Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Plot Summary

Scott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckly who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!"

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Certification

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Awards

Golden Globes, USA (1994)

Golden Globe 1994

Nominated

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

BAFTA Awards (1993)

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Winner

Best Costume Design

Angus Strathie Catherine Martin

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Nominated

Best Sound

Antony Gray Ben Osmo Roger Savage Ian McLoughlin Phil Judd

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Nominated

Best Editing

Jill Bilcock

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Nominated

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Baz Luhrmann Craig Pearce

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Winner

Best Production Design

Catherine Martin

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Winner

Best Original Film Score

David Hirschfelder

BAFTA Film Award 1993

Nominated

Best Film

Tristram Miall Baz Luhrmann