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📅 1987 ⏱ 1h 40min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

Dirty Dancing

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

DramaMusicRomance

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.

🎬 DirectorEmile Ardolino

📅 Release1987-08-21

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioGreat American Films Limited Partnership, Vestron Pictures

🗳 Votes6,421

🔥 Popularity8

💰 Budget$6,000,000

💵 Revenue$214,577,242

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🎭 Cast

Jennifer Grey

Frances "Baby" Houseman

Patrick Swayze

Johnny Castle

Cynthia Rhodes

Penny Johnson

Neal Jones

Billy Kostecki

Jerry Orbach

Dr. Jake Houseman

Kelly Bishop

Marjorie Houseman

Jane Brucker

Lisa Houseman

Max Cantor

Robbie Gould

Jack Weston

Max Kellerman

Lonny Price

Neil Kellerman

Wayne Knight

Stan

Charles "Honi" Coles

Tito Suarez

"Cousin Brucie" Morrow

Magician

Paula Trueman

Mrs. Sylvia Schumacher

Alvin Myerovich

Mr. Sidney Schumacher

🎥 Crew

CastingBonnie Timmermann

Director of PhotographyJeffrey Jur

EditorPeter C. Frank

Executive ProducerMitchell Cannold

Executive ProducerSteven Reuther

Original Music ComposerJohn Morris

Costume DesignHilary Rosenfeld

Set DecorationClay A. Griffith

Production DesignDavid Chapman

Art DirectionMark Haack

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🏷 Keywords

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💬 Reviews

talisencrw⭐ 7/10

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, methinks.). When I got my first DJ-ing job, working the night shift at the now-defunct K-102 FM in …

Wuchak⭐ 6/10

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 1963. Jennifer Grey costars as "Baby," the 17-year-old daughter of an affluent Jewish doctor vacationing…

testr⭐ 7/10

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.…