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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 (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) while vacationing at a Borscht…

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Box office
$214 million
Budget
$4.5 million
Cinematography
Jeffrey Jur
Country
United States
Directed by
Emile Ardolino
Distributed by
Vestron Pictures

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Dirty Dancing

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related to Stage adaptation · 57
Dirty Dancing → After Toronto, Al Sapienza, Aldwych Theatre, Although, Another West End, April, Australia, Baby, Baby Houseman, Boston, Britta Lazenga, Brown, By March, Canada, Canadian, Chicago, Chong Lim, Dominion Theatre, Eleanor Bergstein, February
related to Pre-production · 31
Dirty Dancing → Ardolino, Baby, Bergstein, Bergstein's, By, Catskills, Eileen Miselle, Eleanor Bergstein's, Emile Ardolino, Gottlieb, In, It's My Turn, Jewish, Johnny, Jon Peisinger, Linda Gottlieb, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, Michael Douglas, Michael Terrace
related to Filming · 24
Dirty Dancing → According, Baby, Boy Scout Camp, Camp Chimney Rock, Filming, Firefly Cove, Houseman, Johnny's, Kellerman's Hotel, Kenny Ortega, Lake Lure, Mountain Lake, North Carolina, Patrick Swayze, Paula Trueman, Penny, Principal, Rumbling Bald Golf Course, Scenes, September
related to Critical response · 21
Dirty Dancing → America, Audiences, CinemaScore, Eleanor Bergstein's, Gene Siskel, If, In, Jennifer Grey's, Jezebel's Irin Carmon, Like, Metacritic, Other, Review, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, The, The New York Times, Thumbs Down, Thumbs Up, Time
related to Remake · 20
Dirty Dancing → ABC, Abigail Breslin, Billy Dee Williams, Colt Prattes, Debra Messing, In August, In December, It, Joe Drake, July, Kenny Ortega, Lionsgate, Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group, May, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Hyland, Shane Harper, The, We, Western North Carolina
related to 20th anniversary releases · 18
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related to Sequel · 18
Dirty Dancing → As, Baby, Brad Simpson, CinemaCon, DD, February, Grey, In, In July, Jonathan Levine, Kim Rosenstock, Lionsgate, Nina Jacobson, On May, Plans, SAG-AFTRA, The Hollywood Reporter, Vestron
related to Legacy · 13
Dirty Dancing → Baby, English, Esmeralda Inn, In Sweden, Jam, Karlstad University, Lake Lure Dance Festival, Lionsgate, Nobody, Restaurant, Sisters, The, Umeå Bus Square
related to Tour · 8
Dirty Dancing → Bill Medley, Concert, Contours, Eric Carmen, In, Live, Merry Clayton, Ronnie Spector
related to External links · 7
Dirty Dancing → AFI Catalog, Box Office MojoDirty Dancing, Feature FilmsDirty Dancing, IMDb Dirty Dancing, MetacriticDirty Dancing, Rotten TomatoesDirty Dancing, TCM Movie Database

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Dirty DancingBox office$214 million1.00infobox
Dirty DancingBudget$4.5 million1.00infobox
Dirty DancingCinematographyJeffrey Jur1.00infobox
Dirty DancingCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Dirty DancingDirected byEmile Ardolino1.00infobox
Dirty DancingDistributed byVestron Pictures1.00infobox
Dirty DancingEdited byPeter C. Frank1.00infobox
Dirty DancingLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Dirty DancingMusic byJohn Morris1.00infobox
Dirty DancingMusic byErich Bulling1.00infobox
Dirty DancingMusic byJon Barns1.00infobox
Dirty DancingProduced byLinda Gottlieb1.00infobox
Dirty DancingProduction companyGreat American Films Limited Partnership1.00infobox
Dirty DancingRelease datesMay 12, 1987 (1987-05-12) (Cannes)1.00infobox
Dirty DancingRelease datesAugust 21, 1987 (1987-08-21) (United States)1.00infobox
Dirty DancingRunning time100 minutes1.00infobox
Dirty DancingStarringPatrick Swayze1.00infobox
Dirty DancingStarringJennifer Grey1.00infobox
Dirty DancingStarringJerry Orbach1.00infobox
Dirty DancingStarringCynthia Rhodes1.00infobox
Dirty DancingWritten byEleanor Bergstein1.00infobox
Dirty Dancingis a1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein0.90text

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