Overview:
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.| Status: | Released (1987-08-21) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 9 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $64,577,242 |
| Screen: | Eleanor Bergstein |
| Productions: | Great American Films Limited Partnership, Vestron Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 722: Jennifer Grey - Frances 'Baby' Houseman
- 723: Patrick Swayze - Johnny Castle
- 725: Jerry Orbach - Dr. Jake Houseman
- 724: Cynthia Rhodes - Penny Johnson
- 726: Jack Weston - Max Kellerman
- 727: Jane Brucker - Lisa Houseman
- 728: Kelly Bishop - Marjorie Houseman
Crews
- 716: Emile Ardolino - Director - Directing
- 718: Linda Gottlieb - Producer - Production
- 719: John Morris - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 720: Jeffrey Jur - Director of Photography - Camera
- 721: Peter C. Frank - Editor - Editing
- 3997: Hilary Rosenfeld - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 4170: Mitchell Cannold - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
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This was schmaltzy but decent and could have been a lot worse. Normally I run from this sort of film like the plague but Patrick Swayze's recent death and me greatly enjoying 'Point Break' recently made me want to check out another one of his finest roles ('Ghost' and 'Road House' wi ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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Entertaining hit with lush Appalachian locations, but the writing doesn't respect the intelligence of the viewer RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Emile Ardolino, "Dirty Dancing" stars Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle, a working-class dance instructor at a mountain resort in the C ....
Continue reading ->testr
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A pretty simplistic film with a plot that's more of an excuse to show dance scenes and an extremely surface level handling of the issues of gender and class that it raises, but it's pretty cute and also I'm bisexual so I like it anyway.
Continue reading ->Andre Gonzales
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An ok movie. A lot of cheesy parts that I didn't like. I did like the dancing and the love story. I guess it was better at that time.
Continue reading ->r96sk
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Pretty iconic. Not sure how I hadn't logged this until now, given it's a film I watched quite a bit growing up due to it being my mum's favourite movie. Better late than never! <em>'Dirty Dancing'</em> is entertaining - cheesy, but entertaining. What helps is the ace soundtrack, w ....
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