Cat Dancers

USA, 2007, 72 min

Directed By: Harris Fishman
Producers: Harris Fishman, Amanda Micheli
Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Julie Goldman, Krysanne Katsoolis, Caroline Stevens, Silas Weir Mitchell
Cinematographer: Amanda Micheli
Editor: Alexis Spraic
Music: String Theory, Peter Salett
Featuring: Ron Holiday, Joy Holiday, Chuck Lizza

In the 1950s, Ron and Joy Holiday rose to fame as an internationally
renowned adagio dance act, but their lives were changed forever when actor
William Holden bequeathed them a black leopard, the first of several
fierce wild cats they would incorporate into their performances. When a
handsome young trainer later joined them and completed this unusual family, the
stage was set for a tragic love story populated by untamed hearts. Through
the dream-like haze of archival footage, filmmaker Harris Fishman lures us
into the intoxicating world of the Holidays, halfway between the bright
lights of the theater and the wild jungle of their irresistibly dangerous
pets. More ...

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