Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!. The film was based on a stage play originally developed by Luhrmann and others while he was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney in the mid-1980s, and which was later expanded for a successful season at Sydney's Wharf Theatre in 1988. Strictly Ballroom tells the story... of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings , and his struggle to establish his personal style of dance in his way to win the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Dancing Championship. Scott's steps are not strictly ballroom. Scott comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood. Scott's mother Shirley teaches ballroom dancing, and his father Doug meekly handles maintenance chores at the dance studio. After losing a competition to a rival pair, his dancing partner Liz Holt leaves him for another dancer.
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| Release date: | May 1992 |
| Directed by: | Baz Luhrmann |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tristam Miall |
| Editor: | Jill Bilcock |
| Music by: | David Hirschfelder |
| Cinematography: | Steve Mason |
| Screenplay by: | Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce |
| Estimated budget: | $3,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |