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He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' 1983 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 51 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Jacques d'Amboise, Carolyn d'Amboise, Christopher d'Amboise, Judy Collins, Janet Eiber, Kevin Kline, Chita Rivera, Peter Gennaro

  A winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, this is the story of Jacques d'Amboise who works with inner-city kids showing them how dance can reveal a glow of light apart from their world of poverty.

Off Beat 1986 2 stars

    PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Dinner
Cast: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, Jacques d'Amboise, Amy Wright, John Turturro, Harvey Keitel, Julie Bovasso, Anthony Zerbe

  Librarian Joe Gower (Judge Reinhold) is filling in for a friend on the police force when he meets and falls in love with a female officer, Rachel Wareham (Meg Tilly)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Ruta Lee, Ian Wolfe, Virginia Gibson, Matt Mattox, Jacques d'Amboise, Nancy Kilgas, Betty Carr, Norma Doggett

  Great dancing highlights this fanciful musical about seven brothers in 1850s' Oregon who "kidnap" seven women chosen as their brides. An avalanche prevents the girls' relatives from rescuing them, and love blooms before the spring thaw. An Academy Award went to the film for Best Musical Score, and a nomination was received for Best Picture along with three other nominations.

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