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Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey 1a.jpg
Lackey signing autographs at CONvergence
 
Born
June 24, 1950 (age 65)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation
Novelist, short story writer
Nationality
American
Period
1987–present
Genre
Fantasy
Notable works
Valdemar series
Spouse
Larry Dixon
Website
mercedeslackey.com
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex tapestry of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.
Her other main world is one much like our own, but it includes clandestine populations of elves, mages, vampires, and other mythical beings. The Bedlam's Bard books describe a young man with the power to work magic through music; the SERRAted Edge books are about racecar driving elves; and the Diana Tregarde thrillers center on a Wiccan who combats evil.
She has also published several novels re-working well-known fairy tales set in a mid-19th to early 20th century setting in which magic is real, although hidden from the mundane world. These novels explore issues of ecology, social class, and gender roles.
Lackey has published over 140 books and writes novels at a rate of 5.5 per year on average. She has been called one of the "most prolific science fiction and fantasy writers of all time."[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Discovery of fandom
3 Professional sales 3.1 Stance on fanfiction
4 Personal life 4.1 Other interests
5 Related writers
6 Bibliography
7 References
8 External links

Background[edit]
Lackey was born in Chicago, an event that prevented her father from being called to serve in the Korean War.[2]
She places her meeting with science fiction at age 10 or 11, when she happened to pick up her father's copy of James H. Schmitz's Agent of Vega. She then read Andre Norton's Beast Master and Lord of Thunder and continued to read all of Norton's works—Lackey noted with chagrined amusement the difficulties of obtaining enough interesting books from the public library to sate her passion for reading. She wrote for herself but without real direction or purpose until she attended Purdue University. Lackey graduated from Purdue in 1972.[3]
Discovery of fandom[edit]
While at Purdue, she took a one-on-one class of English Literature Independent Studies with a professor who was a fellow science fiction fan. He helped her analyze books she enjoyed and then use that knowledge. Lackey then encountered fan fiction, which further encouraged her writing. She began publishing work in science fiction fanzines and then discovered filk and had some filk lyrics published by Off Centaur Publications.
Professional sales[edit]
She submitted a story to Sword and Sorceress, then sold the rewritten story to Fantasy Book Magazine. Her first sale was to Friends of Darkover.
She met C. J. Cherryh through filk, who mentored her during the writing of her 'Arrows' series. During this time, Marion Zimmer Bradley included her short stories in an anthology; and Cherryh helped Lackey through 17 rewrites of 'Arrows'. During this time, she claims to have been writing so much that she had no social life at all. She divorced Tony Lackey, and eventually married Larry Dixon.[4]
Stance on fanfiction[edit]
Despite getting her own start as a fan fiction author, she and her agent strongly forbade fanfiction based on her own books for many years, whether distributed offline or online. Lackey stated on her website[5] that this was due to the 1992 Marion Zimmer Bradley fan fiction affair, when a fan accused Bradley of copying the fan's work, and demanded writing credit and remuneration.[6] After several years, Lackey's policy permitted offline fanfic, but only if the author got a release form from Mercedes Lackey that said the author acknowledged that they were using characters that belong to Mercedes Lackey and that the author's work essentially became Mercedes Lackey's property to prevent "infringing on my right to make a living from my own imagination". As of 2009 this policy appears to have changed per the author's official website, attributed to Lackey's agent becoming also Cory Doctorow's agent.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Lackey lives with her husband Larry Dixon outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an unusual house. She describes it as a "2½-story concrete dome with an octagonal wooden shell over it to make it look more like a normal house ... it's round with curved outer walls, which makes placement of furniture kind of awkward." (Valdemar Companion, 68)
Other interests[edit]
She and Dixon have in the past worked in raptor rehabilitation. She often refers to her various parrots as her "feathered children". The afterwords to some of her books refer to rehabilitation and falconry, and it is clear that this interest has influenced and informed her writing. She also enjoys beadwork, costuming, and needlework. She claims, however, to be a "wretched housekeeper, and by and large an indifferent cook" (Valdemar Companion, p 64) Besides this, she does radar-reading during tornado season. She helps support the Alex Foundation.
Lackey is active in the ball-jointed doll community. She owns several dolls, many of which she has customized in the likenesses of her characters.
Historically, Lackey was active in the filking community. She was a major contributor to an early album of space filk, Minus Ten and Counting. She has won five Pegasus Awards, mostly for her songwriting.[8] She was also active in the Society for Creative Anachronism, and belongs to the Great Dark Horde.
She is participating in The Stellar Guild series published by Phoenix Pick. The series pairs bestselling authors like Lackey with lesser known authors in science fiction and fantasy to help provide additional visibility to them.
Lackey revealed herself to be a player of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game City of Heroes along with her husband and father-in-law.[9] She revealed her identity on a player-owned forum to join the efforts to save the servers from closing down.[10]
Related writers[edit]
Mercedes Lackey was a protegée of Marion Zimmer Bradley, and got her start writing short stories in Bradley's story collections. Other mentors include writers C. J. Cherryh and Andre Norton, along with her editor, Elizabeth (Betsy) Wollheim of DAW Books.
Her earlier Velgarth novels are all solo projects, but later volumes in the Valdemar saga are illustrated by her husband Larry Dixon, and in many of her latest works he is also credited as co-author. Many of her other novels are collaborations. She has worked with fantasy authors Andre Norton, (such as the Halfblood Chronicles), Marion Zimmer Bradley, (such as Rediscovery and Tigers Burning Bright), Anne McCaffrey (such as The Ship Who Searched) and Piers Anthony (If I Pay Thee Not in Gold). She has most recently written The Obsidian Trilogy with historian James Mallory; an historical fantasy series about an "alternative" Elizabeth I with romance writer Roberta Gellis; and the Heirs of Alexandria series with Dave Freer and Eric Flint.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
Main article: Mercedes Lackey bibliography
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ iO9
2.Jump up ^ "Biography". Mercedes Lackey. 1950-06-24. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
3.Jump up ^ Fictiondb.com
4.^ Jump up to: a b "Mercedes Lackey" Retrieved 11 Dec. 2010
5.Jump up ^ "Mercedes Lackey Official Website, Ask Misty". Mercedeslackey.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
6.Jump up ^ Joseph C. McKenzie. "Fanworks, Marion Zimmer Bradley". Fanworks.org. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
7.Jump up ^ ""News" at author's website". Mercedeslackey.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
8.Jump up ^ Ovff.org
9.Jump up ^ "Mercedes Lackey facebook post". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
10.Jump up ^ Titan Network
External links[edit]
 Wikiquote has quotations related to: Mercedes Lackey
Official website
Baen catalog of books and ebooks by Mercedes Lackey
Letter about death threats received.
Mercedes Lackey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Mercedes Lackey at Library of Congress Authorities, with 140 catalog records


