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Dance with the Devil
Synopsis
The title character of this Alex de la Iglesia film made her first appearance in David Lynch's Wild at Heart (1990) and was originally played by Isabella Rossellini. Rosie Perez takes over the role in this blend of black comedy, graphic sex and violence, voodoo, and weirdness. Perdita Durango is pure trash, a fact she establishes at the film's beginning. Her adventures begin when she hooks up with Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bardem), a sleek, black-clad, sexually adventurous practitioner of Santeria who routinely kills, robs banks, and steals corpses from graves for his cannibalistic blood-soaked rituals. Santos (Don Stroud) is a pedophile and a crime boss. He hires Romeo to steal a truck filled with human fetuses that are slated to be used for cosmetic experiments. Romeo accepts but feels he must make a human sacrifice before he goes. This bothers Perdita not a bit and she even picks out a pair of blonde teens for the ritual killing. The two crooks kidnap the kids, ritually feather them, sexually abuse them, and are preparing to kill them when Romeo's cheated partner shows up with policemen. The crooks and their prey manage to escape, but the scheme to commandeer the truck gets botched and an ensuing shootout between Santos' men and DEA agents goes wrong. Santos loses many men and swears revenge upon Romeo and Perdita, who continue on their journey with their two doomed victims.~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Álex de la Iglesia,
  • Writer:
    Barry Gifford, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, David Trueba, Álex de la Iglesia,
  • Producer:
    Andrés Vicente Gómez,
  • Cinematographer:
    Flavio Martinez-Labiano,
  • Editor:
    Teresa Font,
  • Executive Producer:
    Max Rosenberg, Pablo Barbachano, Miguel Necoechea, Fernando Bovaira,
  • Cast:
    Javier Bardem, Aimee Graham, James Gandolfini, Harley Cross, Rosie Perez,
  • Associate Producer:
    Marco Gómez,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Alejandro Lázaro,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Tod Swindell,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Adrian Grünberg,
  • Third Assistant Director:
    Mark Brooks,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Beatriz de Anda,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Zaida Monteforte,
  • Boom Operator:
    León Sandoval,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Star Fields,
  • Location Manager:
    Laura Alemán,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Marc Bèdia,
  • Property Master:
    Brenton L. Lane,
  • Sound Editor:
    Santiago Thévenet,
  • Art Direction:
    Ana Solares, Salvador Parra, Andrew Bernard,
  • Sound Designer:
    Ray Gillon,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Gabriela Fernández,
  • Costume Design:
    María Estela Fernández, Glenn Ralston,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Anne McCaffrey,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Julian Bucio,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Greg Finnin,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Steven Aquilino,
  • Screenplay:
    David Trueba, Barry Gifford,
  • Stunts:
    Oscar Carles,
  • Production Design:
    José Luis Arrizabalaga, Biaffra,
  • Location Sound Mixer:
    Salvador de la Fuente,
  • Security:
    Todd Seashore,
  • Dolby Consultant:
    Jaume Puig,
  • Rigging Grip:
    Gary A. Kilgore,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Kenny Christiansen,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Jim Wheelock,
  • Camera Trainee:
    Gloria Avila,
  • Casting:
    Joy Dickson, Nicole Arbusto,
  • Stunt Double:
    Jackson Burns,
  • Visual Effects:
    Tim Sassoon,
  • Post Production Coordinator:
    José María Bello,
  • Orchestrator:
    Terry Davies,
  • Set Dressing Artist:
    Larry D. Koszakovszky,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Carlos Cabeceran,
  • Set Decoration:
    Claudio Contreras, Helen Britten,
  • Electrician:
    Dean Anthony,
  • Costume Assistant:
    Adela Cortázar,
  • Unit Manager:
    Martín Torres,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Jackson Burns,
  • Grip:
    Mansur Johnson,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Mercedes Guillot,
  • Utility Stunts:
    Charlie Carpenter,
  • Production Manager:
    José Luis Escolar,
  • Driver:
    Jason LaFountain,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Robert Brubaker,
  • Assistant Camera:
    Steven J. Winslow,
  • Greensman:
    Bill Garber,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Simon Boswell,
  • Assistant Director:
    José Luis Escolar,
  • Stand In:
    Jennifer Scott,
  • Transportation Co-Captain:
    David Carlton White,
  • Key Grip:
    Gary W. Shaw,
  • Still Photographer:
    Drew Carolan,
  • Production Assistant:
    Adam Gomez,
  • Stunt Driver:
    Mark Brooks,
  • Scenic Artist:
    Joel S. Griffith,
  • Animation:
    Gabe Ibáñez,
  • Conductor:
    Terry Davies,

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