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Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romantic
film made in the United States. Written
by Eleanor
Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino,
the film features Patrick Swayze, Jennifer
Grey, Cynthia Rhodes,
and Jerry Orbach. The
story is a
coming of age drama that documents a teenaged woman's rebellion against
her
father by starting a relationship with a dance instructor during a
family summer
vacation. Almost a third of the film involves dancing scenes
choreographed by Kenny Ortega (later
famous
for High
School Musical), and the finale has been described as "the most goosebump-inducing
dance scene in movie history".[1][3]
Originally a low-budget film by a new studio and with no major stars
(except
Broadway legend
Orbach),
Dirty Dancing became a
massive box office hit. As of 2009, it earned over $214 million
worldwide.[2] It was
the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video,[2] and the
Dirty
Dancing soundtrack generated two multi-platinum albums and
multiple singles, including "(I've
Had) The Time of My
Life", which won both the Golden Globe and Academy
Award for Best
Original Song, and a Grammy Award for
best duet.[4] The film spawned a 2004 prequel, Dirty
Dancing: Havana Nights,
as well as a stage version which has had sellout performances in
Australia,
Europe, and North America, with plans to open on Broadway.[update]
| Dirty Dancing | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Emile Ardolino |
| Produced by | Linda Gottlieb |
| Written by | Eleanor Bergstein |
| Starring | Patrick Swayze Jennifer Grey Jerry Orbach Cynthia Rhodes |
| Music by | John Morris Erich Bulling |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey Jur |
| Editing by | Peter C. Frank |
| Distributed by | Vestron Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1987 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[1] |
| Gross revenue | over $214 million worldwide (2009)[2] |
| Followed by | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights |