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Dirty Dancing (Ultimate Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Kelly Bishop, Jane Brucker, Thomas Cannold, Max Cantor, Charles 'honi' Coles
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  322 reviews
Sales Rank: 6418
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 012236146995
UPC: 012236146995
EAN: 0012236146995
ASIN: B0000DIXDR
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1987
Release Date: December 9, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Never watched. Disks and box in perfect condition. I do not ship to Military, Hawaaii or Alaska
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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 in the movie doesn't seem particularly "dirty" by today's standards--or 1987's--it does take place in an era (the early '60s) when it would have. Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey, daughter of ageless hoofer Joel Grey) has been vacationing in the Catskills with her family for many years. Uneventfully. One summer, 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 basic decency in greaser Johnny that she can. It should come as no surprise to find that 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 TV series, and a stage musical. It may be predictable, but Grey and Swayze have chemistry, charisma, and all the right moves. It's a sometimes silly movie with occasionally mind-boggling dialogue--"No one puts Baby in a corner!"--that nonetheless carries an underlying message about tolerance and is filled with the kind of exuberant spirit that's hard for even the most cynical to resist. Not that they'd ever admit it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Product Description
An innocent young girl is introduced to the sensuality of dance when she meets the dance instructor at her resort hotel.
Genre: Musicals
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 9-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD
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| Customer Reviews: Read 317 more reviews...
 Wow! August 26, 2008
Judith J. Collins (Birmingham, AL)
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 enough August 14, 2008
MortensOrchid (Cleveland, OH)
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 is vacationing with her family in the Catskill mountains. I can't imagine, even in the times that this movie was set in, that any gal would tolerate being called Baby by her family, let alone be introduced and allow strangers to call her Baby as well, but I guess that was the point. There she falls for Johnny, the sexy swaggering bad boy of the entertainment staff who dances his way into her innocent, sheltered heart. Just a little idealistic, just a little far fetched, but just enough of a fantasy to keep things lite and airy.
There werea plethora of subplots (the sister in her own infatuation with the waiter, Johnny's partner needing the abortion, the inevitable confrontation between Baby's father and Johnny, etc.). The song and dance routines were spaced out in between enough dialogue and plot development to make it otherwise a musical, but not quite. It's just cheesy enough to make everyone like it.
Dirty dancing July 28, 2008
Carl G. Kellum Sr. (Bradenton, Fla)
I enjoyed having in my home when ever I wanted to watch it.
It's a great movie
 No one puts baby in a corner July 5, 2008
Doctor Richard (Newton,, MA, United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this film and this disc, which looks great on my very good HD projector. I don't get why the stars are not listed in the Amazon info, though, and why the older, 2000 dvd is labeled blu-ray.
I was right outa college in 1963, and summered in a similar place. The spirit and sound of the film are period perfect. Swayze and Grey are a perfect film couple; they are sympathetic characters with great chemistry. The standard Hollywood conventions and devices mount up by the end, spoiling the "willing suspension of disbelief". For a while, though, you can forget this is a Hollywood movie. Regardless of its increasing implausibility as the film barrels along, I still felt tears well up at the finale.
Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition) May 31, 2008
Scarlet O'Hatter (St Petersburg Florida USA)
Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition)
I have the VHS & a recorded copy of Dirty Dancing. Boy does this DVD do the movie justice. Also have a Cassette that I play in the car & CD in the House. I can watch this movie over & over again & still cry, laugh & get up and dance. The 2nd DVD of interviews & etc. is absolutely the greatest. Patrick Swayze is the only male that could have pulled off the "Jimmy Dean" & "Soft Touch Stud" actor! What an actor he is. With Jennifer Grey as his Partner, what could go wrong? The Tribute to Jerry was superb as well. It is a must for anyone that likes Motown - 60's Music & Dancing even if it isn't Dirty.... If you haven't seen this Movie shame on you, get it and enjoy. How refreshing, no guns or drugs or killings...
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