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Musical Chairs

Duration:

USA:102 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

4.6

Director:

Susan Seidelman

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,500,000

Opening Weekend: $9,092 (USA) (25 March 2012)

Gross: $31,478 (USA) (19 April 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Laverne Cox

Leah Pipes

Mia

E.J. Bonilla

Armando

Priscilla Lopez

Isabel

Jaime Tirelli

Bernardo

Nelson Landrieu

Wilfredo

Angelic Zambrana

Rosa

Morgan Spector

Kenny

Philip Willingham

Daniel

Auti Angel

Nicky

Jerome Preston Bates

Jimmy

Joey Dedio

Chico

Dominic Colon

Julio

Joseph Basile

Car Accident Witness

Tommy Bayiokos

Ballroom Dancer

Teena Byrd

Ballroom Audience

Kevin Cannon

Actor

Ivan Cardona

Dance Competition Guest

Ismael Peter Casillas III

Boy on Scooter

Brandon Cournay

Competition Dancer #4

Miriam Cruz

Yaira

Mara Davi

Stephanie

John DePalma

Announcer

Tibor Feldman

Mr. Grinker

Anita Hollander

Anita

Capathia Jenkins

Erma

Teresa Kelsey

Therapist

Leo Kin

Orderly #2

Tony Kost

Ballroom Dance Student

Lisby Larson

Kaye

Graciela Lecube

Yajaira

Heland Lee

Gregory

Saul Luzeus

Orderly #3

Aubree Marchione

Tanya Marchione

Clark Matthews

Matthew Bowden

Nancy Ozelli

Wheelchair Dancer

Vanda Polakova

Competition Dancer #3

Steven Polito

Drag Queen #1 (as Hedda Lettuce)

Steve Routman

Mr. Benson

Mareo Ryan

Strong Orderly

Johnny Salami

Competition attendee

Martin Samuel

Actor / ballroom competitor

McKenzie Shea

Dance Competition Guest

Marilyn Sokol

Mrs. Greenbaum

Tom Tammi

Henry

Marilyn Torres

Elba

Felix Vazquez

Boy

Barbara Vincent

Nurse

Teresa Yenque

Yadira

John Dash III

Doctor (uncredited)

Kim St. Clair

Dance Competition Attendee (uncredited)

Bill Walters

Spectator at Wheelchair Dance (uncredited)

Stosh Zona

'Hispanic' Priest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

(2012) Nominated for the Astaire Award for Best Feature Film.

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(2013) Nominated for seven awards at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, including Best Picture and Best Actress (Leah Pipes).

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Will be screened at St. Martin's Island on March 12, 2013, as part of Caribbean Disability Awareness Week.

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Quotes

Armando: [speaking about dancing] It's about how you feel when you move and how that movement makes you feel.

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Wilfredo: You are the most magnifica misteriosa woman in the world.

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Mia: [after dancing with Armando for the first time] Maybe you should be teaching me.

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Faq

Is the film's leading man E.J. Bonilla the same actor EJ Bonilla that was nominated for a 2009 Daytime Emmy for his role in The Guilding Light?

Yes, they are one and the same. Mr. Bonilla (EJ) has played roles, some of them leading ones, in several indie feature films since The Guiding Light went off the air. His latest, "Musical Chairs" has been seen by more than most of the others, which so far, have played only at film festivals and are still awaiting a nationwide release. (For that matter, so is "Musical Chairs", which is currently being shown on HBO Latino. "Musical Chairs" is also mentioned in the reality series, "Push Girls", and the last episode of Season 1 of the show features a clip from it, though not with E.J. Bonilla.)

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