Dirty Dancing
First dance. First love. The time of your life.
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Country
Budget
$6 000 000
Box office
$213 446 382
Director
Actors
Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker, Kelly Bishop, Lonny Price, Max Cantor, Charles 'Honi' Coles
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Linda Gottlieb, Mitchell Cannold, Steven Reuther
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
David Chapman, Tommy Allen, Kevin Lee Allen
Audition
Bonnie Timmermann, Greg Smith
Editing
Peter C. Frank, Girish Bhargava, Eileen Eichenstein
Whole Team (142)
Whole Team (142)
Short description
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer—and unexpectedly falling in love.
What's left behind the scenes
- The scene where Johnny and Baby crawl across the floor towards each other was not planned for the film. The actors were simply fooling around and warming up before filming the dance number, but the director liked the footage so much that he decided to leave it in the film.
- The film was shot in the summer, but the rally scene was filmed in October. Since the leaves on the trees had already changed color, the film crew had to paint the leaves in the background, and if you look closely, you can notice a few missed spots.
- Throughout the film, Johnny and Baby consistently wear very contrasting colors: she in light tones, and he in very dark ones.
- The actors playing the main roles in the film – seventeen-year-old Baby and the 'youthful' Johnny – were actually 27 and 35 years old.
- The dance that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey performed in the love scene was actually their dance from the audition and wasn't really intended to be included in the film.
- The film quote “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” ranked ninety-eighth in the American Film Institute’s ranking of famous movie quotes (out of one hundred).
- When Baby says in the film that her real name is Frances 'in honor of the first woman in the cabinet,' she is referring to Frances Perkins, who served in the U.S. Cabinet as Secretary of Labor.
- During rehearsals, the two dance teams were kept separate so they wouldn't see each other's practice sessions, which was necessary to foster a spirit of competition among the dancers.
- Patrick Swayze performed all the stunts himself. During the filming of the log scene, he fell repeatedly and injured his leg, causing it to swell.
- The relationship between the two leads was uneven. They had already experienced difficulties working together on John Milius's war drama *Red Dawn* (1984), but they pulled themselves together and passed the screen test. However, things soon returned to normal, and arguments began before filming each scene. The filmmakers feared that the actors would not be able to convincingly portray the romantic scenes, so producer and screenwriter Elinor Bergstein and director Emile Ardolino forced Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey to rewatch footage from the screen test. This helped and had the desired effect.
- Rehearsals repeatedly turned into disco parties involving almost the entire cast—even those who couldn't dance, such as Jack Weston. The dancing and drinking went on almost without interruption, and soon the actors and actresses began to identify with their characters. Elinor Bergstein took advantage of this and instructed the actors to improvise, but forbade any physical contact.
- The religious beliefs of the film's characters are never mentioned, but it is assumed that Jennifer Grey's character's family is Jewish.
- When Baby says in the film that her real name is Frances “in honor of the first woman in the cabinet,” she is referring to Frances Perkins, who served in the US Cabinet as Secretary of Labor.
- The weather during filming was unkind to the filmmakers – there were torrential rains and periods of unbearable heat (up to 41 degrees Celsius outdoors). Considering the presence of cameras and lighting equipment nearby, the temperature inside reached 49 degrees Celsius. According to choreographer Kenny Ortega, during one filming session, 10 people fainted from the heat over 25 minutes. Pola Truman, who played an older role, fell ill and had to be taken to the hospital. Shortly after, the temperature dropped to 4 degrees Celsius outside, which is when they filmed the famous bathing scene. Crew members were in coats, gloves, and warm shoes, while Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey had to undress and dive into the icy water.
- The dance that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey performed in the love scene was actually their screen test dance and was not originally intended to be included in the film.
- Patrick Swayze performed all of his own stunts. While filming the log scene, he fell repeatedly and injured his leg to the point that it swelled up.
- The relationship between the two lead actors was strained. They had already experienced difficulties with each other while working on John Milius's war drama 'Red Dawn' (1984), but they pulled themselves together and passed the screen test. Soon, however, things returned to normal, and arguments broke out before the filming of every scene. The filmmakers feared that the actors would not be able to play the love scenes convincingly, so producer and screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein and director Emile Ardolino forced Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey to review the screen test footage. This helped and achieved the desired effect.
- Rehearsals frequently turned into disco parties involving almost the entire cast—even those who couldn't dance, such as Jack Weston. The dancing and drinking continued almost without interruption, and before long, the actors and actresses began to identify with their characters. Eleanor Bergstein took advantage of this and told the cast to improvise, although she forbade any physical contact.
- The weather did not favor the filmmakers during production—there were torrential rains and periods of unbearable heat (up to 41 degrees Celsius outdoors). Given the proximity of cameras and lighting equipment, temperatures indoors reached up to 49 degrees Celsius. According to choreographer Kenny Ortega, ten people fainted from the heat within a span of just 25 minutes during one shoot. The elderly Polly Truman fell ill and had to be taken to the hospital. Shortly thereafter, the outdoor temperature dropped to 4 degrees Celsius, which is when the famous bathing scene was actually filmed. The crew members were in coats, gloves, and warm boots, while Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey had to strip down and dive into the icy water.
- The religious beliefs of the film's characters are never mentioned, but it is implied that the family of Jennifer Grey's character is Jewish.
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