Manhattan Merenque! Movie Review 1995

Young mambo dancer Miguel (Perez) has been unable to get a visa to come to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic so he stows away and eventually makes it to New York with new friend Carmello (Leonardi), who's searching for an old girlfriend and their son. While Miguel tries for dance work on Broadway, he makes a friend in dance instructor Susan (Reed) and locates long-lost girlfriend Rosita (Cavazos). Too bad Carmello's luck isn't as good. Sweetly cornball and romantic.

Distribution

BMG Entertainment, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036-4039, Phone: (212)930-4000, URL: http://www.bmg.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Dance Fever, Immigration, New York, New York

Screenplay

Joseph B. Vasquez, Rue Kent Wildman

Cast

George Perez, Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Alyson Reed

Cinematography

David Castillo

Director

Joseph B. Vasquez

Music

Lalo Schifrin

Producer

Juan C. Codazzi, RBK Partners