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89-449: Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein , produced by Linda Gottlieb , and directed by Emile Ardolino . Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey , it tells the story of Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey), a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at a vacation resort . The film was based on screenwriter Bergstein's own childhood. She originally wrote

178-527: A made-for-television musical adaptation in 2017, and an untitled sequel scheduled to be released in 2025, with Grey reprising her role. In the summer of 1963, teenager Frances "Baby" Houseman is vacationing with her family— cardiologist father Jake, mother Marge and older sister Lisa—at Kellerman's, an upscale Catskills resort in the Borscht Belt owned by Jake's sarcastic best friend Max. Exploring one night, Baby secretly observes Max instructing

267-425: A "compassionate depiction of abortion in which the woman seeking an abortion was not demonized with the primary concerns being her health and preserving her capacity to bear children at a future time rather than the ethical dilemma that might or might not inform her decision, a portrayal that is not necessarily available in current films." The film drew adult audiences instead of the expected teens, with viewers rating

356-493: A 1972 National Educational Television production adapted from several short stories by Kurt Vonnegut . Morrow has worked for the Variety Children's Charity (for which he served as president for ten years) to help fund children who are disadvantaged, physically challenged, sick or needy and he volunteers with Gatewave Audio Reading Service for people who are blind or visually impaired. and WhyHunger (which in 1975,

445-499: A Geisha , Slumdog Millionaire , Up in the Air , The Artist , Gloria Bell , and Malcolm & Marie . Director Richard Linklater helmed the prominent Before trilogy, consisting of Before Sunrise , Before Sunset , and Before Midnight . Kasautii Zindagii Kay is a popular Indian romantic drama television series of the 2000s. Same-sex romantic dramas that tackle LGBT issues include Brokeback Mountain , Blue

534-535: A Thief , Vertigo , The Crying Game , The Bodyguard , Unfaithful , Wicker Park , The Phantom of the Opera , The Tourist , and The Adjustment Bureau . The screenwriters taxonomy creates additional categories beyond "subgenre" when discussing films, making the argument that all narrative Hollywood films can be delineated into comedies or dramas (identified as a "film type"). The taxonomy also identifies fifty "macro genres", which can be paired with

623-547: A corner" (in English) in white neon light at Umeå Bus Square (2008) and at Karlstad University (2012). The resort where Dirty Dancing was filmed has had themed weekend activities, such as dance lessons, guided tours, film screenings, parties, and lawn games. Lionsgate, however, stopped the Dirty Dancing festival in 2023, so a Lake Lure Dance Festival is held instead, though festival organizers say they still remember

712-482: A filmmaker's "voice" because the artistic choice to have the characters sing does not affect the story or the characters – it simply alters how the story and characters are conveyed. Therefore, a romance film like Grease would be categorized as a dramatic (type), romance (super genre), high school / coming of age (macro genres), musical (voice) – rather than simply as a "musical romance". Bruce Morrow Bruce Morrow (born Bruce Meyerowitz ; October 13, 1935)

801-587: A follow-up multi-platinum album in February 1988, entitled More Dirty Dancing . Songs from the album that appeared on the charts included: The Dirty Dancing album held the number one spot on the Billboard album chart for over four months. As of July 2022, the Dirty Dancing album has sold over 14 million copies. Additionally, the resurgence in popularity of the oldies contained in the movie led to

890-590: A knee injury. However, Swayze read the script, liked the multi-level character of Johnny, and took the part anyway. After this, Johnny's heritage was changed from being Italian to Irish. Grey was initially not happy about the choice, as she and Swayze 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". 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, as

979-568: A radio announcer for New York's WCBS-FM , an oldies station. Initially, he filled in for Jack Spector every third Saturday evening for the Saturday Night Sock Hop program. After Spector's resignation in 1985, Morrow became the main performer for the program and renamed it the Saturday Night Dance Party . The station also added his nationally syndicated show Cruisin' America . In 1986, he began working

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1068-416: A re-release of The Contours ' 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 No. 11 (it originally hit No. 3 back in 1962). In Sweden, feminist art group Sisters of Jam put the text "Nobody puts Baby in

1157-597: A retirement. Days later, it was announced that Cousin Brucie would be returning to WABC in New York City, where he was previously a DJ from 1961 to 1974. The station was reviving its previous 'Music Radio 77 WABC" format for Saturday evenings with the otherwise all-talk station airing Cousin Brucie’s Saturday Night Rock & Roll Party weekly from 6pm to 10pm, beginning September 5, 2020. The program

