- Actors: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page
- Directors: Taylor Hackford
- Writers: Eric Hughes, James Goldman, Nancy Dowd
- Producers: Taylor Hackford, Bill Borden, William S. Gilmore
- Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English, Russian
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Date: Aug 29 2006
- Run Time: 136 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000GDH9JQ
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#8,704 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #50 in DVD > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals > Drama
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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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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eleven pirouettes!,
By A Customer
This review is from: White Nights (VHS Tape)
Baryshnikov does eleven pirouettes straight. What more can you ask for? Anyway, the movie was very good. It was a dark, communist Soviet Union film, with a lot of tension. But most importantly, Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov were fantastic. It is superhuman what they can do.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Breathtaking!,
By Paola van Tuijl (Duivendrecht Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: White Nights (VHS Tape)
Wonderful dancing, great story, good music too and Barisnikov back to his roots. Altough the Kirov scenes were filmed in Portugal. Opening scene is lovely.....
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect combination,
This review is from: White Nights (Special Edition) (DVD)
Good acting and a tight, plausible plot with utterly fantastic ballet and tap sequences make this a movie to watch over and over again. Unlike many movies where dance is central, one dancer does not dominate: the artistic interplay between Baryshnikov and Hines is fascinating. It is also a poignant reminder of the dark days of the cold war when individual talents were pointlessly manipulated by both governments. This is NOT a teenage chick flick; anybody of any age and gender will enjoy it. It's wonderful to have this film available again after being ignored for so long.
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