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{{Infobox Film
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The film was panned by critics, and received little attention in the theatres. "''The Forbidden Dance'' is B-movie drab, and its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament," <ref>{{cite news|title=And Now on the Screen: Lambada!|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jon|last=Pareles|date=1990-03-18|accessdate=2007-04-08|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=1&title1=&title2=LAMBADA%20%28MOVIE%29&reviewer=JON%20PARELES&v_id=18159&pdate=19900318}}</ref> said one critic. "Heavy-handed and somewhat mean-spirited, ''The Forbidden Dance'' is a slapdash message movie, about as subtle as a clog dance," said another. <ref>{{cite news|title=‘Lambada’ (PG-13) and ‘The Forbidden Dance’ (PG-13)|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|last=Kempley|first=Rita|date=1990-03-17|accessdate=2007-04-08|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/lambadapg13andtheforbiddendancepg13kempley_a0a000.htm}}</ref>
The film was panned by critics, and received little attention in the theatres. "''The Forbidden Dance'' is B-movie drab, and its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament," <ref>{{cite news|title=And Now on the Screen: Lambada!|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jon|last=Pareles|date=1990-03-18|accessdate=2007-04-08|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=1&title1=&title2=LAMBADA%20%28MOVIE%29&reviewer=JON%20PARELES&v_id=18159&pdate=19900318}}</ref> said one critic. "Heavy-handed and somewhat mean-spirited, ''The Forbidden Dance'' is a slapdash message movie, about as subtle as a clog dance," said another. <ref>{{cite news|title=‘Lambada’ (PG-13) and ‘The Forbidden Dance’ (PG-13)|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|last=Kempley|first=Rita|date=1990-03-17|accessdate=2007-04-08|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/lambadapg13andtheforbiddendancepg13kempley_a0a000.htm}}</ref>


Neither film was well received, though ''The Forbidden Dance'' is generally considered the weaker of the two.{{Fact|date=April 2009}}


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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Nisa runs away and gets a job at Xtasy, a sleazy dance joint/brothel, as a dance partner for male customers. Jason visits the club with his friends, but Nisa rebuffs him. He becomes morose, turns away from his buddies and girlfriend Ashley ([[Barbra Brighton]]) and returns to Xtasy to try to take Nisa out of the place. A bouncer beats up the would-be rescuer and prepares to deflower Nisa, but fortunately Joa walks in and magically stuns the attacker, which clears the place.
Nisa runs away and gets a job at Xtasy, a sleazy dance joint/brothel, as a dance partner for male customers. Jason visits the club with his friends, but Nisa rebuffs him. He becomes morose, turns away from his buddies and girlfriend Ashley ([[Barbra Brighton]]) and returns to Xtasy to try to take Nisa out of the place. A bouncer beats up the would-be rescuer and prepares to deflower Nisa, but fortunately Joa walks in and magically stuns the attacker, which clears the place.


The shaman then heads back to the tribe, while Nisa and Jason, now in love, prepare for a dance contest, hoping to speak out about the plight of the rainforest when they are showcased on TV.
The shaman then heads back to the tribe, while Nisa and Jason, now in love, prepare for a dance contest, hoping to speak out about the plight of the [[rainforest]] when they are showcased on TV.


They win the contest, but the corporation's head stooge, Benjamin Maxwell ([[Richard Lynch]]), kidnaps Nisa afterwards. Jason finds them and helps Nisa to escape, but twists his ankle, ruining their chances of performing on the TV show.
They win the contest, but the corporation's head stooge, Benjamin Maxwell ([[Richard Lynch]]), kidnaps Nisa afterwards. Jason finds them and helps Nisa to escape, but twists his ankle, ruining their chances of performing on the TV show.

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The Forbidden Dance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGreydon Clark
Written byRoy Langsdon
John Platt
StarringLaura Harring
Jeff James
Angela Moya
Sid Haig
Shannon Farnon
Linden Chiles
Pilar Del Rey
Ruben Moreno
Barbra Brighton
Richard Lynch
Kid Creole
Release date
1990-03-16
Running time
97
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Forbidden Dance (also released as The Forbidden Dance is Lambada) is a 1990 movie starring former Miss USA Laura Harring.

The film was written, produced, and released very quickly in order to cash in on what some thought was a Lambada dance craze. The script was commissioned in December 1989, written in ten days, and filming began within a month. The film also featured the song "Lambada", performed by the group Kaoma, which helped spread the Lambada craze the previous year. It was released on 16 March 1990, the same day as rival film Lambada – whose producers sued to keep the word "Lambada" out of the title.

The film was panned by critics, and received little attention in the theatres. "The Forbidden Dance is B-movie drab, and its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament," [1] said one critic. "Heavy-handed and somewhat mean-spirited, The Forbidden Dance is a slapdash message movie, about as subtle as a clog dance," said another. [2]


Synopsis

Nisa (Laura Harring) is the princess of a Brazilian tribe who comes to Los Angeles to stop an American corporation from destroying her rainforest home. With her is tribal shaman Joa (Sid Haig), who uses black magic to get past the company guards and see the chairman of the corporation, resulting in his arrest.

Left to fend for herself in L.A alone, Nisa, with the help of Carmen (Angela Moya), finds work in a Beverly Hills mansion as the servant of an uptight couple whose son, Jason (Jeff James), lives only to dance. After spying on Nisa as she dances provocatively in her bedroom, Jason takes her out to a club. She is rejected by Jason's friends, and he is berated by his parents for dating the help.

Nisa runs away and gets a job at Xtasy, a sleazy dance joint/brothel, as a dance partner for male customers. Jason visits the club with his friends, but Nisa rebuffs him. He becomes morose, turns away from his buddies and girlfriend Ashley (Barbra Brighton) and returns to Xtasy to try to take Nisa out of the place. A bouncer beats up the would-be rescuer and prepares to deflower Nisa, but fortunately Joa walks in and magically stuns the attacker, which clears the place.

The shaman then heads back to the tribe, while Nisa and Jason, now in love, prepare for a dance contest, hoping to speak out about the plight of the rainforest when they are showcased on TV.

They win the contest, but the corporation's head stooge, Benjamin Maxwell (Richard Lynch), kidnaps Nisa afterwards. Jason finds them and helps Nisa to escape, but twists his ankle, ruining their chances of performing on the TV show.

Luckily, Joa shows up backstage, heals Jason's wound, and the dance goes ahead as planned. The crowd loves them, they start a boycott against the destruction of the rainforest, and everyone gets into the lambada.

Cast

Soundtrack

References

  1. ^ Pareles, Jon (1990-03-18). "And Now on the Screen: Lambada!". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
  2. ^ Kempley, Rita (1990-03-17). "'Lambada' (PG-13) and 'The Forbidden Dance' (PG-13)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
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