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Dirty Dancing [Collector's Edition]

Actor(s): Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
Director(s): Emile Ardolino
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Suitable for Teens
Movie Release: 1987
DVD Release: 10/19/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Special Collection
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
Studio: Live/Artisan
Members Wishing: 29
Genres: Musical, Romance, Romantic Drama, Musical Drama, Coming-of-Age, Dance Film
See Also: Dirty Dancing, Dirty Dancing [Collector's Edition], Dirty Dancing: The Ultimate Edition, Dirty Dancing [20th Anniversary Edition], Dirty Dancing [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a 17-year-old spending the summer with her family at a resort hotel in the Catskills; she plans on being in the Peace Corps next summer, so this is expected to be her last summer as a carefree adolescent. Baby doesn't get along with her older sister, Lisa (Jane Brucker), and she's bored to tears by most of the older guests at the resort. However, one night Baby hears what sounds like a party going on in the employee's dormitory, and she pokes her head in to discover most of the hotel staff enjoying the sort of close dancing that would get you kicked out of the senior prom in no time flat. Baby is particularly struck by handsome Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a dancer in the resort's floor show, and falls head over heels in love, wanting to be near him. When Johnny's dance partner, Penny (Cynthia Rhodes), finds herself pregnant after a fling with one of the waiters, Baby volunteers to learn her steps and take her place; however, Baby's father, Dr. Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), will have none of it, convinced that Johnny is a low life and that his daughter is too young to understand her own feelings. Dirty Dancing was a surprise box-office hit, and the soundtrack album was an even bigger success, spawning several hit singles and inspiring a top-drawing concert tour featuring several of its artists. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Patrick Swayze - Johnny Castle
Jennifer Grey - Frances "Baby" Houseman
Jerry Orbach - Dr. Jake Houseman
Cynthia Rhodes - Penny Johnson
Jack Weston - Max Kellerman

Editorial Review of DVD

Emile Ardolino's Dirty Dancing gets the deluxe treatment in this DVD release from Artisan. The disc offers a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles on this release. Supplemental materials include commentary by the screenwriter, production notes, a "making of" featurette, a theatrical trailer, clips of the music tour "Dirty Dancing Live in Concert," and music videos for the hit songs "Hungry Eyes," "She's Like the Wind," and "The Time of My Life." This is the definitive version of this audience favorite. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Kathleen F. from FORT PIERCE, FL wrote on 9/18/2009...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is a classic movie with a coming-of-age story and great music and dancing. Viewers have loved it for decades, and I have nothing to add or subtract from that.
The DVD itself is disappointing in it's special features. I have been spoiled by modern interviews with casts and behind the scenes documentaries that explain the movie making experience of the cast and crew. The music videos in this one were excellent, but the other features were pretty lame.
Nonetheless, the movie itself is excellent and well worth watching again and again. If you and your honey end up dancing in the family room, so much the better.