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 BNF: cb130013370 (data) ·
 NDL: 00469996
 

  


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Mercedes Lackey

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 This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (September 2013)

Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey 1a.jpg
Lackey signing autographs at CONvergence
 
Born
June 24, 1950 (age 65)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation
Novelist, short story writer
Nationality
American
Period
1987–present
Genre
Fantasy
Notable works
Valdemar series
Spouse
Larry Dixon
Website
mercedeslackey.com
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex tapestry of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.
Her other main world is one much like our own, but it includes clandestine populations of elves, mages, vampires, and other mythical beings. The Bedlam's Bard books describe a young man with the power to work magic through music; the SERRAted Edge books are about racecar driving elves; and the Diana Tregarde thrillers center on a Wiccan who combats evil.
She has also published several novels re-working well-known fairy tales set in a mid-19th to early 20th century setting in which magic is real, although hidden from the mundane world. These novels explore issues of ecology, social class, and gender roles.
Lackey has published over 140 books and writes novels at a rate of 5.5 per year on average. She has been called one of the "most prolific science fiction and fantasy writers of all time."[1]


Contents  [hide]
1 Background
2 Discovery of fandom
3 Professional sales 3.1 Stance on fanfiction
4 Personal life 4.1 Other interests
5 Related writers
6 Bibliography
7 References
8 External links

