.jpg Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights film poster
Directed by	Guy Ferland
Written by	Story: Kate Gunzinger Peter Sagal Screenplay: Boaz Yakin Victoria Arch
Produced by	Lawrence Bender Sarah Green
Starring	Diego Luna Romola Garai Sela Ward
Distributed by	- USA - Artisan Entertainment - non-USA - Miramax Films
Release dates	February 27, 2004
Running time	86 min.
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights is a 2004 musical and romance film directed by Guy Ferland. This film is a "re-imagining" of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the revolution.

Plot summary

Shy, intelligent, eighteen-year-old Katey Miller moves from United States to Havana, Cuba with her parents in November 1958, just before the Revolution breaks out. Her parents expect her to move within their well-to-do circles, but she defies their wish when she falls in love with Javier Suarez, a waiter who also happens to be a talented club dancer. Secretly meeting in a Havana nightclub, the pair practice their Salsa dance routine in preparation for a prestigious national dance competition.

However, Katey's parents are ex-professional dancers who trained her in ballroom dancing, whereas Javier has been trained in the titular Cuban style of dirty dancing, and the two must reconcile the differences between their styles if they are to win. Things become more heated when the coming revolution spells trouble for the pair's plans. When the Revolution breaks out, Katey and Javier go to a beach tent and make love. The day after, Katey finds out that she has to leave Cuba. On their last night in Havana together, Katey and Javier share a night full of dancing before they say goodbye, and Katey moves back to the United States.

Main cast

Actor	Role
Diego Luna	Javier Suarez
Romola Garai	Katey Miller
Sela Ward	Jeannie Miller
John Slattery	Bert Miller
Jonathan Jackson	James Phelps
Patrick Swayze	"Sim" Johns
Mika Boorem	Susie Miller
Rene Lavan	Carlos Suarez
January Jones	Eve

Production Notes & Trivia

• Although set in Cuba, it was filmed in Puerto Rico.
• Patrick Swayze from the original film, makes a cameo appearance although never named on screen it is edited as if Swayze is playing the role of Johnny from Dirty Dancing. Yet in the script draft this person is named as Simon "Sim" Johns.

Soundtrack

Untitled

Track listing:

1. "Dance Like This" - Wyclef Jean featuring Claudette Ortiz
2. "Dirty Dancing" - Black Eyed Peas
3. "Guajira (I Love U 2 Much)" - Yerba Buena
4. "Can I Walk By" - Jazze Pha featuring Monica
5. "Satellite (From "Havana Nights")" - Santana Featuring Jorge Moreno
6. "El Beso Del Final" - Christina Aguilera
7. "Represent, Cuba" - Orishas featuring Heather Headley
8. "Do You Only Wanna Dance" - Mýa
9. "You Send Me" - Shawn Kane
10. "El Estuche" - Aterciopelados
11. "Do You Only Wanna Dance" - Julio Daviel Big Band Conducted by Cucco Pena
12. "Satellite (Spanish Version) Nave Espacial (From "Havana Nights")" - Santana Featuring Jorge Moreno

External links

• Official site
• Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at IMDb