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Dirty Dancing (1987)

Dirty Dancing (1987)
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A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. Baby doesn't get along with her older sister, Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored to tears by most of the older guests at the resort. However, one night Baby hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee's dormitory, and she pokes her head in to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of close dancing that would get you kicked out of the senior prom in no time flat. Baby is particularly struck by handsome Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a dancer in the resort's floor show, and falls head over heels in love, wanting to be near him. When Johnny's dance partner, Penny (Cynthia Rhodes), finds herself pregnant after a fling with one of the waiters, Baby volunteers to learn her steps and take her place; however, Baby's father, Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), will have none of it, convinced that Johnny is a low life and that his daughter is too young to understand her own feelings. Dirty Dancing was a surprise box-office hit, and the soundtrack album was an even bigger success, spawning several hit singles and inspiring a top-drawing concert tour featuring several of its artists. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, (more)
Director(s):
Emile Ardolino
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
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Synopsis of Dirty Dancing

A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. Baby doesn't get along with her older sister, Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored to tears by most of the older guests at the resort. However, one night Baby hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee's dormitory, and she pokes her head in to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of close dancing that would get you kicked out of the senior prom in no time flat. Baby is particularly struck by handsome Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a dancer in the resort's floor show, and falls head over heels in love, wanting to be near him. When Johnny's dance partner, Penny (Cynthia Rhodes), finds herself pregnant after a fling with one of the waiters, Baby volunteers to learn her steps and take her place; however, Baby's father, Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), will have none of it, convinced that Johnny is a low life and that his daughter is too young to understand her own feelings. Dirty Dancing was a surprise box-office hit, and the soundtrack album was an even bigger success, spawning several hit singles and inspiring a top-drawing concert tour featuring several of its artists. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
105 mins

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Director(s):
Emile Ardolino
Writer(s):
Eleanor Bergstein
Producer(s):
Linda Gottlieb
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Adult Situations, Suitable for Teens, Adult Language, Questionable for Children)
Categories:
Music & Performing Arts, Romance
Dirty Dancing Awards:
  • 1987 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Original Song
  • 1987 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Original Song
  • 1987 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Original Song
  • 1987 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature
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    Felicia C.

    This was the first PG-13 movie I ever saw. I love it then and whenever I watch it now as an adult, it always brings back memories and feelings that I had when I first saw it. Great movie. Definitely a classic and a "must have" for the collection!

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    Myles S.

    I love this movie! I's about a girl coming of age, with the father in denial of her maturing (who would call a 17-year old Baby?) The dancing is great and so is the soundtrack. The story is good, with naive girl, and a skilled dancer who believes what other people say about him, which was that he is a nothing. His relationship with Baby changed his self-concept for the better.Baby's first love with him changed her,too, as she became more mature, and found she had dancing skills she never knew she had.

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    Kara F.

    LOVEE this movie. I could watch it over and over and over again. I've always loved this movie, even when it first came out. Every woman has got to love this movie. Its a classic. :o)

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