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Dirty Dancing (1987)
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This feel-good dance drama works a curious charismatic magic and catapulted the then-unknown Patrick Swayze to stardom. It was intended as a low-budget filler, a tale of sexual awakening at a Jewish holiday camp in 1963, but it became a much-loved blockbuster and kick-started major industry careers for its production team. The casting is perfect, with Swayze playing the sexy bad boy dancing coach and Jennifer Grey as the feisty middle-class teenager, and their relationship never strikes a false note. But what really makes the film unmissable is the fabulous dancing — despite being highly erotic, it's never tacky. SH
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Running time
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95min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Romantic Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Eleanor Bergstein
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Theatrical distributor
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Lionsgate
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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February 2007
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