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The Library of Congress National Film Registry has unveiled their 25 movie title additions for the year, a quarter of them being films from the 1980s.

The National Film Registry recognizes those movies of cultural, historic or aesthetic importance which preserves the nation’s film heritage.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the 2024 selection this morning. The selections bring the number of feature titles in the registry to 900. Some films are among the 2 million moving image collection items held in the Library of Congress.

Among the 1980s titles are such blockbusters as Dirty Dancing ($214.5M WW), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ($97M WW) and the Eddie Murphy R-rated action comedy, Beverly Hills Cop ($316.3M WW).

Star Trek II is the sequel which mushroomed the Gene Roddenberry TV series into a $2.2 billion grossing movie franchise. Dirty Dancing, written and produced by Eleanor Bergstein, to this day remains one of Lionsgate’s all-time best-selling library titles.

Theaters goers can look forward to having the time of their life when Dirty Dancing: The Musical hits the stage.

A new stage production adaptation of the 1987 movie starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey is being developed by Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group, under its live stage arm Showpath. The plans are for a Broadway bound production. Dirty Dancing: The Musical will kick off in 2025 with a major run in North America. From there, there are plans to take the show abroad to Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond.

The companies are working with the original writer of the movie, Eleanor Bergstein, to develop the new musical. Tony Award nominee, Obie Award winner, and two-time Emmy Award winner Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the Dirty Dancing film, will direct the re-envisioned production.

Dirty Dancing, set during the summer of 1963, follows the journey of Frances “Baby” Houseman and...

It's time to put on your dancing shoes and grab a watermelon. If you have those, you're ready for Dirty Dancing: The Musical. It's been announced that the 1987 film, Dirty Dancing, will be getting a Broadway musical adaptation. That's according to a press release. Lionsgate and Path Entertainment Group are working with the original writer of the movie, Eleanor Bergstein, to bring the new musical to life sometime next year.

Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group, under its live stage arm Showpath, today announced that the classic film Dirty Dancing will be developed into a new stage production for Broadway titled Dirty Dancing: The Musical.

The companies are working with the original writer of the beloved classic, Eleanor Bergstein, to develop the new musical. Tony Award nominee, Obie Award winner, and two-time Emmy Award winner Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the Dirty Dancing film, will direct the re-envisioned production.

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Dirty Dancing: The Musical will launch in late 2025 with a major run in North America. From there, the musical is set for a major roll-out, with plans to expand to theatre markets in Asia, Australia, Latin America, and beyond, ensuring that fans across the globe will have the opportunity to experience this brand-new production.

Dirty Dancing: The Musical will bring a fresh,...

Lionsgate wants theatergoers to have the time of their lives, so the studio is adapting “Dirty Dancing” as a Broadway musical.

“Dirty Dancing: The Musical” will launch in late 2025 with aspirations for Broadway as well as a North American run. From there, producers plan to expand the show to theater markets in Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond.

Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the film’s screenplay, is developing the show and writing the book of the musical. Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in “Dirty Dancing,” will direct the re-envisioned production. He’s a Tony nominee for “A Class Act” and “110 in the Shade” and originated the role of Charley Kringas in the ill-fated 1981 run of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.”

The 1987 film starred Jennifer Grey as Frances “Baby” Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Jonny Castle (Patrick Swayze) at a resort in...

Lionsgate is developing a new stage adaptation of Dirty Dancing.

The studio is working with Eleanor Bergstein, the writer of the 1987 film, to develop the new musical. Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the film, will direct the new production.

This is being positioned as a new, Broadway-aimed stage adaptation of the film. A prior stage production, with a book by Bergstein, premiered in Sydney in 2004, with several runs on London’s West End, around the U.K., the U.S. and more. The film was also adapted into a television series, competition reality shows, a television musical adaptation, a prequel and an upcoming sequel film.

The new stage production is slated in launch in late 2025, with a run in North America and then plans for productions in Asia, Australia, Latin America and more. The musical is expected to include “fan favorite” songs as well as new music.

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Baby is 17, Johnny is 25 in Dirty Dancing, legal but still raises concerns today. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey had a 7-year age gap while filming. Dirty Dancing's age gap isn't the worst offender in Hollywood when it comes to onscreen relationships.

Dirty Dancing features an iconic pairing in Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, but how old was Jennifer Grey, how big is their age gap, and does it make the movie problematic? Dirty Dancing is somewhat autobiographical for screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein, as it's based on her own teenage experiences. This fact only brings the question of Baby and Johnny's age difference further into the light. While the movie doesn't explicitly state the two protagonists' ages, there's enough evidence to suggest a huge gap.

