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Dirty Dancing
First dance. First love. The time of your life.
( Drama / Music / Romance )


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MPAA Rating:
PG-13

US Runtime: 100 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Aug 21, 1987   [USA]
 
Director: Emile Ardolino   [Director]
 
Writer: Eleanor Bergstein   [Writer]
 
Producers: Doro Bachrach   [Associate Producer]
Eleanor Bergstein   [Co-Producer]
Mitchell Cannold   [Executive Producer]
Linda Gottlieb   [Producer]
Steven Reuther   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Jeffrey Jur   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Peter C. Frank   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Morris   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: David Chapman   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Hilary Rosenfeld   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Bonnie Timmermann   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Great American Films Limited Partnership
Vestron Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.

Cast:

Jennifer Grey
Frances "Baby" Houseman
Patrick Swayze
Johnny Castle
Cynthia Rhodes
Penny Johnson
Neal Jones
Billy Kostecki
Jerry Orbach
Dr. Jake Houseman
Kelly Bishop
Marjorie Houseman
Jane Brucker
Lisa Houseman
Max Cantor
Robbie Gould
Jack Weston
Max Kellerman
Lonny Price
Neil Kellerman
Wayne Knight
Stan
Charles "Honi" Coles
Tito Suarez
"Cousin Brucie" Morrow
Magician
Paula Trueman
Mrs. Sylvia Schumacher
Alvin Myerovich
Mr. Sidney Schumacher
Miranda Garrison
Vivian Pressman
Garry Goodrow
Moe Pressman
 
Antone Pagan
Staff Kid
Thomas Cannold
Bus Boy
Lincoln Michael Llano
Dirty Dancer
Jesus Fuentes
Dirty Dancer
Heather Lea Gerdes
Dirty Dancer
Karen Getz
Dirty Dancer
Andrew Charles Koch
Dirty Dancer
D.A. Pauley
Dirty Dancer
Dorian Sanchez
Dirty Dancer
Jennifer Stahl
Dirty Dancer
Jonathan Barnes
Tito's Band
Dwyght Bryan
Tito's Band
Tom Drake
Tito's Band
John Gotz
Tito's Band
Dwayne Malphus
Tito's Band
Clifford Watkins
Tito's Band
Cole Russing
Party Attendant (Uncredited)
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Stamati Arakas
Boy in Crowd (uncredited)
Emile Ardolino
Cameo (uncredited)
Darren W. Conrad
Dirty Dancer (uncredited)
Karen Kaster
Dancer (uncredited)
 
Maxine McClanahan
Dirty Dancer (uncredited)
Jonathan Reed
Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
Lori Janney
Young Woman Walking Lake (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Denise Amirante
Stunts
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
 
Norman Douglass
Stunts
Jim Lovelett
Stunt Coordinator
 
 

Sound Crew:


Douglas Axtell
Sound Recordist
Douglas Axtell
Boom Operator
George Baetz
Sound Recordist
Dale Bartlett
Assistant Sound Editor
Michael DiCosimo
Dolby Consultant
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bob Olari
Sound Recordist
John Pritchett
Sound Mixer
 
Mark Rathaus
Sound Editor
Roger Rhodes
Score Engineer
Dan Sable
Supervising Sound Editor
Lynn Sable
Assistant Sound Editor
Sacha Semeria
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ann Stein
ADR Editor
Mel Zelniker
ADR Mixer
 

Art Department:


David H. Allen
Property Master
Kevin Lee Allen
Assistant Art Director
Tommy Allen
Assistant Art Director
Dawn Baillie
Art Designer
Bill Ballou
Construction Coordinator
Aryn Chapman
Art Department Production Assistant
Ken Chocolate
Set Dresser
 
Jennifer Gilbert
Set Dresser
Clay A. Griffith
Set Decoration
Scott Mednick
Art Designer
Wayne Shepherd
Set Dresser
Jerry Whittington
Location Scout
Chris F. Woods
Title Designer
 

Directing Crew:


Herb Gains
First Assistant Director
Chris Northup
Assistant Director
 
Nathalie Vadim
Second Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Tom Barrett
Grip
Michael F. Barrow
Gaffer
Robert L. Blatman
First Assistant Camera
Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
Edward Cohen
Electrician
Adger W. Cowans
Still Photographer
Donne Daniels
Key Grip
Ric Delgado
Electrician
Peter van Eynde
Dolly Grip
Bill Flick
Grip
Neil Holcomb
Grip
 
David Knox
Steadicam Operator
Gábor Kövér
Steadycam
Kelly Elder McGowen
Second Assistant Camera
John Merriman
Best Boy Electric
Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
Curtis Pepper
Electrician
Robert Spencer
Electrician
Greg White-Wiegand
Generator Operator
Quintin Woo
Electrician
Scott Zigler
Electrician
 

Casting Department:


Jeff Block
Casting Assistant
David Cady
Casting Assistant
Isabelle Kramer
Extras Casting
 
Sabrina Padwa
Extras Casting
Greg Smith
Additional Casting
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Mark Burchard
Wardrobe Assistant
Lisa Grace Erndt
Wardrobe Assistant
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Wardrobe Assistant
 
Michael Nations
Costumer
Claudia Stephens
Wardrobe Assistant
 

Other Crew:


Steven Baker
Catering
Bundy Chanock
Set Medic
Miranda Garrison
Choreographer
Melania Kang
Catering
 
Al Knight
Other
Eric Milchen
Craft Service
Kenny Ortega
Choreographer
 

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