Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThomas Carter
Screenplay by
Story byDuane Adler
Produced by
  • Robert W. Cort
  • David Madden
Starring
CinematographyRobbie Greenberg
Edited by
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 12, 2001 (2001-01-12)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$13 million
Box office$131.5 million

Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American dance film, directed by Thomas Carter. It stars Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple in Chicago who work together to help Stiles's character train for a Juilliard School dance audition. It was produced by MTV Films.

Save the Last Dance was released in the United States on January 12, 2001, by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed $132 million on a $13 million budget. A direct-to-video sequel, Save the Last Dance 2, was released in 2006.