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Director:
Writer:
Eleanor Bergstein (written by)
Release Date:
21 August 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
Have The Time Of Your Life more
Plot:
Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances ('Baby') falls in love with the camp's dancing teacher. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 9 wins
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5 nominations
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(377 articles)
Swayze Honoured With Riding Scholarship
(From WENN. 28 November 2009, 6:11 AM, PST)
Kate Moss Led A Conga Line Through A Take That Concert
(From Gossipvita. 27 November 2009, 1:18 AM, PST)
(From WENN. 28 November 2009, 6:11 AM, PST)
Kate Moss Led A Conga Line Through A Take That Concert
(From Gossipvita. 27 November 2009, 1:18 AM, PST)
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Maybe a predictable story of girl gets man of her dreams but this film is still brilliant!!!!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jennifer Grey | ... | Frances 'Baby' Houseman |
 | Patrick Swayze | ... | Johnny Castle |
 | Jerry Orbach | ... | Dr. Jake Houseman |
 | Cynthia Rhodes | ... | Penny Johnson |
| Jack Weston | ... | Max Kellerman |
| Jane Brucker | ... | Lisa Houseman |
 | Kelly Bishop | ... | Marjorie Houseman |
| Lonny Price | ... | Neil Kellerman |
| Max Cantor | ... | Robbie Gould |
| Charles 'Honi' Coles | ... | Tito Suarez (as Charles Honi Coles) |
 | Neal Jones | ... | Billy Kostecki |
| 'Cousin Brucie' Morrow | ... | Magician |
| Wayne Knight | ... | Stan |
| Paula Trueman | ... | Mrs. Schumacher |
| Alvin Myerovich | ... | Mr. Schumacher |
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USA:100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Ireland:12A |
Belgium:KT (original rating) |
South Korea:15 |
UK:15 (original rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-10 |
France:U |
Norway:12 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:7 |
UK:12A (re-rating) (2004) |
USA:PG-13 |
West Germany:12 |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Canada:14A (Ontario)
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Director Cameo: [Emile Ardolino]At the séance right before Johnny goes in to the kitchen to get Penny.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Johnny is driving off after he got fired, you hear the car start up at the same time you see his hand change the gear shift. He never even touched the ignition.
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Radio disc jockey: [on radio] Hi, everybody, this is your Cousin Brucie. Whoa! Our summer romances are in full bloom, and everybody, but everybody's in love. So cousins, here's a great song from The Four Seasons.
Baby: [voiceover] That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's.
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Radio disc jockey: [on radio] Hi, everybody, this is your Cousin Brucie. Whoa! Our summer romances are in full bloom, and everybody, but everybody's in love. So cousins, here's a great song from The Four Seasons.
Baby: [voiceover] That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Veronica Mars: Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner (#2.7)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Merengue
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I have been waiting to see this film for ages and I finally have! As soon as I heard the title I knew that this film would be my favourite film ever and when I saw it believe me I wasn't disappointed!
This film had everything dance, love and Patrick Swayze! There was so much in it and it dealt with important issues, (that were at the time, 1960's) , such as abortion.
The dancing in this film was fantastic, just like the acting was! Swayze was brilliant just like Grey was too!
Although this film was absolutely fantastic you cannot say that you have seen it if you haven't seen the last scene. It really does take your breath away as the whole choreography of the last dance was done brilliantly, it had you dancing at the end of the film and it really wouldn't surprise me if it influenced people to take up dancing!
Overall Dirty Dancing is a film NOT to be missed and even if half the actors are in the: "Where are they now?" period the actors will always have this superb film in their career!