Since it came out on August 21, 1987, Dirty Dancing has been a popular movie that people of all ages enjoy. Its love story has inspired fans to keep looking for their soulmate for almost 40 years.
Eleanor Bergstein wrote the script for the American romantic dance movie, and Jennifer Grey played a young woman named Baby Frances Houseman. She falls in love with Partick Swayze’s character, Johnny Castle. Patrick and Jennifer worked together a few years ago on the movie Red Dawn. They worked together again on this show.
Before she can join the Peace Corps, Baby has to spend her last summer vacation with her parents at a quiet resort in the Catskills. At first, she wasn’t happy with the destination, but that all changed when she met Johnny, the dance teacher at the resort.
They fall in love, and even though Baby’s parents don’t want her to see Johnny, she is determined to help him perform at the summer’s last big dance. When this movie came out, it made people all over the world want to find a love like that between Baby and Johnny.
The screenwriter Bergesteins first wrote a script for the Michael Douglas movie It’s My Turn, but in the end, the story of Dirty Dancing was based on that script with a few changes.
Emile Ardolino directed the movie, and Linda Gottlieb was in charge of making it. It was shot in North Carolina, Mountain Lake, and Virginia. A few months before it came out in theaters on August 21, 1987, it was shown for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.
The movie made about $214 million and was the first movie to sell more than a million copies on home video. The critics liked the movie, especially how Grey and Swayze played their parts. Grey was even nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Jimmy Lenner made the music for the movie Dirty Dancing. It is one of the most well-known movie soundtracks ever, with two multi-platinum albums and a single. Bill Medley and Jenifer Warnes’ version of “The Time of My Life” won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award.
The success of the movie made Patrick Swayze famous all over the world. He became Hollywood’s new heartthrob and got the lead role in the hit movie Ghost in 1990. Jennifer would also keep getting bigger roles in movies, like Wind, which came out in 1992.
In 2004, almost twenty years after the movie came out, it was brought back with a sequel and a stage show that sold out arenas in Europe, Australia, and North America. People still watch the movie to be reminded that love is out there and that we can all find it in the best places.