Background[edit]
Lackey was born in Chicago, an event that prevented her father from being called to serve in the Korean War.[2]
She places her meeting with science fiction at age 10 or 11, when she happened to pick up her father's copy of James H. Schmitz's Agent of Vega. She then read Andre Norton's Beast Master and Lord of Thunder and continued to read all of Norton's works—Lackey noted with chagrined amusement the difficulties of obtaining enough interesting books from the public library to sate her passion for reading. She wrote for herself but without real direction or purpose until she attended Purdue University. Lackey graduated from Purdue in 1972.[3]
Discovery of fandom[edit]
While at Purdue, she took a one-on-one class of English Literature Independent Studies with a professor who was a fellow science fiction fan. He helped her analyze books she enjoyed and then use that knowledge. Lackey then encountered fan fiction, which further encouraged her writing. She began publishing work in science fiction fanzines and then discovered filk and had some filk lyrics published by Off Centaur Publications.
Professional sales[edit]
She submitted a story to Sword and Sorceress, then sold the rewritten story to Fantasy Book Magazine. Her first sale was to Friends of Darkover.
She met C. J. Cherryh through filk, who mentored her during the writing of her 'Arrows' series. During this time, Marion Zimmer Bradley included her short stories in an anthology; and Cherryh helped Lackey through 17 rewrites of 'Arrows'. During this time, she claims to have been writing so much that she had no social life at all. She divorced Tony Lackey, and eventually married Larry Dixon.[4]
Stance on fanfiction[edit]
Despite getting her own start as a fan fiction author, she and her agent strongly forbade fanfiction based on her own books for many years, whether distributed offline or online. Lackey stated on her website[5] that this was due to the 1992 Marion Zimmer Bradley fan fiction affair, when a fan accused Bradley of copying the fan's work, and demanded writing credit and remuneration.[6] After several years, Lackey's policy permitted offline fanfic, but only if the author got a release form from Mercedes Lackey that said the author acknowledged that they were using characters that belong to Mercedes Lackey and that the author's work essentially became Mercedes Lackey's property to prevent "infringing on my right to make a living from my own imagination". As of 2009 this policy appears to have changed per the author's official website, attributed to Lackey's agent becoming also Cory Doctorow's agent.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Lackey lives with her husband Larry Dixon outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an unusual house. She describes it as a "2½-story concrete dome with an octagonal wooden shell over it to make it look more like a normal house ... it's round with curved outer walls, which makes placement of furniture kind of awkward." (Valdemar Companion, 68)
Other interests[edit]
She and Dixon have in the past worked in raptor rehabilitation. She often refers to her various parrots as her "feathered children". The afterwords to some of her books refer to rehabilitation and falconry, and it is clear that this interest has influenced and informed her writing. She also enjoys beadwork, costuming, and needlework. She claims, however, to be a "wretched housekeeper, and by and large an indifferent cook" (Valdemar Companion, p 64) Besides this, she does radar-reading during tornado season. She helps support the Alex Foundation.
Lackey is active in the ball-jointed doll community. She owns several dolls, many of which she has customized in the likenesses of her characters.
Historically, Lackey was active in the filking community. She was a major contributor to an early album of space filk, Minus Ten and Counting. She has won five Pegasus Awards, mostly for her songwriting.[8] She was also active in the Society for Creative Anachronism, and belongs to the Great Dark Horde.
She is participating in The Stellar Guild series published by Phoenix Pick. The series pairs bestselling authors like Lackey with lesser known authors in science fiction and fantasy to help provide additional visibility to them.
Lackey revealed herself to be a player of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game City of Heroes along with her husband and father-in-law.[9] She revealed her identity on a player-owned forum to join the efforts to save the servers from closing down.[10]
Related writers[edit]
Mercedes Lackey was a protegée of Marion Zimmer Bradley, and got her start writing short stories in Bradley's story collections. Other mentors include writers C. J. Cherryh and Andre Norton, along with her editor, Elizabeth (Betsy) Wollheim of DAW Books.
Her earlier Velgarth novels are all solo projects, but later volumes in the Valdemar saga are illustrated by her husband Larry Dixon, and in many of her latest works he is also credited as co-author. Many of her other novels are collaborations. She has worked with fantasy authors Andre Norton, (such as the Halfblood Chronicles), Marion Zimmer Bradley, (such as Rediscovery and Tigers Burning Bright), Anne McCaffrey (such as The Ship Who Searched) and Piers Anthony (If I Pay Thee Not in Gold). She has most recently written The Obsidian Trilogy with historian James Mallory; an historical fantasy series about an "alternative" Elizabeth I with romance writer Roberta Gellis; and the Heirs of Alexandria series with Dave Freer and Eric Flint.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
Main article: Mercedes Lackey bibliography
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ iO9
2.Jump up ^ "Biography". Mercedes Lackey. 1950-06-24. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
3.Jump up ^ Fictiondb.com
4.^ Jump up to: a b "Mercedes Lackey" Retrieved 11 Dec. 2010
5.Jump up ^ "Mercedes Lackey Official Website, Ask Misty". Mercedeslackey.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
6.Jump up ^ Joseph C. McKenzie. "Fanworks, Marion Zimmer Bradley". Fanworks.org. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
7.Jump up ^ ""News" at author's website". Mercedeslackey.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
8.Jump up ^ Ovff.org
9.Jump up ^ "Mercedes Lackey facebook post". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
10.Jump up ^ Titan Network
External links[edit]
 Wikiquote has quotations related to: Mercedes Lackey
Official website
Baen catalog of books and ebooks by Mercedes Lackey
Letter about death threats received.
Mercedes Lackey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Mercedes Lackey at Library of Congress Authorities, with 140 catalog records


Authority control
WorldCat ·
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 LCCN: n85039370 ·
 ISNI: 0000 0000 8103 5950 ·
 GND: 114001464 ·
 SUDOC: 057216320 ·
 BNF: cb130013370 (data) ·
 NDL: 00469996
 

  


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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
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Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Produced by
Lawrence Bender
Sarah Green
 
Screenplay by
Victoria Arch
Boaz Yakin
 
Story by
Kate Gunzinger
Peter Sagal
 
Starring
Romola Garai
Diego Luna
Sela Ward
John Slattery
Mika Boorem
Jonathan Jackson
 
Music by
Heitor Pereira
Cinematography
Anthony B. Richmond
Edited by
Luis Colina
Scott Richter
 

Production
 company
 
Artisan Entertainment
A Band Apart
Havana Nights LLC
Lawrence Bender Productions
Miramax Films
 
