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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
6,394 Views


from Harvard.

I'm not proud of myself.

But I'm in this family too. You can't

keep giving me the silent treatment.

There are a lot of things about me

that aren't what you thought.

But if you love me, you have to love

all the things about me.

And I love you.

I'm sorry I let you down.

I'm so sorry, Daddy.

But you let me down too.

I have been lookin'

for you all over.

They found the Schumachers.

Fingerprinted their water glasses.

Found out they were wanted

in Arizona and in Florida...

and they made a fortune

here this summer.

So then it's all right.

I knew it would work out.

- I knew they'd have to apologize.

- I'm out, Baby.

They fired you anyway

because of me.

And if I leave quietly,

I'll get my summer bonus.

So I did it for nothing.

I hurt my family, you lost your job

anyway-- I did it for nothing!

No, not for nothing.

Nobody has ever done anything

like that for me before.

You were right. You can't win

no matter what you do.

Listen to me. I don't want

to hear that from you. You can.

I used to think so.

Dr. Houseman, can l, uh--

Look, I'm going anyway and I know

what you must be thinking.

You don't know

anything at all about me.

I know you want Baby

to be like you.

The kind of person

people look up to.

Baby is like that.

If you could just see--

Don't you tell me what to see.

I see someone in front of me

who got his partner in trouble...

and sent her off

to some butcher...

while he moved on to an innocent,

young girl like my daughter.

Yeah, I guess that's

what you would see.

I can't imagine being here

without you even one day.

Just think, you have more time

for horseshoes and croquet.

Maybe they'll saw you

in seven pieces now.

I guess we surprised everybody.

I guess we did.

Hardly would be sorry.

Neither will l.

I'll see ya.

I'll do your hair.

It could look pretty if--

You're prettier your way.

This way.

Kellermans, we come together

Singing all as one

We have shared another season's

Talent, play and fun

Summer days will soon be over

Soon the autumn starts

And tonight the memories whisper

Softly in our hearts

Join hands and hearts and voices

Voices, hearts and hands

At Kellerman's

the friendships last

Long as the mountain stands

Daytime, nighttime, any hour

Weather rain or shine

Games and lectures

Jokes and music

Happily combine

Good luck in medical school, son.

And I wanted to thank you for your

help with the Penny situation.

- I guess we've all gotten into messes.

- What?

I thought Baby told you.

Look, I'm not sure.

Penny said so, but you know with girls

like that. They're liable to pin it...

on any guy around.

- What's the hot tip for the day?

- Finished.

You and me, Tito.

We've seen it all, eh?

Bubbah and Zeda serving the first

pasteurized milk to the boarders.

Through the war years

when we didn't have any meat.

Through the Depression

when we didn't have anything.

Lots of changes, though, Max.

It's not the changes

so much this time.

It's that it all seems

to be ending.

You think kids want to come with their

parents and take fox-trot lessons?

Trips to Europe,

that's what the kids want.

Twenty-two countries

in three days.

It feels like

it's all slipping away.

But the heartbeats of vacation

There no cares are seen

So let's join in

just one last chorus

Visitors, staff and guests

What we've shared

won't be forgotten

Old friends are the best

Nobody puts Baby in the corner.

Come on.

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...

but 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 want to be.

Miss Frances Houseman.

Sit down, Jake.

I think she gets this from me.

Do you have sheet music

on this stuff?

I know you weren't the one

who got Penny in trouble.

When I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong.

You looked wonderful out there.

Now l

Had the time of my life

No, I never felt

this way before

Yes, I swear

It's so true

And I owe it all to you

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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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