Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing
This article is about the 1987 romantic film. For other uses, see Dirty Dancing (disambiguation).
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 (1987-08-21)
Running time 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $6 million
Box office $213,954,274

Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach. The story is a coming of age drama that documents a teenage girl's rebellion against her father by starting a relationship with a dance instructor during the family's summer vacation.

Originally a low-budget film by a new studio and with no major stars (except Broadway legend Jerry Orbach in a supporting role), Dirty Dancing became a massive box office hit. As of 2009, it earned over $214 million worldwide.[1] It was the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video,[1] 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.[2] 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. The film is copied like several other movies of Hollywood in Bollywood as Holiday. On August 8, 2011 a "Dirty Dancing" remake was announced with Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original film, directing.

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Plot

In the summer of 1963, 18-year-old New Yorker Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her affluent family at Kellerman's,[3] a resort in the Catskill Mountains. She is planning to attend Mount Holyoke College to study economics of underdeveloped countries and then enter the Peace Corps. She was named after Frances Perkins, the first woman in the U.S. Cabinet. Her father, Jake (Jerry Orbach), is the personal physician of Max Kellerman (Jack Weston), the owner of the resort.

Baby develops a crush on the resort's dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), part of the working class entertainment staff. When she, while carrying a watermelon, is invited to one of their secret after-hour parties, she observes the "dirty dancing" for the first time. She is intrigued by the sexy dancing, and receives a brief, impromptu lesson from Johnny. Later, she discovers that his dance partner Penny Johnson (Cynthia Rhodes) is distraught over being pregnant by Robbie Gould (Max Cantor), the womanizing waiter who is dating and cheating on Baby's sister Lisa. Baby learns that Robbie plans to do nothing about the pregnancy—as he says, "some people count, some people don't." So Baby secures the money from her father to pay for Penny's illegal abortion. Jake agrees to give the money to Baby despite her secrecy regarding what it will be used for, because of the trust Jake has always held in her. In her efforts to help, Baby also becomes Penny's substitute dancer for a performance at the Sheldrake, a nearby resort where Johnny and Penny perform annually. The upcoming show requires Johnny to train Baby to become a better dancer and learn the required routine.

As Baby becomes Johnny's pupil in dancing, tempers flare and a romance begins to develop in the process. Their performance at the Sheldrake goes reasonably well, though she is too nervous to accomplish the dance's climactic lift. When they return to Kellerman's, they learn that Penny's backstreet abortion was botched, leaving her in agonizing pain. Baby brings her father to help, but he assumes that the pregnancy was caused by Johnny, and he therefore forbids Baby to have anything to do with Johnny or his friends. Jake is furious at Baby for lying to him and betraying his trust. Baby, however, defies him and sneaks out to visit Johnny in his room that same night, where they consummate their blossoming romance.

An iconic scene from the dancing finale[4][5]

Johnny's and Baby's relationship is eventually revealed after Johnny is accused of stealing a wallet from one of the resort guests and is unable to provide a verifiable alibi. To save Johnny from being fired, Baby confesses that Johnny could not have been responsible as she was with him in his cabin that night. He is eventually cleared of the theft charge, but is still fired for having an affair with a guest. However, Baby's selfless act inspires Johnny to realize that "there are people willing to stand up for other people no matter what it costs them."[6]

Even after being fired, Johnny returns to the resort to perform the final dance of the season with Baby. Criticizing the Housemans for their choice of Baby's seat at the table, Johnny declares, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," as he pulls her up from their table. He leads her onstage, interrupting the show which is already in progress. After Johnny makes a brief speech, he and Baby dazzle the audience with a stunning dance performance to the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" which ends with her doing the lift successfully for the first time. Jake learns that the true culprit in Penny's pregnancy was Robbie instead of Johnny, and he admits to Johnny that he was wrong. (Earlier, before Johnny's interruption, Jake gave Robbie a check for medical school. When Robbie willingly confessed to getting Penny pregnant and then insulted her in the process, Jake angrily snatched the check back). The film ends as the dance sequence continues and the room is transformed into a nightclub where everyone (staff and guests) dances together.