Distributed by
Lionsgate Films
Miramax Films

Release dates

February 27, 2004
 

Running time
 86 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$25 million
Box office
$27.7 million
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2 or Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights) is a 2004 American musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland. This film is a "re-imagining" of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1958, Katey Miller (Romola Garai), her parents (Sela Ward and John Slattery), and her younger sister Susie (Mika Boorem) arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. A self-described bookworm, Katey is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College, although the rest of her family seem extremely pleased to be in Cuba. Meeting several other rich American teenagers down by the pool, including James Phelps (Jonathan Jackson), the son of her father's boss, Katey becomes disgusted when one of the teenagers insults a local waiter when he accidentally knocks over some of their drinks. Katey attempts to talk to the waiter—Javier (Diego Luna), who works at the hotel to support his family—because she feels awful about what had occurred but he is not interested.
Katey watches a film of her mother and father dancing and wishes she could dance as well as they did. She and her father dance a bit. The next day in class, Katey is asked to read aloud from The Odyssey; it is a passage about love and passion. After class, James invites her to a party at the country club and she accepts.
While walking home from school, she sees Javier dancing at a street party, and he offers to walk her home. They stop to listen to a street band and police show up, stopping Javier while Katey runs away.
The next day, Katey tries some of the dance moves she saw. Javier sees her and asks her to come see the real dancers Saturday night, but she says she is already going to the country club. Javier gets upset and leaves. Katey wears one of her maid's sexy dresses to the country club party and impresses James. Katey convinces him to take her to the Cuban club where Javier is dancing with the ladies. Javier dances with Katey while James sits at the bar. Soon he is accosted by Javier's brother, who tells him that they will eventually kick the Americans out of Cuba. Javier comes over and argues with his brother. James takes Katey back to the car and assaults her after she refuses to kiss him and asks him to take her home. She slaps him and runs into the club and Javier agrees to walk her home.
The next day, Katey walks by a dance class. The teacher (Patrick Swayze) asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and then dances with Katey for a bit. She grabs a flyer for the competition.
While walking to the pool, James apologizes to Katey and then tells her that Susie saw Javier with her and got him fired. Katey argues with Susie and goes to find Javier. He is now working at a chop shop with his brother. She asks him to enter the dance contest with her, but he refuses. Meanwhile, it is becoming apparent that Javier's brother is helping the revolutionaries.
The next day, Javier shows up at Katey's school and agrees to enter the dance contest with her. They start teaching each other dance moves and Javier convinces her to "feel the music". They practice all the time, and Katey dances some more with the dance teacher, until it is the night of the dance. Katey and Javier dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round. Katey's parents, however, disapprove of her relationship with Javier but Katey reconciles with them. On the night of the contest's final round, while Katey and Javier are on the dance floor, Javier sees his brother and some revolutionaries disguised as waiters and the police soon try to arrest them. The contest stops as everyone flees the club, and Javier has to save his brother from the police. Javier and his brother talk about how they miss their dad, then they hear that Batista has fled the country and join the celebration.
Later, Javier comes to the hotel and finds Katey. He takes her to the beach and they make love. The next day, Katey's parents tell her they are leaving Cuba and she has one last night with Javier. They go to the Cuban club where they first danced, and the floor is theirs. Katey's family is there to see her and Katey narrates that she doesn't know when she will see Javier again, but this will not be their last time to dance together.
Cast[edit]
Romola Garai as Katey Miller
Diego Luna as Javier Suarez
Sela Ward as Jeannie Miller
John Slattery as Bert Miller
Mika Boorem as Susie Miller
Jonathan Jackson as James Phelps
Rene Lavan as Carlos Suarez
Patrick Swayze as Dance Class Instructor
January Jones as Eve
Mýa as Lola Martinez
Angélica Aragón as Mrs. Suarez
Production[edit]
Havana Nights is based on an original screenplay by playwright and NPR host Peter Sagal, based on the real life experience of producer JoAnn Jansen, who lived in Cuba as a 15-year-old in 1958-59. Sagal wrote the screenplay, which he titled Cuba Mine, about a young American woman who witnessed the Cuban revolution and had a romance with a young Cuban revolutionary. The screenplay was to be a serious political romance story, documenting, among other stories, how the Cuban revolution transformed from idealism to terror. It was commissioned in 1992 by Lawrence Bender, who was rising to fame with his production of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The screenplay was bought by a film studio, which requested several rewrites before deciding not to produce the film. A decade later, Bender decided to make a Dirty Dancing sequel, and the film was very loosely adapted from Sagal's script. Not a single line from Sagal's original screenplay appears in the final film and Sagal says that the only remnants of the political theme that existed in his script is a scene wherein some people are executed.[2]
Reception[edit]
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights received generally negative reviews, mostly criticizing its attempt to remake Dirty Dancing. On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 23% ("rotten") rating, with the simple consensus "Cheesy, unnecessary remake."[3]
Soundtrack[edit]

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
DDHN-OST.jpg
Soundtrack album by Various Artists

Released
February 17, 2004
Genre
Pop / R&B
Label
J Records
1."Dance Like This" - Wyclef Jean featuring Claudette Ortiz
2."Dirty Dancing" - The Black Eyed Peas
3."Guajira (I Love U 2 Much)" - Yerba Buena
4."Can I Walk By" - Jazze Pha featuring Monica
5."Satellite (From "Havana Nights")" - Santana featuring Jorge Moreno
6."El Beso Del Final" - Christina Aguilera
7."Represent, Cuba" - Orishas featuring Heather Headley
8."Do You Only Wanna Dance" - Mýa
9."You Send Me" - Shawn Kane
10."El Estuche" - Aterciopelados
11."Do You Only Wanna Dance" - Julio Daivel Big Band (conducted by Cucco Peña)
12."Satellite (Spanish Version) Nave Espacial (From "Havana Nights")" - Santana featuring Jorge Moreno
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "DIRTY DANCING 2 (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. March 16, 2004. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "Radio episode #383". This American Life. Air date June 19, 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
3.Jump up ^ Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at Rotten Tomatoes
External links[edit]
Official website
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at the Internet Movie Database
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at the TCM Movie Database
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at Box Office Mojo
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at Rotten Tomatoes


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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
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Theatrical release poster
 
Directed by
Guy Ferland
Produced by
Lawrence Bender
Sarah Green
 
Screenplay by
Victoria Arch
Boaz Yakin
 
Story by
Kate Gunzinger
Peter Sagal
 
Starring
Romola Garai
Diego Luna
Sela Ward
John Slattery
Mika Boorem
Jonathan Jackson
 
Music by
Heitor Pereira
Cinematography
Anthony B. Richmond
Edited by
Luis Colina
Scott Richter
 

Production
 company
 
Artisan Entertainment
A Band Apart
Havana Nights LLC
Lawrence Bender Productions
Miramax Films
 
