Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at a vacation resort.
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| Cinematography | Jeffrey Jur
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| Running time | 100 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $6,000,000 USD
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| Box office | $64,000,000 USD
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![Dirty Dancing - Tele Tydzień Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (16 February 2024)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/r/v/rvr5umplewacmerc.jpg?skj2io4l)
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![Jennifer Grey - Rewia Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (10 May 2023)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/v/7/v77e95v89fuyvfev.jpg?skj2io4l)
- The very famous scene where Johnny and Baby are practicing their dancing and they are crawling towards each other on the floor wasn't intended to be part of the film; they were just messing around and were warming up to do the real scene, but the director liked it so much he kept in the film.
- While the exteriors and cabin scenes were filmed at Mountain Lake in Virginia, the lake scene was filmed at Lake Lure in North Carolina in October. There are no close-ups because the actors were so cold that their lips were blue.
- Val Kilmer was initially offered the lead but declined.
- Billy Zane was considered for the lead role, but he didn't dance well.
- The movie's line "Nobody puts Baby in the corner." was voted as the #98 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
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