Cast

Soundtrack

  1. Be My Baby – The Ronettes
  2. Big Girls Don't Cry – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
  3. Where Are You Tonight? – Tom Johnston
  4. Do You Love Me – The Contours
  5. Love Man – Otis Redding
  6. Stay – Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
  7. Hungry Eyes – Eric Carmen
  8. Overload – Zappacosta
  9. Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel
  10. De Todo Un Poco – Melon
  11. Some Kind of Wonderful – The Drifters
  12. These Arms Of Mine – Otis Redding
  13. Cry to Me – Solomon Burke
  14. Will You Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles
  15. Love Is Strange – Mickey & Sylvia
  16. You Don't Own Me – The Blow Monkeys
  17. Yes – Merry Clayton
  18. In the Still of the Night – The Five Satins
  19. She's Like the Wind – Patrick Swayze
  20. (I've Had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

Production

Pre-production

Dirty Dancing is in large part based on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own childhood: She is the younger daughter of a Jewish doctor from New York, spent summers with her family in the Catskills, participated in "Dirty Dancing" competitions, and was herself called "Baby" as a girl. In 1980, Bergstein wrote a screenplay for the Michael Douglas film, It's My Turn. However, the producers cut an erotic dancing scene from the script, much to her dismay. She then conceived a new story, focused almost exclusively on dancing. In 1984, she pitched the idea to MGM executive Eileen Miselle, who liked it and teamed Bergstein with producer Linda Gottlieb. They set the film in 1963, with the character of Baby based on Bergstein's own life, and the character of Johnny based on the stories of Michael Terrace, a dance instructor whom Bergstein met in the Catskills in 1985 while she was researching the story. She finished the script in November 1985, but management changes at MGM put the script into turnaround, or limbo. Bergstein then shopped the script around to other studios, but was repeatedly rejected until she brought it to Vestron Pictures, the newly formed studio division of Stamford, CT based Vestron Inc., the leading independent home video distribution company. While honing their pitch to Vestron, Gottlieb and Bergstein chose as the film's director Emile Ardolino, who had won the 1983 Academy Award for the documentary, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'. Ardolino had never directed a feature film, but was extremely passionate about the project, even sending a message from where he was sequestered in jury duty, insisting that he was the best choice as director. The team of Gottlieb, Bergstein and Ardolino then presented their vision for the film to Vestron's president, Jon Peisinger, and their vice president for production, Mitchell Cannold. By the end of the meeting, Peisinger had given the project the "green light" to become Vestron's first feature film production. The approved film was budgeted at the relatively low amount of $5 million, at a time when the average cost for a film was $12 million.[7]

For choreographer, Bergstein chose Kenny Ortega, who had been trained by the legendary dancer Gene Kelly.[8] For a location for the film, they did not find anything suitable in the Catskills (as many of the resorts had been shut down at that point), so they decided on a combination of two locations: Lake Lure, North Carolina, and the Mountain Lake Hotel near Roanoke, Virginia, with careful editing making it look like all of the shooting was done in the same area.[9]

Casting

Director Ardolino was adamant that they choose dancers who could also act, as he did not want to use the "stand-in" method that had been used with the 1983 Flashdance. For the female lead of Frances "Baby" Houseman, Bergstein chose the 26-year-old Jennifer Grey, daughter of the Oscar winning actor and dancer Joel Grey of the 1972 film Cabaret who, like her father, was also a trained dancer. They then sought a male lead, initially considering 20-year-old Billy Zane, who had the visual look desired (originally the Johnny character was to be Italian and have a dark exotic look) but initial dancing tests when he was partnered with Grey did not meet expectations. The next choice was 34-year-old Patrick Swayze, who had been noticed for his roles in The Outsiders and Red Dawn, in which he had costarred with Grey. He was a seasoned dancer, with experience from the Joffrey Ballet. The producers were thrilled with him, but his agent was against the idea. However, he read the script, liked the multi-leveled character of Johnny, and took the part anyway and Johnny was changed from being Italian to Irish. Grey was not happy about the choice, as she and Swayze had had difficulty getting along on Red Dawn but when they did their dancing screen test, the chemistry between them was obvious. Bergstein described it as "breathtaking".[10]