Distributed by
Lionsgate Films
Miramax Films

Release dates

February 27, 2004
 

Running time
 86 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$25 million
Box office
$27.7 million
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2 or Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights) is a 2004 American musical romance film directed by Guy Ferland. This film is a "re-imagining" of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links

Plot[edit]
In 1958, Katey Miller (Romola Garai), her parents (Sela Ward and John Slattery), and her younger sister Susie (Mika Boorem) arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. A self-described bookworm, Katey is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College, although the rest of her family seem extremely pleased to be in Cuba. Meeting several other rich American teenagers down by the pool, including James Phelps (Jonathan Jackson), the son of her father's boss, Katey becomes disgusted when one of the teenagers insults a local waiter when he accidentally knocks over some of their drinks. Katey attempts to talk to the waiter—Javier (Diego Luna), who works at the hotel to support his family—because she feels awful about what had occurred but he is not interested.
Katey watches a film of her mother and father dancing and wishes she could dance as well as they did. She and her father dance a bit. The next day in class, Katey is asked to read aloud from The Odyssey; it is a passage about love and passion. After class, James invites her to a party at the country club and she accepts.
While walking home from school, she sees Javier dancing at a street party, and he offers to walk her home. They stop to listen to a street band and police show up, stopping Javier while Katey runs away.
The next day, Katey tries some of the dance moves she saw. Javier sees her and asks her to come see the real dancers Saturday night, but she says she is already going to the country club. Javier gets upset and leaves. Katey wears one of her maid's sexy dresses to the country club party and impresses James. Katey convinces him to take her to the Cuban club where Javier is dancing with the ladies. Javier dances with Katey while James sits at the bar. Soon he is accosted by Javier's brother, who tells him that they will eventually kick the Americans out of Cuba. Javier comes over and argues with his brother. James takes Katey back to the car and assaults her after she refuses to kiss him and asks him to take her home. She slaps him and runs into the club and Javier agrees to walk her home.
The next day, Katey walks by a dance class. The teacher (Patrick Swayze) asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and then dances with Katey for a bit. She grabs a flyer for the competition.
While walking to the pool, James apologizes to Katey and then tells her that Susie saw Javier with her and got him fired. Katey argues with Susie and goes to find Javier. He is now working at a chop shop with his brother. She asks him to enter the dance contest with her, but he refuses. Meanwhile, it is becoming apparent that Javier's brother is helping the revolutionaries.
The next day, Javier shows up at Katey's school and agrees to enter the dance contest with her. They start teaching each other dance moves and Javier convinces her to "feel the music". They practice all the time, and Katey dances some more with the dance teacher, until it is the night of the dance. Katey and Javier dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round. Katey's parents, however, disapprove of her relationship with Javier but Katey reconciles with them. On the night of the contest's final round, while Katey and Javier are on the dance floor, Javier sees his brother and some revolutionaries disguised as waiters and the police soon try to arrest them. The contest stops as everyone flees the club, and Javier has to save his brother from the police. Javier and his brother talk about how they miss their dad, then they hear that Batista has fled the country and join the celebration.
Later, Javier comes to the hotel and finds Katey. He takes her to the beach and they make love. The next day, Katey's parents tell her they are leaving Cuba and she has one last night with Javier. They go to the Cuban club where they first danced, and the floor is theirs. Katey's family is there to see her and Katey narrates that she doesn't know when she will see Javier again, but this will not be their last time to dance together.
Cast[edit]
Romola Garai as Katey Miller
Diego Luna as Javier Suarez
Sela Ward as Jeannie Miller
John Slattery as Bert Miller
Mika Boorem as Susie Miller
Jonathan Jackson as James Phelps
Rene Lavan as Carlos Suarez
Patrick Swayze as Dance Class Instructor
January Jones as Eve
Mýa as Lola Martinez
Angélica Aragón as Mrs. Suarez
Production[edit]
Havana Nights is based on an original screenplay by playwright and NPR host Peter Sagal, based on the real life experience of producer JoAnn Jansen, who lived in Cuba as a 15-year-old in 1958-59. Sagal wrote the screenplay, which he titled Cuba Mine, about a young American woman who witnessed the Cuban revolution and had a romance with a young Cuban revolutionary. The screenplay was to be a serious political romance story, documenting, among other stories, how the Cuban revolution transformed from idealism to terror. It was commissioned in 1992 by Lawrence Bender, who was rising to fame with his production of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The screenplay was bought by a film studio, which requested several rewrites before deciding not to produce the film. A decade later, Bender decided to make a Dirty Dancing sequel, and the film was very loosely adapted from Sagal's script. Not a single line from Sagal's original screenplay appears in the final film and Sagal says that the only remnants of the political theme that existed in his script is a scene wherein some people are executed.[2]
Reception[edit]
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights received generally negative reviews, mostly criticizing its attempt to remake Dirty Dancing. On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 23% ("rotten") rating, with the simple consensus "Cheesy, unnecessary remake."[3]
Soundtrack[edit]

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
DDHN-OST.jpg
Soundtrack album by Various Artists

