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A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.A Brazilian princess tries to save the rain forests by introducing the world to the electrifying exotic lambada.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Laura Harring
- Nisa
- (as Laura Herring)
Ángela Moya
- Carmen
- (as Angela Moya)
Steven Williams
- Weed
- (as Steven Lloyd Williams)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film was based on an idea writers John Platt and Roy Langsdon came up with while driving to producer Menahem Golan's office. The script was commisioned in December 1989, written in 10 days, in production by the end of January 1990, and hit theaters on March 17th, all in an attempt to beat Lambada (1990) to theaters. Both films were released on the same day.
- GoofsNia is supposed to be an Amazon Princess from Brazil, the glaring mistake is this character speaking Spanish, instead of Portuguese the actual language spoken in Brazil.
- Alternate versionsPost-production was severely rushed to meet its intended March 1990 release date. Two months later, a director's cut was given a limited release in New York City, but this version has never been released on home video (at least in the U.S.).
- ConnectionsFeatured in I Love the '90s: 1990 (2004)
- SoundtracksLambada the Forbidden Dance
Performed by José Feliciano
Appears Courtesy of E.M.I. Records Ltd.
Written by Joseph Goldman, Joe Lamont, Jan Lucas
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Be thankful it wasn't about the "macarena"
This film was pure 1990's dreck. A film to cash on several major events. Laura Herring the first hispanic Miss Teen USA, plight of the rainforest and Lambada the SHORT lived sexy dance craze.
This film was a box office disaster which saw itself competing with and losing out to the other less stupid Lambada film. This films plot is about Laura as a Brazillian princess who will help her native rainforest by winning a dance contest with her sexy lambada moves. This plot becomes beyond stupid when the viewer realizes Laura has no dance ability.
It would of been more believable is if Laura played a hooker and raised money by sleeping with every creepy man she came across. The demise of the Lambada was unfortunate since the next dance craze of the 1990's was the Macarena.
Be thankful there was never a Macarena film
This film was a box office disaster which saw itself competing with and losing out to the other less stupid Lambada film. This films plot is about Laura as a Brazillian princess who will help her native rainforest by winning a dance contest with her sexy lambada moves. This plot becomes beyond stupid when the viewer realizes Laura has no dance ability.
It would of been more believable is if Laura played a hooker and raised money by sleeping with every creepy man she came across. The demise of the Lambada was unfortunate since the next dance craze of the 1990's was the Macarena.
Be thankful there was never a Macarena film
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Lambada - Der verbotene Tanz
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,823,154
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $720,864
- Mar 18, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $1,823,154
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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