1246-645: A screenplay for the Michael Douglas film It's My Turn , but she ultimately ended up conceiving a story for a film which became Dirty Dancing . She finished the script in 1985, but management changes at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer put the film in development hell . The production company was changed to Vestron Pictures with Emile Ardolino as director and Linda Gottlieb as producer. Filming took place in Lake Lure, North Carolina , and Mountain Lake, Virginia , with

1335-407: A screenplay for the Michael Douglas film It's My Turn ; however, the producers cut an erotic dancing scene from the script, prompting her to conceive a new story that took inspiration from her youth dance competitions. In 1984, she pitched the idea to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) executive Eileen Miselle, who liked it and teamed Bergstein with producer Linda Gottlieb. They set the film in 1963, with

1424-587: A student at Brooklyn College but transferred to New York University to study in the Communications Arts Program. Morrow's first stint in radio was in Bermuda at ZBM-AM , where he was known as "The Hammer". He began his career in the US at New York City Top 40 station WINS (AM) in 1959. In 1960, he relocated to Miami, Florida , for a stint at WINZ (AM) before returning to New York

1513-452: A successful climactic lift. Dr. Houseman admits he was wrong about Johnny and reconciles with Baby, and all the staff and guests join Baby and Johnny dancing to " (I've Had) The Time of My Life ". "Cousin Brucie" Morrow appears in a cameo as a magician; Morrow himself could be heard as a DJ's voice in different parts of the film. Emile Ardolino and Matthew Broderick (who was dating Grey at

1602-454: A weekly television series of the same name , however with no involvement of the original cast or crew. Starring Melora Hardin as Baby and Patrick Cassidy as Johnny, it was canceled after ten episodes. In 2004, a prequel film was released, entitled Havana Nights . Starring Romola Garai and Diego Luna , the plot follows a sheltered American teenager learning about life through dance, when her family relocates to Havana, Cuba just before

1691-691: Is a romantic story with a historical period setting, normally with a turbulent backdrop of war, revolution, or tragedy. This includes films such as Gone with the Wind , Doctor Zhivago , Reds , Titanic , A Very Long Engagement , Atonement , Portrait of a Lady on Fire , and Cold War . Paranormal romance is a popular genre of film which features romantic relationships between humans and supernatural creatures. Popular tropes include vampirism , time travel , ghosts and psychic or telekinetic abilities – i.e. things that cannot be explained by science. The genre originated in literature and moved on to

1780-820: Is a term associated with romance films mostly targeted to a female audience. Although many romance films may be targeted at women, it is not a defining characteristic of a romance film and a ' chick flick ' does not necessarily have a romance as a central theme, revolve around the romantic involvement of characters or even include a romantic relationship. As such, the terms cannot be used interchangeably. Films of this genre include Gilda , The Red Shoes , Sense and Sensibility , Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , Dirty Dancing , The Notebook , Dear John , A Walk to Remember , Thelma & Louise , Fifty Shades of Grey , Sleepless in Seattle , You've Got Mail and Romeo + Juliet . Also known as epic romance, this

1869-457: Is able to surmount most obstacles. Humour in such films tends to be of a verbal, low-key variety or situational, as opposed to slapstick. Films within this genre include City Lights , A Night at the Opera , It Happened One Night , His Girl Friday , My Wife's Goblin , The Philadelphia Story , Intolerable Cruelty , Roman Holiday , Good Morning, My Dear Wife , The Big Sick , Enough Said , Lost In Translation , To All

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1958-535: Is an American radio performer , publicly known as Cousin Brucie or Cousin Bruce Morrow . In an October 2020 interview, Morrow said he received the moniker "Cousin" while in the lobby of his midtown Manhattan WABC studio when an elderly woman once asked him "Cousin, lend me fifty cents to get home" to whom he did give that fifty cents. The name stuck for six decades. Morrow was born in Brooklyn, New York ,

2047-464: Is often employed to indicate the emotional mood, creating an atmosphere of greater insulation for the couple. The conclusion of a romantic drama typically does not indicate whether a final romantic union between the two main characters will occur. Some examples of romantic drama films and shows before 2000 are Man's Way with Women , Casablanca , María Candelaria , Pride & Prejudice , Appointment with Happiness , Wakeful Eyes , Among

