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Mood:
- Feel GoodSentimentalSincereTouchingSexyCaptivating
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Plot:
- Dancer's LifeUnlikely CoupleComing of AgeContests and CompetitionsFall in LoveTeenage LoveAmbitionArtists and Showbiz more...
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Genres:
- DramaMusicRomanceMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Place:
- Resort
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Audience:
- Date NightGirls' NightTeens
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Praise:
- Award WinnerModern ClassicOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Score:
- Pop
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Dirty Dancing, 1987
English
USA
Profile of Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing can be described as feel good, sexy, and sentimental. The plot revolves around dancers, teenage love, and an unlikely couple. The main genres are drama, romance, and music-oriented. In terms of style, Dirty Dancing is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, at a resort. Dirty Dancing takes place in the 1960s. The soundtrack is pop. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic and an Oscar winner. Dirty Dancing is well suited for a girls' night, a date night, and teens.
Summary of Dirty Dancing
It's summer, 1963. Baby, 17 years old and all idealistic innocence, is vacationing with her parents in the Catskills. She meets Johnny, the hotel dance instructor, and is mesmerized by him as well as his dance style. She soon becomes Johnny's prize pupil - in dance and in love. Academy Awards: Best Song ("(I've Had) The Time of My Life").
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 17 August 1987 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Johnny Castle
as Frances 'Baby' Houseman
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- by: Sandra Contreras
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- by: Jay Scott
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