Other casting choices were Broadway actor Jerry Orbach as Dr. Jake Houseman, Baby's father; and Jane Brucker as Lisa Houseman, her older sister. Bergstein also attempted to cast her friend, sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer to play Mrs. Schumacher, and Joel Grey as her husband. However, Westheimer backed out when she learned the role involved being a thief. The role part went instead to 79-year-old Paula Trueman, and Grey was not cast. Another role went to Bergstein's friend, New York radio personality "Cousin Brucie". She initially wanted him to play the part of the social director, but then later asked him to play the part of the magician. The part of the social director went to the then unknown Wayne Knight (of later Seinfeld and 3rd Rock from the Sun fame).[11] The part of Baby's mother was originally given to Lynne Lipton, who is briefly visible in the beginning when the Houseman family first pulls into Kellerman's (she is in the front seat for a few seconds; her blonde hair is the only indication). But she became ill during the first week of shooting and was replaced by actress Kelly Bishop, who had already been cast to play Vivian Pressman, the highly sexed resort guest. Bishop moved into the role as Mrs. Houseman, and the film's assistant choreographer Miranda Garrison took on the role of Vivian.[12][13]

Filming

A typical family resort in the Catskill Mountains

The tight schedule allowed only two weeks for rehearsal, and 44 days for filming as it was already the tail end of summer. The cast stayed in the same hotel at Mountain Lake Resort in Pembroke, Virginia, and rehearsals quickly turned into disco parties involving nearly every cast member, even non-dancers such as Jack Weston.[14] The dancing and drinking went on almost non-stop and, immersed in the environment, the lead actors, Grey and Swayze, began identifying with their characters. Bergstein built upon this, encouraging the actors to improvise in their scenes. She also built the sexual tension by saying that no matter how intimate or "grinding" the dance steps, that none of the dancers were to have any other kind of physical contact with each other for the next six months.[10]

Filming started on September 5, 1986, but was plagued by the weather ranging from pouring rain to sweltering heat. The outside temperature rose to 105 °F (41 °C), and with all the additional camera and lighting equipment needed for filming, the temperature inside could be as high as 120 °F (49 °C). According to choreographer Kenny Ortega, on one day ten people passed out within 25 minutes of shooting. The elderly Paula Trueman collapsed and was taken to the local emergency room to be treated for dehydration. Patrick Swayze also required a hospital visit; insisting on doing his own stunts, he repeatedly fell off of the log during the "balancing" scene and injured his knee so badly he had to have fluid drained from the swelling.[10]

Delays in the shooting schedule pushed filming into the autumn, which required the set decorators to spray-paint the autumn leaves green. The uncooperative weather then took a different turn, plunging from oppressive heat to down near 40 °F (4 °C), causing frigid conditions for the famous swimming scene in October. The crew wore warm coats, gloves and boots. Swayze and Grey stripped down to light summer clothing, to repeatedly dive into the cold water.[9] Despite her character's enjoyment, Grey later described the water as "horrifically" cold, and she might not have gone into the lake, except that she was "young and hungry".[12]

Relations between the two main stars varied throughout production. They had already had trouble getting along in their previous project, Red Dawn. They worked things out enough to have an extremely positive screen test, but initial cooperation soon faded, and they were soon "facing off" before every scene.[10] There was concern among the production staff that the animosity between the two stars would endanger the filming of the love scenes. To address this, producer Bergstein and director Ardolino forced the stars to re-watch their initial screen-tests—the ones with the "breathtaking" chemistry. This had the desired effect, and Swayze and Grey were able to return to the film with renewed energy and enthusiasm.[12]

