A Time for Dancing (2002)

Name: A Time for Dancing
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2002-09-06
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Larisa Oleynik, Shiri Appleby, Peter Coyote, Patricia Kalember, Amy Madigan

A Time for Dancing (2002), directed by Peter Gilbert, starring Larisa Oleynik and Shiri Appleby.

09/06/2002 BR Drama and Music 1h 40m

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Synopsis

Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.

Alex NepomniaschyCinematography
Peter GilbertDirector, Producer
Jeffrey KramerProducer
Laurence RosenthalOriginal music

About the film

A Time for Dancing is a 2002 American drama film directed by Peter Gilbert and starring Larisa Oleynik, Shiri Appleby and Peter Coyote. It is an adaptation based on the novel of the same name by Davida Wills Hurwin. The film had its United States premiere on Showtime in 2004.

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Plot

Sam Russell tells the story of her best friend Jules Michaels. They met at the age of 6 in a dance class. Over the years they become best friends. Sam dances, but Jules is a true dancer, with true passion towards it and views it as important as life itself. Unfortunately, her passion becomes impossible when it turns out she has cancer.

Even after the bad news has been confirmed, Jules has a hard time dealing with it and still insists upon going for dance. To decrease the rate at which the cancer is spreading, she starts going for chemotherapy, which leaves her very exhausted after each time. It also causes her hair to fall out. Jules gradually has no choice but to start accepting the fact that she has to stop dancing because her body is always too lethargic.

However, Jules stops the chemo to dance once more and auditions for Juilliard in NYC as it has always been a dream of hers to get in. It takes a lot out of her but it pays off and she gets accepted.

Not long after, though, Jules loses the fight to cancer and dies.

Sam opens the letter from Juilliard and replies:

"Jules Michaels won't be attending Juilliard 'cause she died".

Cast

Larisa Oleynik as Jules

Shiri Appleby as Sam

Peter Coyote as Wynn

Patricia Kalember as Sandra

Scott Vickaryous as Eli

Shane West as Paul

Lynn Whitfield as Linda

Amy Madigan as Jackie

Anton Yelchin as Jackson

Jennifer Hamilton as Colleen

Barbara Eve Harris as Dr. Conner

Reception

A Time For Dancing was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award and a DGA award.

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External links

A Time for Dancing at IMDb

Text from A Time for Dancing on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_for_Dancing

Trivia

It premiered on September 6, 2002, a Friday.
It runs 1h40 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.