Johnny and Baby's ages in Dirty Dancing come into question simply by looking at Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Indeed, Baby doesn't even look like she's...

Amid the goings on in the Hamptons — summer 2023 edition — Gwyneth Paltrow brought Italy to Amagansett with the first-ever Gucci/Goop collaboration, while Andy Cohen hung everywhere from Ed Sheeran’s performance at Stephen Talkhouse to Jimmy Fallon’s house to the ocean. While Michael Rubin’s Fourth of July white party is undoubtedly the biggest private affair of the summer season, the action along the 37-mile stretch from Southampton to Montauk, beckoning with restaurants, shops, art galleries and museums, rages on long after you’ve retired all the summer whites in your wardrobe.

The Summer That Was …

From Friday, Sept. 1 to Monday, Sept. 4, soak up the final weekend of the 15th anniversary season of the Surf Lodge in Montauk. Think of this like an East Coast version of the legendary Pioneertown, California, saloon Pappy and Harriet’s, where you never know who will pop up and perform. This year, over...

More than 400 prominent female writers and showrunners sent a letter today to the heads of the major studios expressing their “grave concerns” about the companies’ “lack of specific production protocols” to protect their workers in anti-abortion states.

The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”

Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.

If you don't rewatch "Dirty Dancing" every time it's on Bravo (like I do), your memories of the film might be a bit hazy. Everyone remembers Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze's crackling chemistry and incredibly romantic dancing - and, of course, the famous line "No one puts Baby in a corner." But you might have forgotten that the story's inciting incident involves an unplanned pregnancy, an illegal abortion, and a poignant message about the importance of reproductive rights.

The story opens in the summer of 1963. Grey plays Baby, the eldest daughter of Dr. Jake and Marjorie Houseman (Jerry Orbach and Kelly Bishop). Her family is spending the summer at the Kellerman's resort in the Catskills in upstate New York, and Baby feels a bit like an outsider among the other guests - who are mostly older - and among the Ivy League waitstaff, who flirt with all the guests' daughters.

Are you ready to have the time of your life all over again? This Valentine's Day, fall in love With Dirty Dancing all over again. The classic 80s romance is returning to the big screen for just two days only. And it's happening right when you want to celebrate with the love of your life.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the timeless, music-filled love story Dirty Dancing will be back in movie theaters nationwide. For two days only, on February 10 and February 13, Baby and Johnny will return and give movie lovers (or any kind of lovers) the chance to experience this perennially popular audience favorite on the big screen. Set in the summer of 1963 and featuring a soundtrack filled with songs that helped define the 1980s, Dirty Dancing is filled with both romance and nostalgia.

Directed by Emile Ardolino, written by Eleanor Bergstein, and starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey...

There aren't many movie references that people from multiple generations are quick to get. But if you say, "Nobody puts baby in a corner" to anyone in the 18 to 80 range, there's a good chance you'll be met with a knowing smirk. That's probably because while Dirty Dancing puts Johnny Castle and Baby Houseman's timeless romance front and center, it also has political undertones and societal themes that resonate with every era.  It was 30 years ago today that Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's sleeper hit opened in theaters. Writer Eleanor Bergstein, who based the movie in part on her own experience as a teenage Mambo queen, knew that Swayze and Grey brought something special to their roles...

Dirty Thirty: 7 Facts to Celebrate 30 Years of Dirty DancingDirty Thirty: 7 Facts to Celebrate 30 Years of Dirty DancingKurt Anthony8/17/2017 10:29:00 Am

It’s time to lace up your dancing shoes, find yourself a bungalow bunny, and start practicing the pachanga, because today is the 30th anniversary of Dirty Dancing!

Leaping onto the silver screen, Dirty Dancing made its theatrical debut on August 21, 1987 and instantly won over the hearts – and feet – of teen and adult audiences alike. Directed by Emile Ardolino (Sister Act) and featuring the rhythmic chemistry of Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, the romantic dance drama went on to earn over $213M worldwide, along with being the first film to sell more than a million copies on VHS.

With a multi-platinum soundtrack, the Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award for Best Original Song (“(I’ve Had the Time of My Life”), and choreography by former Gene Kelly student, Kenny Ortega (High School Musical,...

