Dirty Dancing is a 1987 romance film produced by Eleanor Bergstein. Choreographer, Kenny Ortega choreagraphed all the dance scenes throughout the movie. The movie stars Patrick Swayze as Johnny Castle and Jennifer Grey as Frances 'Baby' Houseman. Baby and her family spend the summer at Kellerman's resort in the Catskills mountains where she meets Johnny Castle, who is the resorts dance instructor. Everyone considers him a "bad guy"because he has taken the blame for some things that he did not do and he has been blamed for stealing which he didn't do. Baby's family does not want her to get involved with him because of these things, but she doesn't listen.
In 2004, a prequel to Dirty Dancing was released. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights starred Sela Ward, Romola Garai, and Diego Luna. Patrick Swayze made a cameo appearance as a dance instructor in the movie.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338096/
Plot
Frances Houseman, ('Baby'), spends the summer in an upscale holiday camp with her well to do family. Baby befriends the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castlefalls who gives Baby a crash coarse in dancing in order to fill in for his partner. The two get closer and closer and end up falling in love, even though her family does not approve of the relationship for several different reasons.
Triva
- The song "She's Like The Wind" was co-written and sung by Patrick Swayze.
- Jennifer Grey was 27 at the time of her audition, she was given five minutes to prove she could play the character of Baby, who was ten years younger then her.
- Val Kilmer was offered the head role but declined.
Cast
- Patrick Swayze
- Jennifer Grey
- Jerry Orbach
- Cynthia Rhodes
- Kelly Bishop
- Neal Jones
- Jane Brucker