Director Ardolino encouraged the actors to improvise, and often kept the cameras rolling even if actors went "off script". One example of this was the scene where Grey was to stand in front of Swayze with her back to him, and put her arm up behind his head while he trailed his fingers down her arm (similar to the pose that is seen in the movie poster). Though it was written as a serious and tender moment, Grey was exhausted, found the move ticklish, and could not stop giggling each time Swayze tried it, no matter how many takes Ardolino asked for. Swayze was impatient to finish the scene, and found Grey's behavior annoying. However, the producers decided that the scene worked as it was, and put it into the film complete with Grey's giggling and Swayze's annoyed expression. It became one of the most famous scenes in the film, turning out, as choreographer Kenny Ortega put it, "as one of the most delicate and honest moments in the film."[10]

Post-production

The shooting wrapped on October 27, 1986, both on-time and on-budget. No one on the team, however, liked the rough cut that was put together, and Vestron executives were convinced that the film was going to be a flop. Thirty nine percent of people who viewed the movie did not realize abortion was the subplot. In May 1987, the film was screened for producer Aaron Russo. According to Vestron executive Mitchell Cannold, Russo's reaction at the end was to say simply, "Burn the negative, and collect the insurance."[10]

Further disputes arose over the question of whether a corporate sponsor could be found to promote the film. Marketers of the Clearasil acne product liked the film, seeing it as a vehicle to reach a teen target audience. However, when they learned that the film contained an abortion scene, they asked for that part of the plot to be cut. As Bergstein refused, the Clearasil promotion was dropped. Consequently, Vestron promoted the film themselves and set the premiere on August 16, 1987. The Vestron executives had planned to release the film in theaters for a weekend, and then send it straight to home video, since Vestron had been in the video distribution business before film production.[4] Considering how many people disliked the film at that point, producer Gottlieb's recollection of her feelings at the time was, "I would have only been grateful, if when it was released, people didn't yell at me."[10]

Reception

For the film's opening, the August 16, 1987 edition of The New York Times published a major review, with a headline reading, "Dirty Dancing Rocks to an Innocent Beat." The Times reviewer called the film "a metaphor for America in the summer of 1963 – orderly, prosperous, bursting with good intentions, a sort of Yiddish-inflected Camelot."[15] Other reviews were more mixed: Gene Siskel gave the film a "marginal Thumbs Up" as he liked Jennifer Grey's acting and development of her character, while Roger Ebert gave it "Thumbs Down" due to its "idiot plot",[16] calling it a "tired and relentlessly predictable story of love between kids from different backgrounds."[17] Time magazine was lukewarm, saying, "If the ending of Eleanor Bergstein's script is too neat and inspirational, the rough energy of the film's song and dance does carry one along, past the whispered doubts of better judgment."[18]

Regardless of reviews, the film drew adult audiences instead of the expected teens, with viewers rating the film highly.[12] Many filmgoers, after seeing the film once, went right back into the theater to watch it a second time.[12] Word-of-mouth promotion took the film to the number one position in the United States, and in ten days it had broken the $10 million mark. By November, it was also achieving international fame. Within seven months of release, it had brought in $63 million, and boosted attendance in dance classes across America.[10] It was one of the highest-grossing films of 1987, earning $170 million worldwide.[19][20]

The film's popularity continued to grow after its initial release. It was the number one video rental of 1988,[21] and became the first film to sell a million copies on video. When the film was re-released in 1997, ten years after its original release, Swayze received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,[22] and videos were still selling at the rate of over 40,000 per month.[22] As of 2005, it was selling a million DVDs per year,[23] with over ten million copies sold as of 2007.[24]

A May 2007 survey by Britain's Sky Movies listed Dirty Dancing as number one on "Women's most-watched films", above the Star Wars trilogy, Grease, The Sound of Music, and Pretty Woman.[25] The film's popularity has also caused it to be called "the Star Wars for girls."[5][26][27] An April 2008 article in Britain's Daily Mail listed Dirty Dancing as number one on a list of "most romantic movie quotes ever", for Baby's line "I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you."[28] The film's music has also had considerable impact. The closing song, "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" has been listed as the "third most popular song played at funerals" in the UK.[5]

