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Dirty Dancing

  • 19871987
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
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Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
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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.

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
225K
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POPULARITY
222
169
  • Director
    • Emile Ardolino
  • Writer
    • Eleanor Bergstein
  • Stars
    • Patrick Swayze
    • Jennifer Grey
    • Jerry Orbach
Top credits
  • Director
    • Emile Ardolino
  • Writer
    • Eleanor Bergstein
  • Stars
    • Patrick Swayze
    • Jennifer Grey
    • Jerry Orbach
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 521User reviews
    • 117Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 11 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing (1987)
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    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing (1987)

    Top cast

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    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze
    • Johnny Castleas Johnny Castle
    Jennifer Grey
    Jennifer Grey
    • Baby Housemanas Baby Houseman
    Jerry Orbach
    Jerry Orbach
    • Jake Housemanas Jake Houseman
    Cynthia Rhodes
    Cynthia Rhodes
    • Penny Johnsonas Penny Johnson
    Jack Weston
    Jack Weston
    • Max Kellermanas Max Kellerman
    Jane Brucker
    Jane Brucker
    • Lisa Housemanas Lisa Houseman
    Kelly Bishop
    Kelly Bishop
    • Marjorie Housemanas Marjorie Houseman
    Lonny Price
    Lonny Price
    • Neil Kellermanas Neil Kellerman
    Max Cantor
    • Robbie Gouldas Robbie Gould
    Charles 'Honi' Coles
    • Tito Suarezas Tito Suarez
    • (as Charles Honi Coles)
    Neal Jones
    Neal Jones
    • Billy Kosteckias Billy Kostecki
    'Cousin Brucie' Morrow
    • Magicianas Magician
    Wayne Knight
    Wayne Knight
    • Stanas Stan
    Paula Trueman
    Paula Trueman
    • Mrs. Schumacheras Mrs. Schumacher
    Alvin Myerovich
    • Mr. Schumacheras Mr. Schumacher
    Miranda Garrison
    Miranda Garrison
    • Vivian Pressmanas Vivian Pressman
    Garry Goodrow
    • Moe Pressmanas Moe Pressman
    Antone Pagán
    Antone Pagán
    • Staff Kidas Staff Kid
    • (as Antone Pagan)
    • Director
      • Emile Ardolino
    • Writer
      • Eleanor Bergstein
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse, that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful action of her life, Baby later sneaks out to see Johnny, ostensibly to apologize for her father's rudeness, and ends up consummating her relationship with Johnny. A jealous fellow vacationer sees Baby sneaking out of Johnny's bungalow the next morning, and in an act of retribution, tells management that he is responsible for a theft the evening before, knowing he would not furnish his real whereabouts. —Amanda W, amended by Linda C.
    • dance
    • coming of age
    • teenager
    • abortion
    • resort
    • 186 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Have the time of your life
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Music
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • PG-13
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Patrick Swayze had to convince Jennifer Grey to be in this film because she disliked him so much while filming Red Dawn (1984).
    • Goofs
      Driving to the resort at the beginning of the movie, the road has solid center lines which are yellow. In the early '60s centerlines were white, not yellow.
    • Quotes

      Baby: Me? I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw, I'm scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you.

    • Connections
      Edited into Lilyhammer: Out of Africa (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Be 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

    User reviews521

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Original 'Feel good" dance epic -- often imitated Never Duplicated
    This is one of those rare rare films that needs a 30 year break between the time of production and the time of the review in order to appreciate it.

    Since 1987 I have seen this film 7 or 8 times. Each time it just gets better. As a Prolific Review here on the IMDb, I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of films that improve with age like that.

    This is literally the original "feel good" dance film -- which spawned dozens if not hundreds of imitations. The script is perfect. The acting is perfect. The casting is perfect. The direction is perfect. And the music score is to die for.

    Nobody puts Baby in a corner? Well, nobody should ignore this film either! Also has an odd note of the "one hit wonder" label about it, which in my view only makes it more of a treat than it already is.

    Swayze's career was unfortunately cut short. Jennifer Grey, who practically made this role a part of her DNA, had a nose job and (the cynics say) lost a lot of later roles because the casting directors were afraid no one would recognize her. And the brilliant writer/Producer Elenor Bergstein for whom this was a labor of love (there was a documentary on this) also seemed to hang up her spurs when production wrapped.

    The IMDb rating is a joke. This is no less a classic in its genre than Maltese Falcon or the Matrix.

    See it, rent it, buy it. But don't forget it.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 21, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Baile Caliente
    • Filming locations
      • Mountain Lake Resort - 115 Hotel Circle, Pembroke, Virginia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Great American Films Limited Partnership
      • Vestron Pictures
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    Box office

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    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo(original release)
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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