2136-437: Is ready to fire Johnny, but Baby backs up his alibi, revealing she was with Johnny the night of the theft. The real thieves, Sydney and Sylvia Schumacher, are caught, but Johnny is still fired for mixing with Baby. Before leaving, Johnny tries to talk to Dr. Houseman but is accused of only trying to get at Baby. Baby later apologizes to her father for lying, but not for her romance with Johnny, and then accuses him of classism. At

2225-514: Is the Warmest Colour , Carol , Moonlight , and Call Me by Your Name . Romantic fantasies describe fantasy stories using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre. Some examples include The Lady Eve , Top Hat , The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) , Singin' in the Rain , Groundhog Day , Enchanted , Cinderella , Beauty and

2314-468: The 1959 Cuban Revolution . Swayze was paid $ 5 million to appear in a cameo role as a dance teacher. The film was a minor box office success but received mostly negative reviews from critics. 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

2403-643: The Academy Award for Best Original Song , the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song , and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . The film's popularity successfully launched its titular franchise , including a 1988 television series , multiple reality competition shows , a 2004 prequel titled Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights , a stage production which has had sellout performances in multiple countries,

2492-782: The Aldwych Theatre on October 23, 2006, with the highest pre-sell in London history, earning £6 million (US$ 12 million). As of March 2011, over 1 million people have seen the musical in London, selling out 6 months in advance. The original West End production closed in July 2011 after a five-year run, prior to a two-year national tour. The show returned to the West End at the Piccadilly Theatre and ran from July 13, 2013, to February 22, 2014, before resuming its tour of

2581-718: The National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in the radio division in 2001. In 2010, he received the Bravery In Radio Award from William Paterson University and its radio station WPSC 88.7 FM, for a track record of "inspirational radio programming and lifelong commitment to the medium of radio". Born in Brooklyn, part of geographical Long Island, he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2018. In 1994,

2670-802: The National Theatre in Washington, DC with dates scheduled in 31 cities. Previews started August 26 and the official opening night was on September 2. The original tour's cast included Jillian Mueller as Frances "Baby" Houseman, Samuel Pergande as Johnny Castle, Jenny Winton as Penny Johnson, Mark Elliot Wilson as Dr. Jake Houseman, Emily Rice as Lisa Houseman, Gary Lynch as Max Kellerman, Jesse Liebman as Neil Kellerman, Caralyn Kozlowski as Marjorie Houseman, Sam Edgerly as Robbie Gould, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman as Tito Suarez, Doug Carpenter as Billy Kostecki, Amanda Brantley as Vivian Pressman, Jon Drake as Moe Pressman, and Herman Petras as Mr. Schumacher. For

2759-696: The Rodgers and Hammerstein productions. Some examples include South Pacific , West Side Story and its 2021 remake , Grease , High School Musical , Across the Universe , Moulin Rouge! , the Mamma Mia! franchise, Sunshine on Leith , and La La Land . Romantic thriller is a genre of film which has a storyline combining elements of the romance film and the thriller genre . Some examples of romantic thriller films are Desire , To Catch

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2848-419: The romance super genre. Using this approach, films like Gone with the Wind (noted above) would be classified as a dramatic (type) historical/family (macro genres) romance (genre) rather than simply a historical romance; while The Notebook would be identified at dramatic (type) disease (macro genre) romance (genre) rather than simply a romantic drama. Similarly, musicals are categorized as one option for

2937-545: The "stand-in" method that had been used with Flashdance (1983). For the female lead of Frances "Baby" Houseman, Winona Ryder , Sarah Jessica Parker and Sharon Stone were considered. Bergstein chose the 26-year-old Jennifer Grey , daughter of the Oscar-winning actor and dancer Joel Grey ( Cabaret (1972)). Grey was paid $ 50,000 for her role. The producers then sought a male lead, initially considering 20-year-old Billy Zane , though initial screen tests when he

3026-508: The "third most popular song played at funerals" in the UK. In October 2021, amid a dispute over abortion in Texas , magazine The Hollywood Reporter recommended the film as one to revisit on abortion in the cinema industry. Angie Han, writing for the magazine, highlighted Eleanor Bergstein 's writing of the film. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: Rehearsals for

