Dirty Dancing (Ultimate Edition)
starring: Kelly Bishop, Jane Brucker, Thomas Cannold, Max Cantor, Charles 'Honi' Coles
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.Release Date: 04/03/2008Run time: 108 minutesRating: Pg13
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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 inthe movie doesn't seem particularly "dirty" by today's standards--or 1987's--itdoes take place in an era (the early '60s) when it would have. Frances "Baby"Houseman (Jennifer Grey, daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has beenvacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. Onesummer, 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 basicdecency in greaser Johnny that she can. It should come as no surprise to findthat 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 TVseries, and a stage musical. It may be predictable, but Grey and Swayze havechemistry, charisma, and all the right moves. It's a sometimes silly movie withoccasionally mind-boggling dialogue--"No one puts Baby in a corner!"--thatnonetheless carries an underlying message about tolerance and is filled with thekind of exuberant spirit that's hard for even the most cynical to resist. Notthat they'd ever admit it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.Release Date: 04/03/2008Run time: 108 minutesRating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
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 inthe movie doesn't seem particularly "dirty" by today's standards--or 1987's--itdoes take place in an era (the early '60s) when it would have. Frances "Baby"Houseman (Jennifer Grey, daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has beenvacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. Onesummer, 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 basicdecency in greaser Johnny that she can. It should come as no surprise to findthat 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 TVseries, and a stage musical. It may be predictable, but Grey and Swayze havechemistry, charisma, and all the right moves. It's a sometimes silly movie withoccasionally mind-boggling dialogue--"No one puts Baby in a corner!"--thatnonetheless carries an underlying message about tolerance and is filled with thekind of exuberant spirit that's hard for even the most cynical to resist. Notthat they'd ever admit it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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This movie was made in 1987...I was born in 1986... and it is hands down one of my very favourite movies. It's even greater to update it for us, the "microwave generation" and I like that I have it on hand whenever I want to watch it.
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- Very bad Blu Ray transfer
I like the movie. But this recording is terrible.
It is NOT 1080p, and the sound is mostly mono.
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What's not to love?I'm so glad to have one of my favorite movies in DVD.The anniversry edition is just a bonus.
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- Not quite a camp classic, not quite a musical, but close enough
When this movie came out it spawned a hype unlike anything I'd seen before or since.Full of notable quotables ("No one puts Baby in a corner"), having not one but two successful soundtracks (one even featuring the one and only published vocal talents of Patrick Swayze the star of the movie!), and a semi camp classic that the famous 80s movies would go down in history for.Looking back brings so many memories, and so much silliness.
Jennifer Grey plays Baby, a nice Jewish girl who ... Read More
- Love this DVDI love this DVD. If you love the movie Dirty Dancing you will love this
- Even I love this movie...This movie was made in 1987...I was born in 1986... and it is hands down one of my very favourite movies. It's even greater to update it for us, the "microwave generation" and I like that I have it on hand whenever I want to watch it.
- Very bad Blu Ray transferI like the movie. But this recording is terrible.
It is NOT 1080p, and the sound is mostly mono.
- Wow!What's not to love?I'm so glad to have one of my favorite movies in DVD.The anniversry edition is just a bonus.
- Not quite a camp classic, not quite a musical, but close enoughWhen this movie came out it spawned a hype unlike anything I'd seen before or since.Full of notable quotables ("No one puts Baby in a corner"), having not one but two successful soundtracks (one even featuring the one and only published vocal talents of Patrick Swayze the star of the movie!), and a semi camp classic that the famous 80s movies would go down in history for.Looking back brings so many memories, and so much silliness.
Jennifer Grey plays Baby, a nice Jewish girl who ... Read More
