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Dirty Dancing (1987)
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
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Director:
Emile ArdolinoWriter:
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Trivia
On an episode of American Pickers (2010), Mike and Frank visited one of the locations where filming took place.
Quotes
Radio disc jockey:
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:
That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby, and ...
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After Billy with the watermelons finds Baby in the staff area, they start up the long hill of stairs to the faint sounds of 'Do You Love Me' beginning to play. When they reach the the top in the next frame, presumably 2-3 minutes later, the song is still at the beginning.
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She's Like the WindWritten by Patrick Swayze and Stacy Widelitz
Performed by Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser
Produced by Michael Lloyd for Mike Curb Productions
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Genres
Drama | Music | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
21 August 1987Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Appalachian region, Virginia, USABox Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
DEM 335,283 (West Germany) (15 October 1987)
Gross:
$622,968 (USA) (14 February 2019)
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