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Dirty Dancing (1987)
Released By: Artisan Home Entertainment   Rating: PG-13   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Artisan Home Entertainment
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Emile Ardolino
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Jane Bruckner, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Patrick Swayze
Published ID: 584
UPC: 012236044406, 012236100027, 028485114005, 012236146995, 012236212775, 012236212829,
Plot: A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, Baby Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. Baby doesn't get along with her older sister, Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored to tears by most of the older guests at the resort. However, one night Baby hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee's dormitory, and she pokes her head in to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of close dancing that would get you kicked out of the senior prom in no time flat. Baby is particularly struck by handsome Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a dancer in the resort's floor show, and falls head over heels in love, wanting to be near him. When Johnny's dance partner, Penny (Cynthia Rhodes), finds herself pregnant after a fling with one of the waiters, Baby volunteers to learn her steps and take her place; however, Baby's father, Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), will have none of it, convinced that Johnny is a low life and that his daughter is too young to understand her own feelings. Dirty Dancing was a surprise box-office hit, and the soundtrack album was an even bigger success, spawning several hit singles and inspiring a top-drawing concert tour featuring several of its artists. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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miss understood
Added 11/20/2009

I sent this as a gift and did not realize that the disc was blueray and the recipient could not play it o her machine. Had re-sell it and wil have to get another one. I have seen the movie many times and have always enjoyed it.
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Amazing Patrick Swayze
Added 11/16/2009

Ever since I first saw Dirty Dancing, I told myself that I would get a dvd of it. But just never

did. Until his death which is a poor excuse. I would advise anyone to get a copy of it through

Amazon.com. Thank you so very much. 11-14-09 10:10 Roz Poirrier

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Color is way off on Blu-ray
Added 11/8/2009

I have a Samsung Blu-Ray, and the BR disc of the 20th Anniversary version of Dirty Dancing. The picture quality of the movie is just awful, particularly on the indoor scenes. Faces and backgrounds were almost fuchsia, almost always. I did not adjust my TV color, since all of the "extras", including extended scenes, outtakes, and deleted scenes were perfect quality. What a pity. My first BR disc purchase and such a disappointment. The manufacturer should be ashamed.Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
dirty dancing review
Added 11/5/2009

OMG! I think everyone should own a copy of Dirty Dancing! funny, emotional and romantic all at the same time.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Who can resist?
Added 11/2/2009

If you like/love Patrick Swayze and feel his loss the way all of us Baby Boomers do, then why not just own a copy? Yeah, the story is lame, that acting barely O.K., but who cares? Nothing makes us feel better than that last dance. The rest of the music is top notch and fun and the dancing fantastic. No one, but no one, would be caught dead dancing like that these days tho'or so it would seem. But again, who cares? It's also kind of fun watching the other dancers. Take a close look and watch them ham it up. It's hilarious. Also, having watched it several (who knows how many?) times, I finally noticed a young girl and boy who seemed to be showing up also in several key scenes. The producer's kids maybe? Bottom line, it was Swayze at his absolute best, gorgeous, hunky, sweet, perfect hair, beautiful shy smile. That's why we loved him in this movie and 'Ghost', I guess, and that's why we will miss him.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
miss understood
Added 11/20/2009

I sent this as a gift and did not realize that the disc was blueray and the recipient could not play it o her machine. Had re-sell it and wil have to get another one. I have seen the movie many times and have always enjoyed it.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Amazing Patrick Swayze
Added 11/16/2009

Ever since I first saw Dirty Dancing, I told myself that I would get a dvd of it. But just never

did. Until his death which is a poor excuse. I would advise anyone to get a copy of it through

Amazon.com. Thank you so very much. 11-14-09 10:10 Roz Poirrier

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Color is way off on Blu-ray
Added 11/8/2009

I have a Samsung Blu-Ray, and the BR disc of the 20th Anniversary version of Dirty Dancing. The picture quality of the movie is just awful, particularly on the indoor scenes. Faces and backgrounds were almost fuchsia, almost always. I did not adjust my TV color, since all of the "extras", including extended scenes, outtakes, and deleted scenes were perfect quality. What a pity. My first BR disc purchase and such a disappointment. The manufacturer should be ashamed.Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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