3115-561: The 1978 movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and had a guest appearance in the 1990s science fiction television series Babylon 5 [in " War Without End " (Part 2), playing the first officer of Babylon 4]. In Across the Universe, the radio station call letters he used were WEAF which were the call letters of 660 in New York before it became WNBC. He also played a television contest announcer in Between Time and Timbuktu ,

3204-531: 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 . The film's soundtrack started an oldies music revival, and demand for the album caught RCA Records by surprise. The Dirty Dancing album spent 18 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 album sales charts and went platinum 14 times, selling more than 32 million copies worldwide. It spawned

3293-473: The 20th anniversary in 2007, the film was re-released in theaters with additional footage, while the original film was reissued on DVD with deleted scenes , and included writer commentary. At the same time, Codemasters released Dirty Dancing: The Video Game . In the United Kingdom, the anniversary was marked by a reality TV show based on the film; titled Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life , which

3382-582: The Beast , Knowing , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , Midnight in Paris , Her , and The Shape of Water . Romantic musical (alternatively musical romance ) is a genre of film which features romantic relationships and whose story is partially explained through song and/or dance numbers. This genre originated on Broadway and moved to the silver screen thanks in part to the popularity of

3471-460: The Boys I've Loved Before , Four Weddings and a Funeral , Dave , Say Anything... , Moonstruck , In Summer We Must Love , As Good as It Gets , Something's Gotta Give , When Harry Met Sally... , Annie Hall , Manhattan , The Apartment and Pablo and Carolina . Romantic dramas usually revolve around an obstacle that prevents deep and true love between two people. Music

3560-554: The Catskills (as many of the Borscht Belt 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 Pembroke, Virginia , and with careful editing made it look like all shooting was done in the same area. Director Ardolino was adamant that they choose dancers, such as Swayze, who could also act, as he did not want to use

3649-606: The Ruins , The River of Love , Dearer than my Life , Love Story , Paris and Love , Featureless Men , Coming Home , Daughters of the Dust , Like Water for Chocolate , Sommersby , The Bridges of Madison County , The English Patient , Shakespeare in Love , An Officer and a Gentleman , Saptapadi and Cinema Paradiso . 21st century examples include Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , Sideways , Memoirs of

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3738-481: The Saturday night and Wednesday night programs there until the station's change to an adult hits format named Jack FM on June 3, 2005. Soon thereafter, he signed a multi-year deal to host oldies programming and a weekly talk program for Sirius Satellite Radio and for 15 years from 2005 to 2020, hosted programs for Sirius XM satellite radio on the '60s on 6 channel. Cousin Brucie's Saturday Night Party – Live

3827-573: The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Another West End revival played at the Dominion Theatre from February 2 to April 16, 2022, then again between January 21 to April 29, 2023. A New York production was in the planning stage in 2006, 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

3916-585: The Wednesday evening shift, when he hosted The Top 15 Yesterday and Today Countdown . In 1991, the Wednesday show became The Yearbook , emphasizing music from the years between 1955 and 1979. When the radio program Cruisin' America ended in December 1992, Morrow continued hosting a WCBS radio program named Cruising with the Cuz Monday evenings until the end of 1993. After that program ended, he hosted

4005-798: The autumn leaves green. The weather became cold, causing the lake's temperatures to drop to near 40 °F (4 °C) for the famous swimming scene, which was filmed in October. 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". Relations between the two main stars varied throughout production. They had already had trouble getting along in their previous project, Red Dawn (1984), and worked things out enough to have an extremely positive screen test, but that initial cooperation soon faded, and they were soon "facing off" before every scene. To address this, producer Bergstein and director Ardolino forced

4094-605: The beach games, the Houseman family's cabins, the water lift scene and Penny crying in the kitchen. Filming started for Dirty Dancing on September 5, 1986, and lasted just 43 days. The production had to battle bad weather, including outside temperatures of 105 °F (41 °C). With the camera and lighting equipment needed for filming, the temperature inside could be as high as 120 °F (49 °C). According to choreographer Kenny Ortega, 10 people passed out within 25 minutes of shooting one day. Paula Trueman collapsed and

4183-575: 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 gave the script to other studios but was repeatedly rejected until she brought it to Vestron Pictures . While honing their pitch to Vestron, Gottlieb had agreed to cut

4272-406: The dancing, and some 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

4361-400: The end of the meeting, Peisinger had greenlit the project 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. For choreographer, Bergstein chose Kenny Ortega , who had been trained by Gene Kelly . For a location, they did not find anything suitable in

