DIRTY DANCING

Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romance 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 coming of age through a relationship with a dance instructor whom she encounters 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 had 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 reboot, 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. On August 8, 2011, a Dirty Dancing remake was announced with Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original film, as the director.[3] However, on June 8, 2012, Lionsgate announced they are postponing the reboot. Citing casting reasons, the remake is off the studio’s schedule until 2014 at the earliest, it was scheduled to be released in July 2013 In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old New Yorker Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey) is vacationing with her affluent family at Kellerman's,[5] a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Baby 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, Dr. Jake Houseman (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 (Swayze), leader of the working-class entertainment staff. Baby, whilst exploring the resort, walks into the staff quaters and meets Johnnys cousing. She, while carrying a watermelon, is invited to one of their secret after-hours 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, Baby discovers that Johnny's dance partner Penny Johnson (Rhodes) is pregnant by Robbie Gould (Max Cantor), the womanizing waiter who dates (and cheats 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 an important performance at the Sheldrake, a nearby resort where Johnny and Penny perform annually. The upcoming show requires Johnny to train Baby to 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 misinterpreting an answer to a question during the abortion, he thinks that the pregnancy was caused by Johnny, after he saves Penny's life, and Jake 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 with some intimate dancing. An iconic scene from the dancing finale[6][7] 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. Johnny is eventually cleared of the theft charge; but because Baby inadvertently revealed her spending the night with Johnny in the presence of Max, he is still fired for having an affair with a guest, which was a violation of hotel staff policy. 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."[8] At the final talent show of the season, Jake gives Robbie a cheque towards the costs of medical school. Robbie then willingly confesses to getting Penny pregnant and then insults her in the process, therefore leading Jake to angrily snatch the letter back. Also, to everyone's surprise 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 the now-famous line, "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 about how "Frances" has made him a better man, 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 Baby doing the lift successfully for the first time. This leads Jake to apologize to Johnny and admits that he was wrong about Johnny getting Penny pregnant, and praise Baby for her dancing. The film ends as the dance sequence continues and the room is transformed into a nightclub where everyone (staff and guests) dances together.

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