Released
February 17, 2004
Genre
Pop / R&B
Label
J Records
1."Dance Like This" - Wyclef Jean featuring Claudette Ortiz
2."Dirty Dancing" - The Black Eyed Peas
3."Guajira (I Love U 2 Much)" - Yerba Buena
4."Can I Walk By" - Jazze Pha featuring Monica
5."Satellite (From "Havana Nights")" - Santana featuring Jorge Moreno
6."El Beso Del Final" - Christina Aguilera
7."Represent, Cuba" - Orishas featuring Heather Headley
8."Do You Only Wanna Dance" - Mýa
9."You Send Me" - Shawn Kane
10."El Estuche" - Aterciopelados
11."Do You Only Wanna Dance" - Julio Daivel Big Band (conducted by Cucco Peña)
12."Satellite (Spanish Version) Nave Espacial (From "Havana Nights")" - Santana featuring Jorge Moreno
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "DIRTY DANCING 2 (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. March 16, 2004. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "Radio episode #383". This American Life. Air date June 19, 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
3.Jump up ^ Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at Rotten Tomatoes
External links[edit]
Official website
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at the Internet Movie Database
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at the TCM Movie Database
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at Box Office Mojo
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights at Rotten Tomatoes


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Tut (miniseries)

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Tut
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Genre
Historical drama
Written by
Michael Vickerman
Peter Paige
Bradley Bredeweg
 
Directed by
David von Ancken
Starring
Ben Kingsley
Avan Jogia
Sibylla Deen
Alexander Siddig
Kylie Bunbury
Peter Gadiot
Iddo Goldberg
Nonso Anozie
 
Composer(s)
Jeff Russo
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
3
Production

Executive producer(s)
David von Ancken
Michael Vickerman
Joel S. Rice
Michael Prupas
Sharon Levy
Jeremy Elice
Angela Mancuso
Greg Gugliotta
 
Producer(s)
Guy Jon Louthan
Irene Litinski
 
Editor(s)
Annie Ilkow
Location(s)
Morocco[1]
Cinematography
Christopher LaVasseur
Production company(s)
Muse Entertainment
Release

Original channel
Spike
Original release
July 19, 2015 – July 21, 2015
External links
Website
Tut is a Canadian-American miniseries that premiered on U.S. cable network Spike on July 19, 2015. The three-part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.


Contents  [hide]
1 Development
2 Cast 2.1 Principal Cast
2.2 Supporting Cast
3 Episodes
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Development[edit]
Tut was first announced by Spike in May 2014. The miniseries marks a return by the network towards scripted programming, and in particular, "event" series that cater to a "balanced" audience (in contrast to the remainder of Spike's programming at the time, which has typically skewed towards a male audience). Such event series have also been recently popular among other networks, such as History. Tut is produced by Muse Entertainment, best known for its other miniseries The Kennedys and The Pillars of the Earth.[2][3]
Cast[edit]
Principal Cast[edit]
Avan Jogia as Tutankhamun, the Pharaoh of Egypt . He is a sensitive, naive man.
Ben Kingsley as Ay, the Grand Vizier
Nonso Anozie as General Horemheb, King Tutankhamun's savvy and power hungry military strategist
Sibylla Deen as Ankhesenamun, the calculating and conniving sister and wife of King Tutankhamun who was forced to marry her own brother by their late father in order to preserve their monotheistic society
Alexander Siddig as Amun, the High Priest, a major political figure who holds great influence in King Tutankhamun's inner sanctum
Kylie Bunbury as Suhad, the beautiful and endearing girl of Mitanni descent who unknowingly saves Tutankhamun's life and develops a strong bond with the young Egyptian king
Peter Gadiot as Ka, King Tutankhamun's close confidant and seemingly loyal friend
Iddo Goldberg as Lagus, an Egyptian soldier who develops a special bond with King Tutankhamun
Alistair Toovey as Nahkt, Ay's step son
Steve Toussaint as Tushratta, king of the Mitanni
Supporting Cast[edit]
Kaizer Akhtar as young Tutankhamun
Silas Carson as Akhenaten, pharaoh of Egypt and Tutankhamun's father
Steve Chusak as Paraneffer, Akhenaten's servant
Alexander Lyras as General Yuya
Geoffrey Burton as Dagi, chief physician of the Egyptians
Leon Lopez as Sete
Daniela Lavender as Herit
Ismail Kanater as Priest of Sobek
Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Part One: Power" David von Ancken Michael Vickerman and Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg July 19, 2015 1.7[4]
In 1332 B.C., Egypt is the most powerful nation in the world, but it is plagued by internal strife. In the city of Thebes, Pharaoh Akhenaten has been poisoned by his most trusted servant. His nine year old son, Tutankhamun has to take his place as pharaoh, and so, is thrust into power at an early age. However, after showing mercy on several occasions, and having the Vizier Ay making important decisions for him, the people deem him weak. He is forced to marry his sister Ankhesenamun to keep the bloodline pure as his closes friend Ka lusts for her. Ten years into his reign, teenage Tut finds the country in economic turmoil and crops ruined by drought. He is also determined to gain control of his kingdom after being conspired against by the power-hungry Ay and having been left for dead by General Horemheb during a battle with the Mitanni.
2
"Part Two: Betrayal" David von Ancken Michael Vickerman and Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige July 20, 2015 1.69
After being Tutankhamun wounded on the battlefield, a beautiful half Mitanni half Egyptian girl, Suhad rescues him from his own people and nurses him back to health. Betrayed by his inner circle, Tut along with the loyal Lagos and Suhad return to Thebes at the moment Ankhesenamun tries to marry the traitorous Ka, but Tut stabs and kills his former friend just as he's about to be crowned the new pharaoh. It is announced by high priest Amun he has "risen from the dead", turning the boy-king into a powerful pharaoh. Tutankhamun must use his new power to deal with a deadly plague spreading through his kingdom all while his enemies continue their plot to conquer Egypt. Also, Tut's friendship with Suhad blossoms into an intimate relationship, which makes Ankhesenamun jealous, especially after both women wind up pregnant.
3
"Part Three: Destiny" David von Ancken Story by: Michael Vickerman and Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg
Teleplay by: Michael Vickerman July 21, 2015 1.44
Tutankhamun invites Tustratta to the palace for a peace offering, but after the Mitanni king declines it, Tut leads his plague-weakened army in a sneak attack through a secret entrance to the enemy's capitol. Meanwhile, as the young pharaoh is away, Amun leads a revolt against him and orders his priests to kill the king so he can save Egypt from the worship of Aten. After knowing about the assassination Suhad is put in danger and Ankhesenamun kills her. During the attack, a dying Tustratta breaks Tut's leg and instead of tending to his injury, Tut returns to Thebes to destroy the last of his enemies. He conspires with General Horemheb, Ay and Nakht to kill Amun during the festival of Ra at the temple. With the love of his life dead by his own sister and infection setting in, Tut's homecoming is filled with sadness. On his deathbed, Tut makes amends with Ay and Ankhesenamun, who both reassure him he will be remembered for all eternity as a powerful ruler. However, Ay sees that Tut is buried in a lesser tomb meant for one who will never be known, thus remaining undiscovered for over 3,000 years.
Reception[edit]
The series has garnered negative reviews. Brian Lowery of Variety writes, "King Tutankhamun left behind a treasure trove of trinkets, but his nickname is all that's really required to serve as the cornerstone for Tut, the miniseries that unearths the Boy King in order to turn his short life into historical melodrama. Featuring Ben Kingsley as Tut's scheming vizier, surrounded by young actors often photographed as if this were a shampoo commercial, there are modest pleasures relating to the various palace intrigues, but only marginal momentum to drag an audience across three nights, provided they know enough about history to realize the title character won't be available for a sequel." [5]
Robert Bianco of USA Today exclaims, "Tut miniseries is overstuffed melodrama."[6] While, Keith Uhlich of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Spike network's three-night miniseries about the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun inspires no devotion."[7]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Review: Egypt’s Boy King Mans Up for a Spike Mini-Series". New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "King Tut Miniseries Gets Green Light at Spike TV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
3.Jump up ^ "Spike TV Developing 5 Event Series in Push to Re-Enter Scripted Territory". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4.Jump up ^ "Spike Miniseries ‘Tut’ Digs Up 1.7 Million Viewers for Premiere". Variety. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
5.Jump up ^ Brian Lowry. "Spike Unearths ‘Tut’ For Six-Hour Miniseries - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
6.Jump up ^ Robert Bianco, USA TODAY (17 July 2015). "'Tut' miniseries is overstuffed melodrama". USA TODAY. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
7.Jump up ^ Keith Uhlich. "'Tut': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External links[edit]
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Tut at TV Guide