4450-422: The end-of-season talent show, Dr. Houseman gives Robbie a recommendation letter for medical school, but when Robbie admits that he got Penny pregnant, and then insults her and Baby, Dr. Houseman angrily grabs the letter back. Johnny arrives and disrupts the final song by bringing Baby up on stage and declaring that she has made him a better person, and then they perform the dance they practiced all summer, ending with

4539-408: 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", calling it a "tired and relentlessly predictable story of love between kids from different backgrounds." Time magazine was lukewarm, saying, "If the ending of Eleanor Bergstein's script is too neat and inspirational, the rough energy of

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4628-442: The film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. The New York Times described the film as "a metaphor for America in the summer of 1963— orderly, prosperous, bursting with good intentions, a sort of Yiddish-inflected Camelot." Other reviews were more mixed: Gene Siskel gave

4717-469: 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 initially aimed for a July premiere before setting the premiere on August 16, 1987. The Vestron executives had planned to release the film in theaters for a weekend, and then home video, since Vestron had been in

4806-506: The film highly. Many filmgoers, after seeing the film once, went back into the theater to watch it a second time. Word-of-mouth promotion took the film to the number one position in the United States, and in 10 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 in the US and boosted attendance in dance classes across America. It

4895-689: The film's score composed by John Morris and dance choreography by Kenny Ortega . Dirty Dancing premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 12, 1987 and was released on August 21 in the United States, earning over $ 214 million worldwide—$ 64 million in the US and Canada and $ 150 million in other territories. It earned positive reviews from critics, who particularly praised the performances of Grey and Swayze, and its soundtrack , created by Jimmy Ienner , generated two multi- platinum albums and multiple singles. " (I've Had) The Time of My Life ", performed by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes , won

4984-531: The film's song and dance does carry one along, past the whispered doubts of better judgment." In a retrospective review, Jezebel ' s Irin Carmon called the film "the greatest movie of all time" as "a great, brave movie for women" with "some subtle, retrospectively sharp-eyed critiques of class and gender." Abortion rights advocates have called the film the "gold standard" for cinematic portrayals of abortion, which author Yannis Tzioumakis described as offering

5073-430: The film's writer, also attempted to cast her friend, sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer , to play Mrs. Schumacher (and Joel Grey as Dr. Ruth's husband). However, Westheimer backed out when she learned the role involved her playing a thief. The role went instead to 89-year-old Paula Trueman . Another role went to Bergstein's friend, New York radio personality "Cousin Brucie" Morrow . She initially wanted him to portray

5162-780: 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 Houseman), Britta Lazenga (Penny Johnson), and Al Sapienza (Jake Houseman). After Toronto, the musical opened in Chicago in previews on September 28, 2008, and officially on October 19, 2008, running through January 17, 2009, followed by Boston (February 7 – March 15, 2009) and Los Angeles. An official American tour began in September 2014 at

5251-405: The interior dancing scenes, Baby carrying the watermelon and practicing on the signature stairs, Johnny's cabin, the staff cabins and the famous "log" scenes. The final dance scene was filmed at the camp gymnasium, which no longer stands. The golf scene where Baby asks her father for $ 250 was filmed at Rumbling Bald Golf Course. Scenes filmed at Mountain Lake included dining scenes, Kellerman's Hotel,

5340-469: The meantime. Baby learns Johnny's dance partner Penny is pregnant by Robbie, a waiter and womanizer who attends the Yale School of Medicine and now has his eye on Lisa. When Robbie refuses to help Penny, Baby borrows money from her father, without explaining why, to pay for Penny's abortion. At first, Penny declines as it would cause her and Johnny to miss a performance at a nearby resort, costing them

5429-405: The most delicate and honest moments in the film." Grey has stated that the final climactic lift was never rehearsed and only ever done on the day the scene was shot. 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 the film was going to be a flop. In May 1987, the film

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5518-551: The movie. The wood floor from the final dance scene was salvaged and used in Esmeralda Inn and Restaurant. The film is screened annually for incoming first-years at Mount Holyoke College , specifically for the line "Baby's starting Mount Holyoke in the fall." In 1988, a music tour, Dirty Dancing: Live in Concert , featuring Bill Medley and Eric Carmen , played 90 cities in three months. In October 1988, CBS launched

