Dirty Dancing Movie Review 1987

An innocent 17-year-old (Grey) is vacationing with her parents in the Catskills in 1963. Bored with the program at the hotel, she finds the real fun at the staff dances. Falling for the sexy dance instructor (Swayze), she discovers love, sex, and rock and roll dancing. An old story, with little to save it, but Grey and Swayze are appealing, the dance sequences fun, and the music great. Swayze, classically trained in ballet, also performs one of the sound-track songs.

Distribution

Vestron Video, c/o Artisan Home Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404-5502, Phone: (310)449-9200, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1950s, Dance Fever, Coming of Age, Vacations, Grand Hotel, Wrong Side of the Tracks

Screenplay

Eleanor Bergstein

Cast

Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Cynthia Rhodes, Jerry Orbach, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker, Kelly Bishop, Lonny Price, Charles "Honi" Coles, Bruce Morrow

Cinematography

Jeffrey Jur

Director

Emile Ardolino

Music

John Morris

Producer

Linda Gottlieb, Vestron Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1987: Song ("(I've Had) the Time of My Life"); Golden Globes 1988: Song ("(I've Had) the Time of My Life"); Ind. Spirit 1988: First Feature.