Product Details

• Actors: Laura Harring, Jeff James, Barbra Brighton, Miranda Garrison, Sid Haig
• Directors: Greydon Clark
• Writers: Menahem Golan, John Platt, Roy Langsdon
• Producers: Ami Artzi, Marc S. Fischer, Menahem Golan, Richard L. Albert
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AUHQD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,211 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Forbidden Dance is Lambada" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

The Forbidden Dance is the story of Nisa (Laura Herring), a beautiful princess from Brazil who, concerned over the destruction of her homeland and the rainforests by a giant, multinational corporation, travels to Los Angeles to meet with the company's chairman. But her visit is in vain - she is prevented from arranging a meeting. Despondent and discouraged, Nisa accepts a job as a maid to make ends meet while she's in America. There, she falls in love with Jason (Jeff James), the handsome son of her employer. She teaches him the passionate and erotic dance of her home ... Lambada. Together they decide the only way to deliver the message to the American people is to enter a Lambada dance contest. But Jason's ex-girlfriend wants to prevent it, and the corporation wants to prevent it - and both are willing to stop at nothing to keep them off the dance floor.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy fun! July 9, 2004

By Mark Twain

Format:DVD

The Forbidden Dance is a fun movie; badly acted, horribly directed and cheesy, yet strangely engrossing and loveable. It tries to be serious, but fails for the most part because everything about it is so dated. Yet, it is energetic and lively, with upbeat songs and very HOT dancing. You'll ultimately find yourself addicted, without knowing why. Fans of Laura Harring (Mulholland Dr.) should definitely seek this out to see her in an early role. It is much better than the similar Lambada, released in theaters on the same DAY in 1990!!! As fun trivia, Lambada producers sued successfully to have the word "lambada" removed from "The Forbidden Dance"'s official title, though only "The Forbidden Dance" uses the song "Lambada" which launched the short-lived dance craze. The title is now used for the DVD release.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars PASSION PLUS+ August 2, 2004

By SHELBY

Format:DVD

I LOVE this movie. The songs are so sultry. The dancing is so full of passion. When you watch this it puts you in THE MOOD-for real. If you want to jumpstart your relationship, watch this movie!! The music makes you want to dance which in my case led to more.. Does anyone know how to get this soundtrack???

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars sizzling! November 4, 2004

By Dark Delights

Format:DVD

I love this movie. I seen it when it first came out in 90 and fell in love with it. So I bought it. The music itself will make you get outta your seat and start dancing right then and there.

But the Lambada dance itself is enticing and will have you craving for a dancing partner at the very moment.

I give it 4 stars, also it sends out the cheezy cliche message about "if you want something bad enough, go and get it"