History Film / StrictlyBallroom

* DancePartyEnding

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

-->'''Scott''': "What's your name again?"\\
'''Fran''': "Fran."\\
'''Scott''': "Yeah, Fran what?"\\
'''Fran''': "Just Fran."

-->'''Scott''': [[NotNowKiddo Not now, Dad]].\\
'''Doug''': '''[[TheDogBitesBack YES, NOW!]]'''

-->'''Barry Fife''': Where do you think we'd be if everyone went around making up their own steps?\\
'''Scott''': Out of a job.
* SlowClap: Played straight and ''totally awesomely''.
** For the record: [[spoiler: This happens because a now-defeated Barry tells Scott and Fran to leave the stage. They man up and refuse, and Doug starts it in solidarity. Then Fran's family chip in, reminding them to listen to the rhythm. What really pushes this over the top is when Scott remembers his lessons and starts to dance the paso doble...at which point, ''everyone'' starts]].

* TheAlcoholic: Ken Railings.

''Strictly Ballroom'' is a 1992 Australian ballroom dance film. Young Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) has the makings of a superb dancer, and he's being groomed to win the coveted Pan-Pacific Latin Championships. Secretly, however, he longs to try some new, original steps in his dancing. When the authorities of the ballroom dance world (his mum Shirley, his uncle Les, and local ballroom head honcho Barry Fife) discover this, they pressure him to conform. But then he meets [[BeautifulAllAlong ugly duckling]] dance student Fran (Tara Morice), who thinks he should follow his dreams--and offers to dance with him. Though initially scornful, Scott agrees. But the powers that be aren't just going to let him do his crazy, crowd-pleasing steps without a struggle. After all, it's been tried before, and ruthlessly dealt with. And Barry Fife will do almost anything to ensure things remain...''[[TitleDrop strictly ballroom]]''.

* MrFanservice: Paul Mercurio. That is all.

* BilingualBonus: Doubles as GettingCrapPastTheRadar for unsubtitled profanity. When Fran's father and grandmother watch her dance the beginner's category at the Pan Pacific, her grandmother comments in Spanish on how pretty Fran looks. Fran's father on the other hand says that if he sees "that asshole", he'll kill him.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: So-called "ballroom king" Ken is designated to Couple No. [[LOL69 69]].

* TheGlassesGottaGo
** Justified. Fran only seems to falter when she isn't looking at Scott, so taking off her glasses forces her to pay more attention to him and, hence, the dance.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: So-called "ballroom king" Ken is designated to Couple No. 69.

-->'''Scott''': "What's your name again?"
-->'''Fran''': "Fran."
-->'''Scott''': "Yeah, Fran what?"
-->'''Fran''': "Just Fran."

-->'''Scott''': [[NotNowKiddo Not now, Dad]].
-->'''Doug''': '''[[TheDogBitesBack YES, NOW!]]'''

-->'''Grandma:''' ''(in Spanish, subtitled)'' Hot Stuff can shake his tail feather, but he knows chickenshit about rhythm.
-->'''Fran:''' Grandma wants to teach us.

''Strictly Ballroom'' is a 1992 Australian ballroom dance film. Young Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) has the makings of a superb dancer, and he's being groomed to win the coveted Pan-Pacific Latin Championships. Secretly, however, he longs to try some new, original steps in his dancing. When the authorities of the ballroom dance world (his mum Shirley, his uncle Len, and local ballroom head honcho Barry Fife) discover this, they pressure him to conform. But then he meets [[BeautifulAllAlong ugly duckling]] dance student Fran (Tara Morice), who thinks he should follow his dreams--and offers to dance with him. Though initially scornful, Scott agrees. But the powers that be aren't just going to let him do his crazy, crowd-pleasing steps without a struggle. After all, it's been tried before, and ruthlessly dealt with. And Barry Fife will do almost anything to ensure things remain...''[[TitleDrop strictly ballroom]]''.

''Strictly Ballroom'' was directed by Baz Luhrmann of ''Film/MoulinRouge'' and ''Film/{{Australia}}'' fame and is the first in his [[ThematicSeries Red Curtain Trilogy]] (the other two are ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' and ''Moulin Rouge''). It's '''the''' Australian chick flick (''Film/DirtyDancing''? What's that?), and its climactic dance scene finds its way onto most Best Movie Dance Scene lists.

* BilingualBonus: doubles as GettingCrapPastTheRadar for unsubtitled profanity. When Fran's father and grandmother watch her dance the beginner's category at the Pan Pacific, her grandmother comments in Spanish on how pretty Fran looks. Fran's father on the other hand says that if he sees "that asshole", he'll kill him.

* DanceOfRomance: The achingly tender dance to Music/DorisDay singing ''Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps''.

* DanceOfRomance: The achingly tender dance to Doris Day singing ''Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps''.

* Lampshading: Liz says, "I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now and say, 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs and I wanna dance with you.'" This is immediately followed by a flashback of Pam Shortt having a car accident before Ken Railings walks in and says to Liz, "Pam Shortt's broken both her legs and I wanna dance with you." This is then lampshaded by one of the children who whispers, "That was unexpected."

*** Pretty much only if you're watching DancingWithTheStars or StrictlyComeDancing...The costumes are extreme even for the period they're a nod to ([[WordOfGod Luhrmann notes]] that the ballroom world shown is a loving but UpToEleven parody of ballroom about ten or twenty years before the film is set.) Now you might see sparkles or if they're feeling really daring, some color, but for most Latin men, black on black rhinestones are about as daring as it gets.

* Mockumentary: The film starts as this as a clever means of introducing the characters and the main situation.

* FixingTheGame: [[spoiler: Barry planned to give the Pan-Pacific Championship to Ken and his partner no matter what Scott did. Wayne called Barry out on his duplicity, and toward the end Liz turned against Barry as well. By the end of the movie, it's clear that Scott and Fran are the future of ballroom dancing, and [[LaserGuidedKarma Barry's rep is pretty much ruined]].]]

* FixingTheGame: [[spoiler: Barry planned to give the Pan-Pacific Championship to Ken and his partner no matter what Scott did. Wayne called Barry out on his duplicity, and toward the end Liz turned against Barry as well. By the end of the movie, it's clear that Scott and Fran are the future of ballroom dancing, and [[LaserGuidedKarma Barry's rep is pretty much ruined]].]]

* LadyInRed: [[spoiler: Fran!]]

-->'''Scott''': "What was your name again?"

-->'''Scott''': "Fran what?"