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21 August 1987 (USA) moreTagline:
Have The Time Of Your Life morePlot:
Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances ('Baby') falls in love with the camp's dancing teacher. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Dirty Dancing moreCast
(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 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DTS (re-release) | Dolby Digital (re-release) | Dolby (original release) | SDDS (re-release)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)Fun Stuff
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According to a December 2008 interview with Dirty Dancing screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein, the characters of Baby and Johnny were both influenced by Bergstein's own biography. Like Baby Houseman, Bergstein came from a liberal Jewish family who visited Catskills resorts during the 1960s; her father was a doctor; and she was nicknamed "Baby" until she was 22 years old. Like Johnny Castle, Bergstein was an skilled "dirty dancer" who learned at house parties and later became an Arthur Murray instructor. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Johnny has to bust the back window of his car, the shot inside the car shows that the entire window frame gives way, but from the outside shot, there is only a hole and the window frame is in place. moreQuotes:
[first lines]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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this is an excellent movie i have been watching it since i was 6yrs old with my big sister. it is the type of movie that u can watch over and over again and still laugh, smile, and cry every time with out ever getting bored of it like other movie's. it is a movie that will live on forever through generations of family. i love it :) when ranking from 1-10 in my case i would rate it easily 9.9 every time.
Itis a film about the change of a girl (baby) and her first boy-friend (Johnny)their relationships within the family, the changes in baby's and Johnny's view of the world during their relationship.
DIRTY DANCING WILL FOREVER LIVE ON AS A TIMLESS CLASSIC. thank-you sorry though for only the short comment.