Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9392 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-02-13
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: French, German, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Amazon.com
With Tap, viewers are reminded of the late Gregory Hines' formidable skills not only as a dancer, but as a dramatic actor. This 1989 film isn't wholly original--the plot borrows from countless movies where the hero is a flawed man trying to do good. The audience is asked to believe he might revert to his ne'r do well ways, but we're confident that the ending will reveal his true, heroic colours. Hines (Will & Grace, White Nights, Running Scared) portrays Max, the son of a tap dancer, as a good-hearted man recently released from prison. Once back home, he's torn between returning to a life of crime for that promised big pay-off, or living up to his dance heritage. Rooting for the latter are Little Mo (a superb Sammy Davis Jr.) and his daughter Amy (Suzzanne Douglas), who want Max to help them take tap dancing back to its glory days. Hines and Davis Jr. are so poetic when they dance that an entire movie showcasing just their tap skills would be worth watching. But the actors bring heart to this charming film, which understands that the line between right and wrong can sometimes be as simple as a tiny misstep. --Jae-Ha Kim, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Max, a recently released con, is an ex-hoofer intent on forgetting his tap roots. Crime has paid Max extremely well. But now that he is back on the street after a stint in prison, Max faces an uneasy future, trapped between two very different pasts. Actor-tap dancer extraordinare Gregory Hines plays Max with depth and gusto in what turns out to be a star making performance. In fact, the American Film Institute lists TAP on its list of Star Performances.

Customer Reviews

Gregory proving he was tops in taps!
The late Gregory Hines shows his consumate skill in this feast of authentic 'hoofing'. The plot recalls some of those old Warner Bros. plots.An ex-con is released from prison and has to decide between a life of lucrative crime or going straight.What makes the decision more difficult is that his original dance style is considered too good for Broadway. So, Hines has to make do with dancing in racy night-clubs. Highlight of the film is a 'cutting contest' between veteran 'tappers' including Harold Nicholas, Jimmy Slyde, Bunny Briggs, Steve Condos, Sandman Sims and the superb Sammy Davis. Suzzanne Douglas provides the love interest and watch out for 13-year-old Savion Glover as a hero-worshipper. His brief routine almost steals the show!

Tap dvd
I bought this DVD thinking that it was tap dancing lessons, I also bought Tap Dancing with Susan Bishop. However, this movie is superb! How to be able to tap dance like that, it was a privilege to watch.

Awesome tap dance
The plot is not the best, but that's not the issue, because all of the classic tap dancers in this movie show their cup of coffee: They challenge that they ain't got no legs anymore! This film shows outstanding performance by Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis JR together with some other famous tap dancers.