and directed by Emile Ardolino
, the film features Patrick Swayze
and Jennifer Grey
in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes
and Jerry Orbach
. The story is a coming of age drama that documents a teenage girl's rebellion against her father by starting a relationship with a dance instructor during the family's summer vacation.
Originally a low-budget film by a new studio and with no major stars (except Broadway
legend Jerry Orbach
in a supporting role), Dirty Dancing became a massive box office hit.
Nobody puts Baby in the corner.
Sorry about the disruption, folks, but I always do the last dance of the season. This year somebody told me not to. So I'm gonna do my kind of dancin' with a great partner, who's not only a terrific dancer; somebody who's taught me that there are people willing to stand up for other people no matter what it costs them; somebody who's taught me about the kind of person I wanna be. Miss Frances Houseman.
[when she sneaks into the employees-only party] I carried a watermelon. I carried a watermelon?
Have The Time Of Your Life
First dance. First love. The time of your life.
Dancing to the beat of their hearts.