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Dirty Dancing (Ultimate Edition DVD) (1987) w Soundtrack CD Starring: Patrick Swayze Jennifer Grey Jerry Orbach Cynthia Rhodes Jack Weston Plot Synopsis: Baby is becoming a young woman in the summer where she meets Johnny Castle who teaches dance at a family Summer Camp and in his off hours Dirty Dances with the other dancers. She learns a routine so that one of the women can recover from an abortion and becomes Johnny s lover. As the summer winds down Each must come to grips with responsibility and love and others expectations. Review: As with Grease (1978) and Footloose (1984) before it Dirty Dancing was a cultural phenomenon that now plays more like camp. That very campiness though is part of its biggest charm. And if the dancing in the movie doesn t seem particularly "dirty" by today s standards--or 1987 s--it does take place in an era (the early 60s) when it would have. Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has been vacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. One summer she falls under the sway (as it were) of dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze). Baby is a pampered pup but Johnny is a man of the world. Baby s father Jake (Law and Order s Jerry Orbach) can t see the basic decency in greaser Johnny that she can. It should come as no surprise to find that Baby who can be as immature as her name learns more about love and life--and dancing--from free-spirited Johnny than traditionalist Jake. Dirty Dancing spawned two successful soundtracks a short-lived TV series and a stage musical. It may be predictable but Grey and Swayze have chemistry charisma and all the right moves. It s a sometimes silly movie with occasionally mind-boggling dialogue--"No one puts Baby in a corner!"--that nonetheless carries an underlying message about tolerance and is filled with the kind of exuberant spirit that s hard for even the most cynical to resist. Not that they d ever admit it. DVD Details: Actors: Jennifer Grey Patrick Swayze Jerry Orbach Cynthia Rhodes Jack Weston See more Directors: Emile Ardolino Format: Anamorphic Closed-captioned Color Dolby DTS Surround Sound Widescreen NTSC Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number of discs: 2 Studio: Live Artisan DVD Release Date: December 9 2003 Run Time: 105 minutes
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