White Nights | 
| Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 2680
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 136 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD15903D
UPC: 043396159037
EAN: 0043396159037
ASIN: B000GDH9JQ
Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1985
Release Date: August 29, 2006
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Product Description
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 136 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Sometimes movies are built around a great idea begging for a story, in this case pairing ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov with tap great Gregory Hines. The resulting storm of dance in White Nights, as one would expect, is great, but the story is a little forced. Baryshnikov plays (in parallel to his own life) a Russian defector to the U.S. who ends up a prisoner in the motherland after his plane is forced to land in Leningrad during an emergency. Hines is an American expatriate who gets involved with the situation. Director Taylor Hackford (An Officer and a Gentleman) punctuates an escape scenario and relationship dilemmas with as many dance sequences as possible, and the result is a wobbly, unconvincing tale with some furious footwork. Fortunately, performances carry the day, as the two male leads are both very strong as actors, and the supporting cast--Isabella Rossellini, Helen Mirren, and filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting)--is terrific. --Tom Keogh
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 Spectacular Dancing July 2, 2009
M. J. Casey (Oregon)
This movie stars two top dancers in their respective fields, tap and ballet. Even though the plot is somewhat slow and dated, reminiscent of the Cold War era, the individual and duo dance scenes are awesome. Seeing Helen Mirren in earlier days is an added bonus. If you love dance, I guarantee that you will love this movie!
Amazing... even if you just watch for the dancing June 30, 2009
K. E. Damon (Houston, TX)
This movie is a beautiful love story and representation of life and times in Russia at the time of its making, but even if you can't see that, it's worth watching for the dancing. Mikhail and Gregory are just absolutely amazing, and that in itself makes the film worth watching. For those of you with a heart, however, there will be a lot more to it.
masters preserved May 16, 2009
theatremom (AZ)
I searched for this movie on DVD for a long time. It contains performances that should be preserved by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, two of the masters of dance in this century. And the movie itself is not half bad either.
A dream May 9, 2009
Vera Da Ros
Here in Brazil we could not find this DVD anymore. We looked for it a lot. It was my young friend dream to watch WHITE NIGHTS and see his idol and "mentor" to dance and also as a movie star. Now my 16 years old Brazilian dancer is happy and doing his job of studying dance -a hard task for a boy, isn't it? - better than ever!!
THANKS!!!
Vera
White Nights DVD April 28, 2009
Patricia A. Wright Stover
Fabulous movie---I wasn't certain that I'd be able to find the DVD since it's an older movie.
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