Harvey Alperin

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School -- A widowed man's life turns upside down when he embarks on a journey to find a dying man's long lost love.

An all star cast heads up Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School, a heartfelt, nostalgic and gently humorous story about a chance encounter in which one man's dreams become another man's destiny, starring Oscar winner Marisa Tomei, Robert Carlyle, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Astin, Donnie Whalberg, Danny DeVito and John Goodman. Frank (Robert Carlyle), a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck. In the last moments of his life, Steve (John Goodman) tells Frank that he was on his way to visit a woman he hasn't seen in forty years. Before Steve dies, Frank promises to keep the meeting with his long lost love. Frank's quest to find Steve's love, Lisa (Camryn Manheim), takes him to Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School.

Frank Keane, a man who has been in a deep depression ever since his wife passed away. One day while driving, Frank sees an accident. He stops to help and meets a dying stranger who tells him a story that leads him to a dance studio.

Narrated by Academy Award Winner WILLIAM HURT (History of Violence, Syriana, The Village, Children of a Lesser God) and starring ELDON HENSON (The Butterfly Effect, The Mighty, Dumb and Dumberer, Lords of Dogtown). What could be worse than having your baseball glove stolen?... Chinese water torture?... the earth spinning off its axis and careening into Mars? None of those. Being enrolled in Marilyn Hotchkiss' dance program! This charming short inspired the full-length movie of the same name and includes flashback scenes taken from this short film.