Dirty Dancing Page #5

Synopsis: In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse - that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful ac
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Director(s): Emile Ardolino
Production: Vestron Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
PG-13
Year:
1987
100 min
$1,899,606
5,395 Views


You gotta concentrate!

Is that your idea of fun?

As a matter of fact it is.

We do the show in two days, you won't

show me lifts, I'm not sure of turns.

I'm doing all this to save your ass,

but I'd rather drop you on it!

Let's leave.

Sh*t!

I locked the keys in the car!

You're getting wet, right?

- You're wild.

- What?

You're wild!

Now, the most important thing

to remember in lifts is balance.

Whoa! Whoa!

I got it now.

So where'd you learn

to be a dancer?

Well, this guy came into

this luncheonette one day and...

we were all sitting around

doing nothing.

And he said that Arthur Murray

was giving a test for instructors.

So, if you passed...

they teach you different dances, show

you how to break them down, teach them.

What?

Good.

Don't look down.

Look here. Good.

And...

Now, bend your knees

and go up. Go, go.

Good try. Now, you'll hurt me

if you don't trust me, all right?

Now, go, go. Go.

Good. Now, I'm gonna go up.

You know, the best place

to practice lifts is in the water.

Just bend your knees.

And... go.

Good.

Good. Good.

Now hold the position. Hold it.

Good. Don't break! Don't break!

Let's do it again.

All right. One, two, three.

Oh, sorry.

Good. Keep-- No, don't.

It's not too bad.

- One more time.

- Okay. Over my head. Go.

I can't believe it's tonight.

I can't believe it's tonight.

Sheldrake's 20 minutes away.

We'll change in the car.

Mrs. Schumacher.

Hey, wait, we'll help you.

Such junk. Such junk.

Benny Bernstein's Dancing School,

that's where I went.

George Burns was a teacher.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

I'll just keep my shoulders down,

my head up...

I'll just keep my shoulders down,

my head up...

my frame locked,

stay on my toes...

What if I forget the steps?

Pull up, watch the frame.

And remember, let him lead you.

I'm afraid I'm gonna forget to spike,

get dizzy and fall on my face.

No. Don't look at my feet,

keep my head up, my eyes open...

tension in my arms, my frame locked,

seat pulled up...

Thanks, Baby.

I just want you to know

that I don't sleep around...

whatever Robbie might have told you.

And I thought that he loved me.

I thought it was something special.

Anyway, I just wanted you

to know that.

So, how does it look?

I'm scared.

I'm so scared, Baby.

Don't worry.

You'll be fine.

Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! That's right.

It's Thursday night at Kellerman's.

That's bingo night.

- Hey, how about a dance later?

- Could be. Who knows?

- Lisa, you have to do something for me.

- I don't have to.

Just tell Mom and Dad I have a headache

and I'm in bed, okay?

Bye.

The Sheldrake Hotel is proud to present

Johnny Castle and partner...

The Sheldrake Hotel is proud to present

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Eleanor Bergstein

Eleanor Bergstein (born 1938) is an American writer, known for writing and co-producing Dirty Dancing, a popular 1980s film based in large part on her own childhood. more…

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