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Dirty Dancing

7.3

Released August 21, 1987Runtime 1h 40min

First dance. First love. The time of your life.

Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Great American Films Limited Partnership

Vestron Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $214,577,242
Profit/Loss: $208,577,242

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Cast

Jennifer GreyFrances "Baby" Houseman

Patrick SwayzeJohnny Castle

Jerry OrbachDr. Jake Houseman

Cynthia RhodesPenny Johnson

Jack WestonMax Kellerman

Jane BruckerLisa Houseman

Kelly BishopMarjorie Houseman

Lonny PriceNeil Kellerman

Max CantorRobbie Gould

Charles "Honi" ColesTito Suarez

Neal JonesBilly Kostecki

"Cousin Brucie" MorrowMagician

Wayne KnightStan

Paula TruemanMrs. Sylvia Schumacher

Alvin MyerovichMr. Sidney Schumacher

Miranda GarrisonVivian Pressman

Garry GoodrowMoe Pressman

Antone PagánStaff Kid

Thomas CannoldBus Boy

Lincoln Michael LlanoDirty Dancer

Jesus FuentesDirty Dancer

Heather Lea GerdesDirty Dancer

Karen GetzDirty Dancer

Andrew Charles KochDirty Dancer

D.A. PauleyDirty Dancer

Dorian SanchezDirty Dancer

Jennifer StahlDirty Dancer

Jonathan BarnesTito's Band

Dwyght BryanTito's Band

Tom DrakeTito's Band

John GotzTito's Band

Dwayne MalphusTito's Band

Clifford WatkinsTito's Band

Stamati ArakasBoy in Crowd (uncredited)

Emile ArdolinoCameo (uncredited)

Darren W. ConradDirty Dancer (uncredited)

Lori JanneyYoung Woman Walking Lake (uncredited)

Karen KasterDancer (uncredited)

Maxine McClanahanDirty Dancer (uncredited)

Jonathan ReedHotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)

Cole RussingParty Attendant (Uncredited)