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Tut (miniseries)

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Tut
Tut (miniseries).jpg
Genre
Historical drama
Written by
Michael Vickerman
Peter Paige
Bradley Bredeweg
 
Directed by
David von Ancken
Starring
Ben Kingsley
Avan Jogia
Sibylla Deen
Alexander Siddig
Kylie Bunbury
Peter Gadiot
Iddo Goldberg
Nonso Anozie
 
Composer(s)
Jeff Russo
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
3
Production

Executive producer(s)
David von Ancken
Michael Vickerman
Joel S. Rice
Michael Prupas
Sharon Levy
Jeremy Elice
Angela Mancuso
Greg Gugliotta
 
Producer(s)
Guy Jon Louthan
Irene Litinski
 
Editor(s)
Annie Ilkow
Location(s)
Morocco[1]
Cinematography
Christopher LaVasseur
Production company(s)
Muse Entertainment
Release

Original channel
Spike
Original release
July 19, 2015 – July 21, 2015
External links
Website
Tut is a Canadian-American miniseries that premiered on U.S. cable network Spike on July 19, 2015. The three-part miniseries is based on the life of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.


Contents  [hide]
1 Development
2 Cast 2.1 Principal Cast
2.2 Supporting Cast
3 Episodes
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links

Development[edit]
Tut was first announced by Spike in May 2014. The miniseries marks a return by the network towards scripted programming, and in particular, "event" series that cater to a "balanced" audience (in contrast to the remainder of Spike's programming at the time, which has typically skewed towards a male audience). Such event series have also been recently popular among other networks, such as History. Tut is produced by Muse Entertainment, best known for its other miniseries The Kennedys and The Pillars of the Earth.[2][3]
Cast[edit]
Principal Cast[edit]
Avan Jogia as Tutankhamun, the Pharaoh of Egypt . He is a sensitive, naive man.
Ben Kingsley as Ay, the Grand Vizier
Nonso Anozie as General Horemheb, King Tutankhamun's savvy and power hungry military strategist
Sibylla Deen as Ankhesenamun, the calculating and conniving sister and wife of King Tutankhamun who was forced to marry her own brother by their late father in order to preserve their monotheistic society
Alexander Siddig as Amun, the High Priest, a major political figure who holds great influence in King Tutankhamun's inner sanctum
Kylie Bunbury as Suhad, the beautiful and endearing girl of Mitanni descent who unknowingly saves Tutankhamun's life and develops a strong bond with the young Egyptian king
Peter Gadiot as Ka, King Tutankhamun's close confidant and seemingly loyal friend
Iddo Goldberg as Lagus, an Egyptian soldier who develops a special bond with King Tutankhamun
Alistair Toovey as Nahkt, Ay's step son
Steve Toussaint as Tushratta, king of the Mitanni
Supporting Cast[edit]
Kaizer Akhtar as young Tutankhamun
Silas Carson as Akhenaten, pharaoh of Egypt and Tutankhamun's father
Steve Chusak as Paraneffer, Akhenaten's servant
Alexander Lyras as General Yuya
Geoffrey Burton as Dagi, chief physician of the Egyptians
Leon Lopez as Sete
Daniela Lavender as Herit
Ismail Kanater as Priest of Sobek
Episodes[edit]

