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Dirty Dancing is a american film of genre Drama directed by Emile Ardolino released in USA on 21 august 1987 with Patrick Swayze

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Dirty Dancing
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Released in USA 21 august 1987
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Musical theatre,    Musical,    Romance
Rating70% 3.5038053.5038053.5038053.5038053.503805

Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film stars Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach.

Originally a low-budget film by a new studio, Great American Films Limited Partnership, and with no major stars (except Broadway legend Orbach in a supporting role), Dirty Dancing became a massive box office hit. As of 2009, it had earned over $214 million worldwide. It was the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video, and the Dirty Dancing soundtrack created by Jimmy Ienner generated two multi-platinum albums and multiple singles, including "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", which won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for best duet. The film spawned a 2004 reboot, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, as well as a stage version which has had sellout performances in Australia, Europe, and North America.

In 2011, a Dirty Dancing remake was announced with Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original film, as the director. However, on June 8, 2012, Lionsgate announced they were postponing the reboot. Citing casting reasons, the remake release was put off until 2014 at the earliest. In February 2015, it was scheduled to be a TV movie. However, the remake was officially canceled in July 2015.

Since 2009, there has been a Dirty Dancing Festival in Lake Lure, NC.

Synopsis

In the summer of 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her affluent Jewish American family at Kellerman's, a family friendly resort in the Catskill Mountains. The younger of two daughters, Baby is planning to attend Mount Holyoke College to study the economics of underdeveloped countries and then enter the Peace Corps. She was named after Frances Perkins, the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. Her father, Jake (Jerry Orbach), is the personal physician and friend of Max Kellerman (Jack Weston), the resort's owner. Baby is befriended by Max's smart aleck grandson Neil (Lonny Price).

Actors

Patrick Swayze

(Johnny Castle)
Jennifer Grey

(Frances 'Baby' Houseman)
Jerry Orbach

(Dr. Jake Houseman)
Cynthia Rhodes

(Penny Johnson)
Jack Weston

(Max Kellerman)
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