Shadow Dancing (film)
Shadow Dancing, also known as La bailarina Venezuelais, is a 1988 thriller film directed by Lewis Furey and starring Nadine Van der Velde and Christopher Plummer. It was shot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
| Shadow Dancing | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Furey |
| Produced by | Kay Sumner |
| Written by | Christine Foster |
| Starring | Nadine Van der Velde Christopher Plummer |
| Music by | Jay Gruska |
| Cinematography | Rene Ohashi |
| Edited by | James Lahti |
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| Distributed by | Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Plot
Jess is a struggling dancer trying to land a dream role in musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director, who has been haunted for decades by the memory of his former dancer and lover, notices how much she resembles his former lover. The ballerina had died in a bizarre on-stage accident 50 years ago while performing exactly the same dance that Jess is doing. As Jesse becomes more obsessed with winning the part she slowly takes on the physical and emotional characteristics of the woman. Eerily, as more unexplainable coincidences continue to surround the production making you wonder if someone or something is behind it all.
Cast
- Christopher Plummer as Edmund Beaumont
- Nadine Van der Velde as Jessica "Jess" Lilliane
- James Kee as Paul
- Gregory Osborne as Philip Crest
- John Colicos as Anthony Podopolis
- Charmion King as Grace Meyerhoff
- Shirley Douglas as Nicole
- Kay Tremblay as Sophie Beaumont
- Brent Carver as Alexei
- Jennifer Inch as Karen
- Sandi McCarthy as Patricia
- Patric A. Creelman as Charles
- Craig Hempsted as Matt
- Marcia Plummer as Judy
- Sergio Trujillo as Sam
- Claire Ann Gironella as Lisa
- Rene Carlisle as Young Anthony
- Joseph Caporale as Emma
- Anthony Caporale as Emma
- Michael Caporale as Emma
- Adrian Foster as ASM #1
- Jennifer Graham as ASM #2
- Richard Greenblatt as Barman
- Kenneth McGregor as Johnny (as Ken McGregor)
Release
After being shown at various film festivals, the film was given a limited theatrical release on December 2, 1988. A year later, SGE Home Video released a VHS of the film. The film has never been released on DVD.