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Dirty Dancing
1987
Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend Penny is pregnant and has reluctantly decided to get .. Read more
| Starring | Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes, Jerry Orbach |
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| Director | Emile Ardolino |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Dirty Dancing
Headstrong 17-year-old Baby Houseman hardly expects her family's usual summer vacation in the Catskills to be momentous. But then Baby spies Johnny Castle, the resort's dance instructor from the wrong side of the tracks. Johnny's facing a crisis: his dance partner and friend Penny is pregnant and has reluctantly decided to get an abortion. This leaves Johnny a solo act--until Baby agrees to take Penny's place. She has to learn how to dance first, however, and as Johnny teaches her the choreography's sexy, seductive moves, the two fall in love. But Baby's father believes that Johnny is the creep who got Penny pregnant, and he furiously orders Baby to end the relationship. Baby knows that Johnny's innocent--and with her feisty idealism and his dance talent, the two will prove to Baby's father that their love is worth fighting for.
| Starring | Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes, Jerry Orbach, Wayne Knight, Jack Weston, Kelly Bishop, Max Cantor, Miranda Garrison, Garry Goodrow, Neal Jones, Lonny Price |
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| Director | Emile Ardolino |
| Studio | LIONS GATE FILMS FOX |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins Watch now: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats, McCain's Classic Movies, Muller's Indulgent Movies |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | None |
| Released | DVD: 02 Jul 2001 Blu-ray: 22 Oct 2007 Watch now: 13 Jul 2009 Production year: 1987 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
| Format | DVD |
Dirty Dancing (1987)
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The ultimate feel-good movie, which works a curious charismatic magic and catapulted the then-unknown Patrick Swayze to stardom. Intended as a low-budget filler, this sentimental but never cloying tale of sexual awakening at a Jewish holiday camp in 1963 became a much-loved blockbuster and kick-started major industry careers for its production team. The casting is perfect, with ex-dancer Swayze as the sexy bad boy dancing coach and Jennifer Grey as the feisty middle-class teenager, and their relationship never strikes a false note. But what really makes the film unmissable is the fabulous dancing which, despite being highly erotic, is never tacky.
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In many ways, a routine teen-flick with its '60s setting, sex, rock'n'roll and interfering stereotypical adults; but... read more on Time Out
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12 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Wonderful
As this is my favourite movie of all time I can honestly say it is fantastic!!! A magically heart warming, love story with a fabulous soundtrack and Patrick Swayze's dance moves to boot! At the same time touching on a number of emotive issues thoughtfully and with sensitivity which lifts this movie above the rest - sit back relax - see it MY WAY !
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Dirty dancing
In a way a typical chick flick but still a fun story line that is easy to understand definitely a film for girls I think as I can't see a guy sitting down to watch this, so a good movie to watch when you've got a ll the girls round. It is a film that you never get tired of and could watch againa and again.
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Swayze tragedy hit Dirty Dancing co-star hard
- 19 Nov 2009
Actress Jennifer Grey is still struggling with the death of Dirty Dancing co-star Patrick Swayze because she has only recently realised just how strong her feelings were for the actor/dancer. Grey and Swayze became iconic onscreen lovers in the hit 1987 film and, despite reports the two didn't get along on the set of the romance movie, the actress reveals her former co-star's cancer battle and passing have hit her very hard. Opening up for the first time since Swayze's death in September (09), Read more
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