The Dancer Upstairs (film)
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| Directed by | John Malkovich |
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| Written by | Nicholas Shakespeare |
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The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare |
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| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Mario Battistel |
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| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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| Box office | $5.2 million |
The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 Spanish-American crime thriller film produced and directed by John Malkovich (in his directorial debut), and starring Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto and Laura Morante. The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Nicholas Shakespeare, who also wrote the screenplay.
Detective Agustín Rejas is tracking the self-styled President Ezequiel, a Marxist-influenced guerrilla waging a brutal terrorist campaign against the corrupt democracy of an unnamed Latin American country. Contrasting with the violence and death in his professional life, Rejas begins to fall for Yolanda - his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher. But she may not be all she appears, and his growing attraction to her brings him in direct conflict with his prey.
The film was shot in Porto, Portugal. The original theatrical release included a quick scene (about 2–3 seconds) of a map of Lima, Peru. This scene is deleted from the DVD release.
A lamppost sign reads: "When I hear the word culture, I reach for my pistol." This is a usually mis-attributed to Nazi leader Hermann Göring.
The seized videotape is labeled "Estado de sitio"; this happens to be the Spanish title for the film State of Siege by Costa Gavras. There turns out to be an execution on the tape. Later, portions of Gavras' film itself are also seen on the tape.
The wisecrack joke about "pubes on a coke can" is a reference to the Judge Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.
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