Dirty Dancing

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Dalton graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BFA in Film and he often applies his industry-specific knowledge when writing about film and television. Swayze had written the song a few years earlier with Stacy Widelitz, originally intending for it to be used in the film Grandview, U. We believe that the timing couldn't be better to modernize this story on the big screen, and we are proud to have Kenny Ortega at the helm", Joe Drake, president of Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group, explained about the project. At first, Penny declines as it would cause her and Johnny to miss a performance at a nearby resort, costing them the season's salary, but Baby volunteers to stand in for Penny.

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The song won the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group, an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.The hits—a Jennifer Warnes/Bill Medley duet (“I’ve Had the Time of My Life”), Eric Carmen’s gravelly serenade “Hungry Eyes,” and Patrick Swayze’s “She’s Like the Wind”—bring us back to the film’s 1987 release. The similarity in their names came in handy, says Lloyd: “The producers were looking for anyone with a ‘name,’ and I thought they wouldn’t notice – one’s Mary and one’s Merry! It became one of the most famous scenes in the movie, turning out, as choreographer Kenny Ortega put it, "as one of the most delicate and honest moments in the film. The closing song, " (I've Had) The Time of My Life", has been listed as the "third most popular song played at funerals" in the UK.

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Rehearsals for the dancing, and some filming, used music from Bergstein's personal collection of gramophone records. Scenes filmed at Mountain Lake included dining scenes, Kellerman's Hotel, the beach games, the Houseman family's cabins, the water lift scene [38] and Penny crying in the kitchen. Overload"by Alfie Zappacosta - This cheesy '80s synth rock song plays under the scene where Johnny breaks his car window so that he and Baby can go to practice their dance.To connect with those characters as much as possible, Medley and Warnes recorded the song together while footage from the movie was played in the studio. For the female lead of Frances "Baby" Houseman, Winona Ryder, Sarah Jessica Parker and Sharon Stone were considered. Will You Love Me Tomorrow"by The Shirelles - Another example of a song indicating the emotions of the scene, The Shirelles' provocative love song plays when Baby leaves Johnny's room in the morning after they spend the night together. True to that phrase, the album begat a sequel soundtrack, a tour, another film (2004’s Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights), a 20th-anniversary deluxe-edition soundtrack, and a recent, largely forgettable TV-musical remake.

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Baby"by Bruce Channel - This song can be heard playing under the iconic scene where Baby and Johnny practice their dance routine in the woods. Big Girls Don't Cry"by The Four Seasons - Acting as the introduction to Dirty Dancing's Baby (Jennifer Grey), the tune plays while she arrives at Kellerman's with her family. One of the backup singers on the soundtrack was the legendary Merry Clayton (featured in the 2013 doc 20 Feet from Stardom), who agreed to fill in. She originally wrote a screenplay for the Michael Douglas film It's My Turn, but ultimately ended up conceiving a story for a film which became Dirty Dancing.However, subsequent editions of the soundtrack were released over the years, and Dirty Dancing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Anniversary Edition features more tunes from the movie. To capitalize on the movie, a Dirty Dancing road show, featuring Medley, Carmen, the Contours and Ronnie Spector, hit the road. She finished the script in November 1985, but management changes at MGM put the script into turnaround, or limbo. Lloyd says he approached Donna Summer and Lionel Richie for “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life”; they passed, as did Daryl Hall and Kim Carnes. Baby is attracted to Johnny and dances briefly with him after his kindhearted cousin, Billy, introduces them at a secret "dirty dancing" party for resort staff.