No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
U.S. viewers
 (millions)

1
"Part One: Power" David von Ancken Michael Vickerman and Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg July 19, 2015 1.7[4]
In 1332 B.C., Egypt is the most powerful nation in the world, but it is plagued by internal strife. In the city of Thebes, Pharaoh Akhenaten has been poisoned by his most trusted servant. His nine year old son, Tutankhamun has to take his place as pharaoh, and so, is thrust into power at an early age. However, after showing mercy on several occasions, and having the Vizier Ay making important decisions for him, the people deem him weak. He is forced to marry his sister Ankhesenamun to keep the bloodline pure as his closes friend Ka lusts for her. Ten years into his reign, teenage Tut finds the country in economic turmoil and crops ruined by drought. He is also determined to gain control of his kingdom after being conspired against by the power-hungry Ay and having been left for dead by General Horemheb during a battle with the Mitanni.
2
"Part Two: Betrayal" David von Ancken Michael Vickerman and Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige July 20, 2015 1.69
After being Tutankhamun wounded on the battlefield, a beautiful half Mitanni half Egyptian girl, Suhad rescues him from his own people and nurses him back to health. Betrayed by his inner circle, Tut along with the loyal Lagos and Suhad return to Thebes at the moment Ankhesenamun tries to marry the traitorous Ka, but Tut stabs and kills his former friend just as he's about to be crowned the new pharaoh. It is announced by high priest Amun he has "risen from the dead", turning the boy-king into a powerful pharaoh. Tutankhamun must use his new power to deal with a deadly plague spreading through his kingdom all while his enemies continue their plot to conquer Egypt. Also, Tut's friendship with Suhad blossoms into an intimate relationship, which makes Ankhesenamun jealous, especially after both women wind up pregnant.
3
"Part Three: Destiny" David von Ancken Story by: Michael Vickerman and Peter Paige & Bradley Bredeweg
Teleplay by: Michael Vickerman July 21, 2015 1.44
Tutankhamun invites Tustratta to the palace for a peace offering, but after the Mitanni king declines it, Tut leads his plague-weakened army in a sneak attack through a secret entrance to the enemy's capitol. Meanwhile, as the young pharaoh is away, Amun leads a revolt against him and orders his priests to kill the king so he can save Egypt from the worship of Aten. After knowing about the assassination Suhad is put in danger and Ankhesenamun kills her. During the attack, a dying Tustratta breaks Tut's leg and instead of tending to his injury, Tut returns to Thebes to destroy the last of his enemies. He conspires with General Horemheb, Ay and Nakht to kill Amun during the festival of Ra at the temple. With the love of his life dead by his own sister and infection setting in, Tut's homecoming is filled with sadness. On his deathbed, Tut makes amends with Ay and Ankhesenamun, who both reassure him he will be remembered for all eternity as a powerful ruler. However, Ay sees that Tut is buried in a lesser tomb meant for one who will never be known, thus remaining undiscovered for over 3,000 years.
Reception[edit]
The series has garnered negative reviews. Brian Lowery of Variety writes, "King Tutankhamun left behind a treasure trove of trinkets, but his nickname is all that's really required to serve as the cornerstone for Tut, the miniseries that unearths the Boy King in order to turn his short life into historical melodrama. Featuring Ben Kingsley as Tut's scheming vizier, surrounded by young actors often photographed as if this were a shampoo commercial, there are modest pleasures relating to the various palace intrigues, but only marginal momentum to drag an audience across three nights, provided they know enough about history to realize the title character won't be available for a sequel." [5]
Robert Bianco of USA Today exclaims, "Tut miniseries is overstuffed melodrama."[6] While, Keith Uhlich of The Hollywood Reporter writes, "Spike network's three-night miniseries about the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun inspires no devotion."[7]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Review: Egypt’s Boy King Mans Up for a Spike Mini-Series". New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
2.Jump up ^ "King Tut Miniseries Gets Green Light at Spike TV". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
3.Jump up ^ "Spike TV Developing 5 Event Series in Push to Re-Enter Scripted Territory". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4.Jump up ^ "Spike Miniseries ‘Tut’ Digs Up 1.7 Million Viewers for Premiere". Variety. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
5.Jump up ^ Brian Lowry. "Spike Unearths ‘Tut’ For Six-Hour Miniseries - Variety". Variety. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
6.Jump up ^ Robert Bianco, USA TODAY (17 July 2015). "'Tut' miniseries is overstuffed melodrama". USA TODAY. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
7.Jump up ^ Keith Uhlich. "'Tut': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
External links[edit]
Tut at the Internet Movie Database
Tut at TV Guide


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