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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 |
| 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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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Absolutely fantastic when you are a teenage girl but I was surprised how much I still enjoyed it as an adult - certainly not a guy film but it has the classic issues of love, honour, integrity, friendship, etc. - and Patrick Swayze's dancing of course!
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Dirty Dancing town to honour Swayze
- 18 Sep 2009
Late actor Patrick Swayze is to be remembered by residents of the North Carolina community where he filmed Dirty Dancing. Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on Monday (14Sep09), aged 57, after a life spent wowing movie audiences with great roles, but his best remembered will always be 1987 love story Dirty Dancing, in which he played summer camp dance teacher Johnny Castle. Much of the low-budget movie was filmed in the town of Lake Lure and community members have organised a... Read more
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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 ...
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