Crew

Emile ArdolinoDirector

Chris NorthupAssistant Director

Marilyn BaileyScript Supervisor

Herb GainsFirst Assistant Director

Nathalie VadimSecond Assistant Director

Eleanor BergsteinWriter

Linda GottliebProducer

Mitchell CannoldExecutive Producer

Bonnie TimmermannCasting

Steven ReutherExecutive Producer

Eleanor BergsteinCo-Producer

Lawrence KasanoffProduction Manager

Greg SmithAdditional Casting

Christine M. KiolbassaLocation Assistant

John MarstonLocation Assistant

Keith BuntingProduction Assistant

Russell BurrellProduction Assistant

Jeff FenderProduction Assistant

Adam Lee FreemanProduction Assistant

Michael GallagherProduction Assistant

Alan GrabelskyProduction Executive

Tony HardmonProduction Assistant

Jim HeleinProduction Assistant

George HowellProduction Assistant

Heather McGrath JacobsProduction Assistant

Lisa ManshelProduction Assistant

Marina MaritProduction Assistant

John MarstonProduction Assistant

Chris NorthupProduction Assistant

Brian RobertsonProduction Assistant

Anastasia TikkaProduction Coordinator

Dori BerinsteinProduction Executive

Cynthia DaddonaProduction Assistant

Vicki Dee RockAccountant

Doro BachrachAssociate Producer

Eileen EichensteinProduction Supervisor

Jeffrey L. HayesProduction Manager

Aryn ChapmanArt Department Production Assistant

Jeff BlockCasting Assistant

David CadyCasting Assistant

Isabelle KramerExtras Casting

Sabrina PadwaExtras Casting

Dean ByrdLocation Coordinator

Jacob F. ConradLocation Manager

Dana RobinLocation Coordinator

John MorrisOriginal Music Composer

Jeffrey JurDirector of Photography

Peter C. FrankEditor

Hilary RosenfeldCostume Design

Mark HaackArt Direction

Clay A. GriffithSet Decoration

David ChapmanProduction Design

Kenny OrtegaChoreographer

Kevin Lee AllenAssistant Art Director

Tommy AllenAssistant Art Director

Bill BallouConstruction Coordinator

Joseph S. DeBeasiMusic Editor

Danny GoldbergMusic Supervisor

Michael LloydMusic Supervisor

Michael DiCosimoDolby Consultant

Mark RathausSound Editor

Dan SableSupervising Sound Editor

Fríða AradóttirHairstylist

Marlies VallantHairstylist

David ForrestMakeup Artist

Gilbert La ChapelleMakeup Artist

Michael F. BarrowGaffer

Ted ChurchillSteadicam Operator

David KnoxSteadicam Operator

Randy NolenSteadicam Operator

Adger W. CowansStill Photographer

Robert L. BlatmanFirst Assistant Camera

Jim LovelettStunt Coordinator

Franke PreviteMusic

John DeNicolaMusic

Donald MarkowitzMusic

Dawn BaillieArt Designer

Ken ChocolateSet Dresser

Dale BartlettAssistant Sound Editor

Sacha SemeriaSound Re-Recording Mixer

Mark BurchardWardrobe Assistant

Lisa Grace ErndtWardrobe Assistant

Elizabeth FeldbauerWardrobe Assistant

Claudia StephensWardrobe Assistant

Michael NationsCostumer

Jellybean BenítezMusic Producer

Edie Lehmann BoddickerVocals

"Cousin Brucie" MorrowMusic Consultant

Roger RhodesScore Engineer

Jimmy IennerMusic Supervisor

Eugene MarksMusic Editor

Tommy TedescoMusician

Jerry JacksonTransportation Coordinator

David MilchenTransportation Captain

Steven BakerCatering

Parnes CartwrightSet Production Assistant

Julia CortSet Production Assistant

Miranda GarrisonChoreographer

Melania KangCatering

Alice KatzSet Production Assistant

Scott MednickArt Designer

Eric MilchenCraft Service

Susan PickettSet Production Assistant

Bundy ChanockSet Medic

Michael GoldmanThanks

Jackie HornerThanks

Jimmy IennerThanks

Tom BarrettGrip

Douglas AxtellSound Recordist

George BaetzSound Recordist

Stephen J. LineweaverArt Direction

Tammy J. GreenPost Production Supervisor

David H. AllenProperty Master

Jennifer GilbertSet Dresser

Wayne ShepherdSet Dresser

Rick DiorSound Re-Recording Mixer

John PritchettSound Mixer

Ann SteinADR Editor

Douglas AxtellBoom Operator

Bob OlariSound Recordist

Lynn SableAssistant Sound Editor

Mel ZelnikerADR Mixer

Chris F. WoodsTitle Designer

Denise AmiranteStunts

Bill AnagnosStunts

Norman DouglassStunts

Donne DanielsKey Grip

Ric DelgadoElectrician

Bill FlickGrip

Neil HolcombGrip

Kelly Elder McGowenSecond Assistant Camera

Curtis PepperElectrician

Robert SpencerElectrician

Peter van EyndeDolly Grip

Greg White-WiegandGenerator Operator

Quintin WooElectrician

Scott ZiglerElectrician

Edward CohenElectrician

Al KnightOther

Gábor KövérSteadycam

Pankaj BajpaiColorist

Guy BarresiAssistant Editor

Farrel LevyAssociate Editor

Andrew MarcusAssistant Editor

Jerry WhittingtonLocation Scout

John MerrimanBest Boy Electric

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Reviews

This was schmaltzy but decent and could have been a lot worse. Normally I run from this sort of film like the plague but Patrick Swayze's recent death and me greatly enjoying 'Point Break' recently made me want to check out another one of his finest roles ('Ghost' and 'Road House' will have to wait...

Entertaining hit with lush Appalachian locations, but the writing doesn't respect the intelligence of the viewer RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Emile Ardolino, "Dirty Dancing" stars Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle, a working-class dance instructor at a mountain resort in the Catskills in 196...

A pretty simplistic film with a plot that's more of an excuse to show dance scenes and an extremely surface level handling of the issues of gender and class that it raises, but it's pretty cute and also I'm bisexual so I like it anyway.

by Andre Gonzales

An ok movie. A lot of cheesy parts that I didn't like. I did like the dancing and the love story. I guess it was better at that time.

Pretty iconic. Not sure how I hadn't logged this until now, given it's a film I watched quite a bit growing up due to it being my mum's favourite movie. Better late than never! <em>'Dirty Dancing'</em> is entertaining - cheesy, but entertaining. What helps is the ace soundtrack, which culminates...