5607-489: The name at that time of Carole Bishop, and had been a professional dancer.) Principal photography for Dirty Dancing took place in Lake Lure, North Carolina , and Mountain Lake, Virginia . Scenes in Lake Lure were filmed at a former Boy Scout Camp called Camp Chimney Rock, which is now a private, residential community known as Firefly Cove where only the stone steps where Baby practiced still exist. These scenes included

5696-1242: The next year for the major station WABC (AM 770), another Top 40 station. Morrow worked for WABC for 13 years and 4,014 broadcasts until August 1974, when he transferred to rival radio station WNBC replacing Wolfman Jack who quit to tour with The Guess Who . After three years there, he quit performance to team with entrepreneur Robert F.X. Sillerman to become the owner of the Sillerman Morrow group of radio stations, which included WALL and WKGL, now WRRV , both in Middletown, New York; WJJB, later WCZX , in Poughkeepsie, New York; WHMP in Northampton, Massachusetts; WOCB in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; WRAN (now dark) New Jersey 1510 in Randolph, New Jersey and television station WATL Atlanta. The group later purchased WPLR in New Haven, Connecticut. During 1982, Morrow resumed working as

5785-442: The proposed budget in half. Bergstein and Gottlieb then chose Emile Ardolino as the film's director; Ardolino had never directed a feature film, but was extremely passionate about the project after reading the script while he was on jury duty. The team of Gottlieb, Bergstein, and Ardolino then presented their vision for the film to Vestron's president, Jon Peisinger, and the company's vice president for production, Mitchell Cannold. By

5874-664: The rate of over 40,000 per month. As of 2005, it was selling a million DVDs per year, with over ten million copies sold as of 2007. 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 . The film's popularity has also caused it to be called "the Star Wars for girls." The film's music has also had considerable impact. The closing song, " (I've Had) The Time of My Life ", has been listed as

5963-414: The role of Mrs. Houseman, and the film's assistant choreographer Miranda Garrison took on the role of Vivian. (When Baby is dancing in the final scene, the line that her mother says to Jerry Orbach, "She gets that from me ..." is a wink to the fact that Kelly Bishop was in the original cast of A Chorus Line winning a 1976 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance, using

6052-583: 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, the production was a commercial success, selling over 200,000 tickets during its six-month run. It has also had sellout runs in Germany and in London's West End , where it opened at

6141-589: The screen in the early 2000s, following the success of the Twilight Saga adaptations from Stephenie Meyer 's books. By 2007–08, film studios were producing various paranormal romance films, many adapted from novels. Examples of paranormal romance films include The Exterminating Angel , The Twilight Saga , Warm Bodies , Vampire Academy , I Am Dragon , and The Shape of Water . Romantic comedies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love

6230-1054: The season's salary, but Baby volunteers to stand in for Penny. During her dance sessions with Johnny, they develop a mutual attraction, and despite their failure to execute a climactic lift, Johnny and Baby's performance is successful. Back at Kellerman's, Penny is badly injured by the botched abortion, and Baby enlists her father's help to stabilize Penny. Angered by Baby's deception, and assuming Johnny got Penny pregnant, Dr. Houseman commands Baby to stay away from them. Baby sneaks off to apologize to Johnny for her father's treatment, but Johnny feels he deserves it due to his lower status; Baby reassures him of his worth, declaring her love. They begin secretly seeing each other, and her father refuses to talk to her. Johnny rejects an indecent proposal by Vivian Pressman, an adulterous wife, who instead sleeps with Robbie, inadvertently foiling Lisa's plan to lose her virginity to him. When Vivian spots Baby leaving Johnny's cabin, she feels spurned and attempts revenge on Johnny by claiming he stole her husband's wallet. Max

6319-491: The social director, but then later asked him to play the part of the magician. Morrow himself could be heard at different parts of the movie as a New York area DJ (at the time of the film's setting he was working at WABC , a top 40 station), and served as period music consultant. The role of the social director went to the then-unknown Wayne Knight (later of Seinfeld and 3rd Rock from the Sun fame). The part of Baby's mother

6408-584: The son of Mina and Abe Meyerowitz. Morrow, who is Jewish , was raised in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood, where he attended elementary school at P.S. 206. While attending James Madison High School , he was involved with the All City Radio Workshop at Brooklyn Technical High School . Wanting to pursue a radio career, he spent 10 hours a week working for dramatic educational productions at radio station WNYE-FM. Morrow enrolled as