The original 1987 Dirty Dancing is a movie that worked against all odds. Eighties sensibility (and hairstyles and theme song) shoehorned into a Sixties nostalgia piece, a miniscule budget, a cast of unknowns, and a troubled production – not to mention a heroine named … Baby. And yet it positively crackled, thanks to Eleanor Bergstein's deeply personal script, crazy chemistry between leads Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, and the ethereal gyrations of the late, great Swayze.

So how do you re-create that magic? The short answer is: You don't. The long, much...

” Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don’t go into yours, you don’t go into mine. You gotta hold the frame!”

Grab your watermelons because Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD

Relive the enduring romance of Baby and Johnny when Dirty Dancing 30th Anniversary Edition arrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD on February 7 from Lionsgate. The pop phenomenon that gave audiences some of the most iconic catchphrases and dance sequences in film history stars Patrick Swayze (Ghost), Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Jerry Orbach ( TV’s “Law & Order”), Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance), Kelly Bishop (TV’s “Gilmore Girls”), and Jack Weston (The Thomas Crown Affair). The timeless classic was written by Eleanor Bergstein (Let It Be Me) and directed by Emile Ardolino...

” Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don’t go into yours, you don’t go into mine. You gotta hold the frame!”

Grab your watermelons because Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD, along with a special Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set.

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Relive the enduring romance of Baby and Johnny when Dirty Dancing 30th Anniversary Edition arrives on a limited Collector’s Edition numbered box set (Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD on February 7 from Lionsgate. The pop phenomenon that gave audiences some of the most iconic catchphrases and dance sequences in film history stars Patrick Swayze (Ghost), Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Jerry Orbach ( TV’s “Law & Order”), Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance), Kelly Bishop...

In August, Dirty Dancing will celebrate 30 years since it first captivated audiences with its timeless tale, and Et is digging up some facts about the film that even hardcore fans might not know.

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1. Numerous pairings were considered to play the leads. Today, it's hard to imagine anyone besides Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the starring roles, but surprisingly, they weren't the first choice. The role of Johnny Castle was originally supposed to go to Val Kilmer, but he turned it down. Meanwhile, Grey could have lost the role of Baby Houseman to Sarah Jessica Parker or Sharon Stone, who both reportedly tried out for the part.

2. Some scenes in the movie were made up on the spot. "Tons of things were improvised," the late Swayze said in a featurette for the movie. "When I'm teaching Jennifer and I'm getting frustrated, trying to get...

The cast of ABC's Dirty Dancing, a three-hour TV remake, is starting to come together, now that Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes have been set as the two leads. Deadline reports today that Katey Sagal has signed on to join the cast, with production set to begin this week in North Carolina. The actress is playing Vivian Pressman, a role originally portrayed by Miranda Garrison in the 1987 hit movie.

Vivian Pressman is described as a "bungalow bunny," a former beauty queen who spends her free time trying to seduce the younger male workers at the Kellerman resort, such as Colt Prattes' Johnny Castle. Vivian is also said to be "fabulously wealthy" and recently divorced, who takes matters into her own hands when Johnny leaves her for Baby (Abigail Breslin). Vivian also introduces Marjorie Houseman, Baby's mother, played by Debra Messing, to the resort, and Vivian's single lifestyle causes her...

Hurricane Katey is bearing down on the Catskills.

Sons of Anarchy vet Katey Sagal has joined ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake in the role of Vivian Pressman, TVLine has learned.

Vivian — aka the Kellerman’s “bungalow bunny” — is a former beauty queen who likes to seduce younger male staff members like Johnny (played by dancer Colt Prattes). Recently divorced and fabulously wealthy, Vivian introduces Marjorie (Debra Messing) to the freedoms of being single, causing her to question her own marriage. Vivian isn’t used to being rejected, so when Johnny calls things off to be with Baby (Abigail Breslin...

Mad Men alum Trevor Einhorn is Catskills-bound.

Einhorn has been cast as geeky, Baby-crushing Neil Kellerman in ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake, TVLine has learned. Neil takes an immediate interest in Baby, which her father strongly supports, much to Baby’s embarrassment. The role of Max’s tightly wound grandson was played in the original film by Lonny Price.

In addition to his recurring stint as copy writer John Mathis on Mad Men, Einhorn is known for playing Frasier and Lilith’s son Freddy on Frasier.

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And the recasting of the Houseman clan is now complete.

Bruce Greenwood, who’s currently co-starring in FX’s American Crime Story, The People vs. Oj Simpson, has been tapped to play Houseman patriarch Jake opposite Debra Messing’s Marjorie in ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake, TVLine has learned.

