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Relieve Past By Going Through These Facts You May Not Know About The Dirty Dancing Movie

Dirty dancing was a dance drama released in 1987. It was directed by Emile Ardolino and starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. It became a massive hit at the box office. It was one of the first movies to sell over a million copies on the home video. Here are some fun facts about this evergreen movie.

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The most iconic scene from the movie would have been called off. The lifting scene that takes place was in the movie was in the speculations to be called off as the actor was suffering from a knee injury. But kudos to his dedication that even after being in so much pain, he was able to pull off the scene with utmost perfection.

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Two other stars were offered to take the role of Johnny Castle. Val Kilmer and Billy Zane were made to think about being a part of the movie but they had their own reasons for not getting involved. While the former turned the role down, the other had zero chemistry with the female lead.

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The writer’s own experience is what the movie is based on. She had the nickname Baby and would go along with her family and take part in dirty dancing competition.

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Ruth Westheimer was about to appear in the movie. But her care for her image made her drop the whole idea.

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The female lead, Jennifer Grey was bon to play the role. This is so because she learned dancing from a very tender age and descended from industry vet, Joel Grey.

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Kelly Bishop was the one to play the role of Baby’s mother. When Lynne Lipton dropped out, she was cast into the movie.

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The location. Even though the movie takes place in upstate NY but the outdoor scenes of the movie were mostly shot in NC, Lake Lure and the indoor scenes were mostly filmed in the mountain lake, VA.

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The promotional partner for the 80s hit was set to be Clearasil. But the abortion subplot made them drop out of the project. It was really a setback for the company since we all know how great a success they could have achieved, had they tied themselves with the movie.

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The dance sequence. We all agree on the fact that the dance sequences were amazing. Kenny Ortega, the renowned director of High School Musical was the one who is credited with creating the dance sequences of the film.

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Seinfeld star Wayne Knight who is known for his great role in the TV series, but he also started in this famous flick.

So these were some of the facts about the movie. Hope that going through them must have brought back the memories when you first watched it. And it’s not wrong to feel this sudden urge to grab a tub of popcorn and start watching the movie again.