Movie Description
It's summer, 1963. Baby, 17 years old and all idealistic innocence, is vacationing with her parents in the Catskills. She meets Johnny, the hotel dance instructor, and is mesmerized by him as well as his dance style. She soon becomes Johnny's prize pupil - in dance and in love. Academy Awards: Best Song ("(I've Had) The Time of My Life").
| Credits | | Producer: | Eleanor Bergstein, Linda Gottlieb | | Cast: | Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Kelly Bishop, Miranda Garrison, Neal Jones, Wayne Knight |
| Details | | Edition: | Two Disc Ultimate Edition |
Notes
Copyright 1987 Vestron Pictures, Inc., DVD Features:
Region [unknown]
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
DTS/ES 6.1 - English
Dolby EX 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Jennifer Grey Interview
Jennifer Grey Screen Test
Jennifer Grey DVD Intro
Audio Commentary - 1. Choreographers, costume and production designers
Interviews - 1. Jennifer Grey, Eleanor Bergstein, Kenny Ortega and Miranda Garrison
Featurette - 1. Director Emile Ardolino
Trivia Track
Exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Groundbreaking Live Action Menus
Remastered Audio
Editorial Reviews
"...Nicely bittersweet....A drive and a pulse that give the film real excitement..."
New York Times - p.C3 - Vincent Canby (08/21/1987)
"...Some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Jennifer Grey make the film more than watchable..."
Variety - Jagr. (05/20/1987)
"...Smart and funny, touching and unabashedly sexual....Grey and Swayze are tough, thoughtful, lovely actors..."
Los Angeles Times - Sheila Benson (08/21/1987)
"[A] slumber-party classic..."
Entertainment Weekly - Whitney Pastorek (04/15/2005)
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his '80s classic transcends cynicism to give warm-fuzzies the world over."
Total Film - Jane Crowther (03/01/2007)
5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hanks to a fabulous soundtrack and enthusiastic performances, it's still as much fun as ever."
Ultimate DVD - Nikki Baughan (12/01/2007)
Awards
1987Academy AwardsBest Original SongDonald Markowitz, 1987Academy AwardsBest Original SongFranke Previte, 1987Academy AwardsBest Original SongJohn DeNicola
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