The role of Dr. Houseman was played in the original film by the late Jerry Orbach.

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As previously reported, Scream Queens‘ Abigail Breslin is set to play their daughter Baby, with Modern Family‘s...

Sarah Hyland is joining an old-fashioned family.

The Modern Family actress has signed on to play Lisa Houseman, older sister to Abigail Breslin’s Baby, in ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake, TVLine has confirmed.

The Lisa role was played in the original film by Jane Brucker.

Deadline first reported the Breslin news.

Previously announced cast members include dancer Colt Prattes (as Johnny), The Mysteries of Laura‘s Debra Messing (as Baby’s mother, Marjorie Houseman) and former Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger as Penny.

To be adapted for television by Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story) and counting Dirty Dancing...

With Abigail Breslin already locked in to play Baby, ABC's Dirty Dancing has finally found its Johnny Castle. The Wrap reports that actor/dancer Colt Prattes has landed the iconic role in the Dirty Dancing TV special. The site also reports that Debra Messing has come aboard to portray Marjorie Housman, Baby's mother.

ABC's Dirty Dancing is said to be a three-hour musical special, but it won't be airing live like popular specials such as NBC's The Wiz Live! and Fox's Grease: Live. Instead, it will be filmed prior to broadcast, much like Fox's upcoming The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event. Our report from last month revealed that ABC will likely give this special the green light once Johnny Castle was cast, so we may get an official announcement soon, now that Colt Prattes has come aboard.

The original movie was set in the 1960s in a Catskill Mountain resort,...

ABC’s “Dirty Dancing” remake has cast its Patrick Swayze. Actor/dancer Colt Prattes will play Johnny, the charismatic dance instructor and leader of the working-class entertainment staff at an early 1960s Catskill Mountains resort, opposite Abigail Breslin. Also set to star in the adaptation is Debra Messing as Marjorie Houseman, mother to Breslin’s character, Baby. Also read: Debra Messing to Co-Star in ABC's 'Dirty Dancing' Remake Produced by Lionsgate TV, the “Dirty Dancing” remake will be a three-hour event with filmed song and dance performances, adapted from the 1987 classic starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. The...

“Mysteries of Laura” star Debra Messing has been tapped to co-star in ABC’s “Dirty Dancing” remake, TheWrap has confirmed. The actress will play Marjorie Houseman, mother to Abigail Breslin‘s character, Baby. Kelly Bishop played the character in the original movie. Produced by Lionsgate TV, the “Dirty Dancing” remake will be a three-hour event with filmed song and dance performances, adapted from the 1987 classic starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Also read: 'Dirty Dancing' Remake Starring Abigail Breslin Set at ABC The remake is executive produced by Allison Shearmur and Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the screenplay for the original movie,...

Mystery solved: Debra Messing will be the one putting Baby in the corner.

TVLine has learned that Messing has joined ABC’s Dirty Dancing remake in the role of Marjorie Houseman, Dr. Houseman’s wife and mother of Baby (the previously cast Abigail Breslin). Messing succeeds Kelly Bishop, who played the repressed matriarch in the 1987 film. Additional casting is Tba.

The three-hour movie is slated to shoot this spring during Messing’s Mysteries of Laura hiatus.

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Dirty Dancing will be remade as a three-hour TV special with Abigail Breslin slated to star as Baby, The Wrap reports.

While there's no word yet on who will play Johnny to Breslin's Baby (roles filled by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the 1987 original film), Dirty Dancing scribe Eleanor Bergstein will serve as an executive producer on the remake. Jessica Sharzer (Scream Queens, American Horror Story) has signed on as writer, with Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) set to direct.

ABC's Dirty Dancing will also feature music from Adam Anders and Peer Åström,...

The 1987 classic Dirty Dancing will be heading to the small screen through a new partnership with ABC and Lionsgate TV, with a new three-hour musical adaptation starring Abigail Breslin as Baby. Deadline reports that the project is expected to get an official green light from ABC after one more role is cast, most likely the Johnny Castle role, originally played by Patrick Swayze. It isn't known if the production is close to casting their Johnny Castle yet.

Unlike NBC's The Wiz Live!, which aired last week, and Fox's upcoming Grease: Live, ABC isn't planning a live rendition of Dirty Dancing. This musical adaptation will be taped prior to the broadcast, much like Fox's upcoming The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event, which is slated to debut sometime next year. Since ABC hasn't officially given a green light yet, it isn't known when production will begin at this time.

Jennifer Grey starred...