Awards

Jennifer Grey at the 1988 Academy Awards

Music

See also: Dirty Dancing (soundtrack)

Rehearsals for the dancing, and some of the filming, used music from Bergstein's personal collection of gramophone records. When it came time to select actual music for the film, Vestron chose Jimmy Ienner as music supervisor. Ienner, who had previously produced albums and songs for John Lennon and Three Dog Night, opted to stick with much of the music that had already been used during filming, and obtained licenses for the songs from Bergstein's collection. He also enlisted Swayze to sing the new song "She's Like the Wind." Swayze had written the song a few years earlier with Stacy Widelitz, originally intending for it to be used in the 1984 film Grandview, U.S.A.[10]

The movie's score was composed by John Morris. The Kellermans' song that closes the talent show scene had lyrics written specifically for the film,[12] and was sung to the tune of Annie Lisle, a commonly-used theme for school alma maters.[35] Kenny Ortega and his assistant Miranda Garrison chose the song for the finale by going through an entire box of tapes listening to each one. According to Ortega, literally the last tape that they listened to had "The Time of My Life", which they saw as the obvious choice.[30] Ienner then insisted that Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes record it. The song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[30][31]

The film's soundtrack started an oldies music revival,[36] and demand for the album caught RCA Records by surprise. According to Franke Previte, before a single had even been released, there were a million albums on back-order.[10] The Dirty Dancing album spent 18 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went platinum eleven times, selling more than 42 million copies worldwide.[37] It spawned a follow-up multi-platinum album in February 1988, entitled More Dirty Dancing.[38]

Songs from the album which appeared on the charts included:[30]

Additionally, the resurgence in popularity of the oldies contained in the movie led to a re-release of The Contours's single "Do You Love Me". "Do You Love Me" was featured in the movie, but was omitted from the original soundtrack; it was included on More Dirty Dancing. Upon being re-released, "Do You Love Me" became a surprise hit all over again, this time peaking at #11 (it originally hit #3 back in 1962).

Legacy

The iconic scene where Johnny says, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."[6]

Jennifer Grey had a rhinoplasty in the early 1990s, which changed her nose and made her face nearly unrecognizable from her "Baby" character.[40] To this day she has never been able to find a role which matched the success that she had in Dirty Dancing.[41]

As for the studio, despite the film's huge monetary success, Vestron followed it up with a series of flops, and ran out of money. Vestron's parent company Vestron Inc. went bankrupt in 1990,[10] and was bought out in January 1991 by LIVE Entertainment for $26 million. The rights to Dirty Dancing passed to Artisan Entertainment, and later to Lions Gate Entertainment.[23]

Jerry Orbach, already known as a successful Broadway actor, continued in different genres. He was the voice of the candelabrum "Lumiere" in the 1991 Disney animated film, Beauty and the Beast, before taking on his best known role, detective Lennie Briscoe on the TV crime drama Law & Order, which he played from 1992 until his death in 2004.[42]

Choreographer Kenny Ortega went on to choreograph other major pictures such as the 1992 Newsies[8] and starting in 2006, the High School Musical series.[43] He also became a director of film and television, including several episodes of Gilmore Girls, in which Dirty Dancing's Kelly Bishop had a starring role.[44]

Various images and lines from the film have worked their way into popular culture. Johnny Castle's line "Nobody puts Baby in a corner" has been used in song lyrics, and as the title of the "Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner" episode of the TV series Veronica Mars, and the title of a Fall Out Boy song. It was also parodied in the webcomic Looking for Group where Richard, one of the primary characters, uttered a variation involving his own name, and in Family Guy, where the scene is parodied by Baby's parents questioning Johnny due to her youth. Also parodied in Family Guy is the scene where Baby first sees Johnny dancing with the staff. This line was also parodied in the Total Drama World Tour episode I See London where Owen says a line similar to the famous quote.