6497-482: 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 film Grandview, U.S.A. (1984). John Morris composed the film's score. The lyrics for the Kellermans' song that closes the talent show were written specifically for the film and were sung to

6586-428: 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. Some of the scenes in the film are improvised. For example, 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. Grey

6675-482: The time and co-starred with her in Ferris Bueller's Day Off ) have cameos. Dirty Dancing is based in large part on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein 's own childhood: she is the younger daughter of a Jewish doctor from New York and had spent summers with her family in the Catskills where she participated in "Dirty Dancing" competitions; she was also nicknamed "Baby" herself as a girl. In 1980, Bergstein wrote

6764-433: The tune of " Annie Lisle ", a commonly used theme for school alma maters. 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 they listened to had " The Time of My Life ", which they saw as the obvious choice. Ienner then insisted that Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes record it. The song won

6853-738: The two leads finally overcome their difficulties, declare their love, and experience their "happily ever after", often implied by a reunion and final kiss. In romantic television series, the development of such romantic relationships may play out over many episodes or different characters may become intertwined in different romantic arcs. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identifies Romance Films as one of eleven super-genres in his screenwriters' taxonomy , claiming that all feature length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action , crime , fantasy , horror , science fiction , comedy , sports , thriller , war and western . ' Chick flick '

6942-421: The video distribution business before film production. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 72% based on reviews from 74 critics and a rating average of 6.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Like its winsome characters, Dirty Dancing uses impressive choreography and the power of song to surmount a series of formidable obstacles." Metacritic , another review aggregator, assigned

7031-413: The waiters, all Ivy League students, to romance the guests' daughters, no matter how unattractive. Max also demeans the working-class entertainment staff, including Johnny Castle, one of the dance instructors. Baby is attracted to Johnny and dances briefly with him after his kindhearted cousin, Billy, introduces them at a secret "dirty dancing" party for resort staff. Max's grandson Neil flirts with Baby in

7120-470: Was broadcast Saturday nights, while Cruisin' with Cousin Brucie was broadcast on Wednesday nights. On Sunday nights, Best of Brucie , a compilation culled from his SiriusXM broadcasts, aired. His crew included at various points former senior producers Adam Saltzman, Lauren Hornek, Emilio Medugno and producer Colton Murray. On his Wednesday, July 29, 2020, program, he announced he was leaving SiriusXM following that Saturday's broadcast, characterizing it as not

7209-472: Was described as featuring music from the 1950s and 1960s and "a good touch" of the 1970s. Morrow's voice can be heard in the movies Across the Universe , Gas Pump Girls , and Dirty Dancing ; he also had a minor part in the latter, playing a magician who saws Baby ( Jennifer Grey ) in half, and served as period music consultant. He can be seen making on stage introductory remarks for the 1966 documentary The Beatles at Shea Stadium . He also appeared in

7298-432: Was exhausted at the time and found the move ticklish, and could not stop giggling each time Swayze tried it, and he became annoyed. The footage was found in the editing room and the producers decided 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 movie, turning out, as choreographer Kenny Ortega put it, "as one of

7387-497: Was filmed at the Mountain Lake resort. Romance film Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight , young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, spiritual love , forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love . Romantic films serve as great escapes and fantasies for viewers, especially if

7476-533: Was founded by Morrow's close friend, the late singer-songwriter, Harry Chapin ). In December 1974, the divorced Morrow married Jodie Berlin, at the time the corporate manager of executive development and internal placements for the department-store chain Alexander's . Morrow has three adult children and two grandchildren. Morrow was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1988, and

7565-491: Was one of the highest-grossing films of 1987, earning $ 170 million worldwide. The film's popularity continued to grow after its initial release. It was the number one video rental of 1988 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 , and videos were still selling at

7654-399: 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 resort guest Vivian Pressman. Bishop moved into

7743-531: Was partnered with Grey did not meet expectations. Val Kilmer and Benicio del Toro were also considered for Johnny. The next choice was 34-year-old Patrick Swayze , who appeared in Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) and had co-starred with Grey on Red Dawn (1984). He was a seasoned dancer, with experience from the Joffrey Ballet . The producers were thrilled with him, but his resume read "No dancing" after

7832-475: 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." Further disputes arose over 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

7921-403: 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 the log during the "balancing" scene and injured his knee so badly he had to have fluid drained from the swelling. Delays in the shooting schedule pushed filming into the autumn, which required the set decorators to spray-paint

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