Slam Dance (film)

Infobox Film
name = Slam Dance


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Wayne Wang
producer = Don Keith Opper
writer = Don Keith Opper
starring = Virginia Madsen
Tom Hulce
Mary Mastrantonio
music = Mitchell Froom
cinematography = Amir M. Mokri
editing = Lee Percy
distributor = 20th Century Fox
MGM (DVD)
released = November 6, 1987
runtime = 100 min.
country = United Kingdom
United States
language = English
budget = $200,000
gross = $406,881
imdb_id = 0093986

"Slam Dance" is a 1987 thriller directed by Wayne Wang and starring Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

Plot

A cartoonist becomes involved in the cover up of a political sex scandal after his former lover is murdered.

Cast

*Virginia Madsen as Yolanda Caldwell
*Tom Hulce as C.C. Drood
*Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Helen Drood
*Don Keith Opper as Buddy
*Adam Ant as Jim Campbell
*John Doe as John Gilbert
*Harry Dean Stanton as Smiley
*Judith Barsi as Bean
*Lisa Niemi as Miss Schell

Trivia

* Lisa Niemi had to do the scene in which Drood crashes in on her dead body twice, once naked for the movie and once wearing underwear for the trailer, so that the trailer could be rated for all audiences.
* Wayne Wang tried to get his name off the picture after creative interference from the producers.

Release dates

* Canada - September 11, 1987 (Toronto Film Festival)
* United States - November 6, 1987
* Finland - November 27, 1987
* Norway - December 26, 1987
* Sweden - February 5, 1988

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