Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 12 wins & 9 nominations total
Charles 'Honi' Coles
- Tito Suarez
- (as Charles Honi Coles)
Antone Pagán
- Staff Kid
- (as Antone Pagan)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPatrick Swayze had to convince Jennifer Grey to be in this film because she disliked him so much while filming Red Dawn (1984).
- GoofsWhen Johnny and Baby first dance with the other staff, Otis Redding's "Love Man" is playing. The film takes place in 1963 but Redding didn't record the song until 1967, shortly before his death. In fact, "Love Man" was recorded in the same session as "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay" and wasn't a hit until the following year.
- ConnectionsEdited into Lilyhammer: Out of Africa (2013)
- SoundtracksBe My Baby
Written by Jeff Barry (uncredited), Ellie Greenwich (uncredited), and Phil Spector (uncredited)
Performed by The Ronettes
Courtesy of Phil Spector International, Inc.
Produced by Phil Spector
Featured review
Perfection
One word sums up this film "Perfection". That's it really!! I saw this film in 1987 when it was released and was completely blown away and like Baby I fell in love with Johnny and Patrick Swayze. It has such classic lines as "I carried a watermelon" and "Nobody puts Baby in the corner" and too many others to mention. I loved the story, the characters, the setting, the dancing, and well
the music was phenomenal not one bad song in the whole soundtrack. It just shows that you don't have to spend a fortune to make a great film. Thank you to the cast and crew for making such a wonderful film which makes me smile like a Cheshire cat whenever I watch it.
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- Mar 13, 2015
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Vũ Điệu Hoang Dã
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $64,577,242
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,900,000
- Aug 23, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $214,577,242
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo(original release)
- Dolby Atmos
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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