In the television series How I Met Your Mother, the gang is swapping stories about when they each lost their virginity. Barney Stinson, the groups resident player, (Neil Patrick Harris) attempts to pass off the story of Dirty Dancing as his own (among other stories) because he is ashamed of his actual story. As he describes "the summer of his first time", the original "Love is Strange" scene is recreated with Barney replacing Johnny. However, he is quickly called out by Ted (Josh Radnor) who recognizes the elements of the story as belonging to the popular movie. Later, after Barney's true story is told the gang sympathizes with him and they decide to play along with Barney's 'Dirty Dancing' story, which he enthusiastically tells.

Alternate versions

Stage version

The film was adapted for the stage in 2004 as a musical, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage. Produced by Jacobsen Entertainment in Australia for $6.5 million, it was written by Eleanor Bergstein and had the same songs as the film, plus a few extra scenes. Musical direction was by Chong Lim (one of the composers for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney), and the initial production starred Kym Valentine as Baby, and Sydney Dance Company's Josef Brown as Johnny. Although reviews were mixed,[27] the production was a commercial success, selling over 200,000 tickets during its six-month run.[20] It has also had sellout runs in Germany, and in London's West End, where it opened at the Aldwych Theatre on October 23, 2006 with the highest pre-sell in London history, earning £6 million ($US12 million).[4][5][27] As of March 2011, over 1 million people have seen the musical in London, selling out 6 months in advance.[45] Josef Brown of Australia continues to play the role of Johnny Castle in London, while Georgina Rich made her musical debut as Baby. The West End production will close in July 2011 after a five year run, prior to a two year national tour.[46]

A New York production was in the planning stage in 2006,[27] with the show first starting in other North American cities. It broke box office records in May 2007 for its first such venue, selling $2 million on the first day of ticket sales in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The production opened on November 15, 2007 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, with an all-Canadian cast, except for Monica West (Baby Housman), Britta Lazenga (Penny) and Al Sapienza (Jake Housman). After Toronto, the musical opened in Chicago in previews on September 28, 2008 and officially on October 19, 2008, running through January 17, 2009,[47] followed by Boston (February 7–March 15, 2009) and Los Angeles. No Broadway dates have been announced for the show.[48][49][50]

Tours and TV show

Dirty Dancing has appeared in other forms than the stage version. In 1988, a music tour named Dirty Dancing: Live in Concert featuring Bill Medley and Eric Carmen,[30] played 90 cities in three months.[10] Also in 1988, the CBS network launched a Dirty Dancing television series, however with none of the original cast or staff. The series was canceled after only a few episodes.

Prequel

In 2004, a prequel to the film was released, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. Although not a remake, Havana Nights showcases a similar storyline about an American teenager learning about life through dance, when her family relocates to Havana, Cuba just before the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Patrick Swayze was paid $5 million to appear in a cameo role as a dance teacher — considerably more than the $200,000 he earned for the first film.[51]

20th anniversary release

For the 20th anniversary in 2007, the film was rereleased in theatres with additional footage, while the original film version was rereleased on DVD with deleted scenes and writer commentary.[52] At the same time, Codemasters released Dirty Dancing: the Video Game.[53] In the United Kingdom the anniversary was marked by a reality TV show based on the film, Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, filmed at the Mountain Lake resort.

In the UK , to mark the 20th anniversary of the film, Channel Five broadcast a special documentary called Seriously Dirty Dancing. It was presented by Dawn Porter, an investigative journalist and a self-confessed Dirty Dancing addict. The documentary was very successful, Channel Five's highest rated documentary of 2007. She visited the set of the film, met other Dirty Dancing fanatics and also learned the last dance, which she performed at the end of the documentary in front of family and friends.

Remake

Lionsgate announced the plan to remake 1987's hit movie "Dirty Dancing". It was confirmed that the studio have hired "High School Musical" helmer Kenny Ortega to direct the remake of "Dirty Dancing". "We believe that the timing couldn't be better to modernize this story on the big screen, and we are proud to have Kenny Ortega at the helm," Joe Drake, president of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group, explained about the project.[54]

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