Looks like somebody forgot to put Baby in a corner, because she's coming back to have the time of her life once again. The Wrap reports that ABC is going to broadcast a three hour remake of Dirty Dancing with Abigail Breslin in the role of Baby, the character originated by Jennifer Grey in the 1987 film.

Jessica Sharzer wrote the script for the remake, Wayne Blair (The Sapphires) will direct. Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the first movie, will executive produce alongside Allison Shearmur, while the music will be from Adam Anders and Peer Astrom. The original movie centered on the young Francis "Baby" Houseman falling in love with her summer camp's sexy dance instructor. A sequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, was released in 2004, but apparently was itself a loose remake of the original, just set in a different location.

Breslin memorably danced her way across a stage in 2006's Little Miss Sunshine,...

Beloved '80s flick "Dirty Dancing" is about to get a TV movie musical update, starring an Oscar nominee.

Multiple outlets are reporting that Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine," "Scream Queens") has been tapped to play the female lead in ABC's version of what's being dubbed "a reimagining" of the 1987 film, which starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.

"Dirty Dancing" featured the sheltered Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey) meeting bad boy dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) at a resort in the Catskills in the 1960s. The unlikely duo fall hard for each other while Baby learns some killer dance moves -- and also learns how to stand up to her strict parents.

According to Variety, ABC has been working on adapting the film "for quite some time," and began casting a year ago, searching for the perfect leads. Swayze's part has yet to be filled, though Variety notes that "there is...

Lionsgate TV is putting together a three-hour "TV event" musical remake of the 1987 teen classic "Dirty Dancing". Though the project is a "musical event", it will Not be a live adaptation along the lines of the just aired "The Wiz Live," the mega-rating "The Sound of Music Live" or Fox's upcoming live takes on "Grease" and "Rocky Horror".

"Little Miss Sunshine" and "Scream Queens" star Abigail Breslin will take on the role of Baby in the project, the role Jennifer Grey made famous in the original. No word on who'll take on the male lead role made famous by the late Patrick Swayze.

The story follows an innocent young woman in the early 1960s who vacations with her affluent parents and siblings in the Catskill Mountains and falls for the resort's working-class dance instructor.

Allison Shearmur and Eleanor Bergstein, who penned the screenplay for the original, will executive produce the TV adaptation.

But can she carry a watermelon?

Scream Queens‘ Chanel No. 5, Abigail Breslin, has been tapped for the female lead in a three-hour Dirty Dancing remake that is poised to get a green light at ABC, pending further casting.

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To be adapted for television by Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story) and counting Dirty Dancing screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein among its executive producers, the Lionsgate TV-produced redo will feature “filmed song and dance performances” as it follows Frances “Call Me Baby, But Don’t Put Me in a Corner” Houseman,...

The “Dirty Dancing” remake is back on and has been set to air on ABC, with Abigail Breslin landing the role of Baby, TheWrap has learned. The new “Dirty Dancing,” from Lionsgate TV, is described as a three-hour event with filmed song and dance performances, adapted from the 1987 classic starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. The remake is executive produced by Allison Shearmur and Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the screenplay for the original movie, with music from Adam Anders and Peer Astrom. Also Read: 27 Movie-to-tv Remakes in the Works: Hollywood's Big Screen to Small Screen Craze (Photos) Jessica Sharzer wrote the.

ABC is diving into the TV movie musical. The network is taking on 1987 feature Dirty Dancing as a taped TV movie starring Abigail Breslin, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Emmy nominee Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story, The L Word) will write the script, with Breslin taking on Jennifer Grey's iconic role as Baby. The three-hour event from Lionsgate TV will be produced by Allison Shearmur Productions (The Hunger Games) and Eleanor Bergstein, who penned the screenplay for the original movie. Grammy nominee Adam Anders and Peer Astrom (Glee) will tackle music for ABC's rendition. Anders and Cairo (Crazy Heart) will

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The lessons we learned from 80s movies are dissected by Hadley Freeman in her new book. Here's our review...

One of my favourite movie websites is The Shiznit. If you've never had the pleasure, do check it out. What I like about it is it's a site that has a habit of asking the question I wanted to ask, but in about half the word count. Were he around today, I'm quietly confident that George Orwell would follow The Shiznit on Twitter.

The reason I bring the site up here - and thus prove my point about my own wordiness - is a question they asked Edgar Wright when on the junket trail for The World's End. For they cut straight to the nub of it: what's the film about, and then, what's it really about?

On the surface, Hadley Freeman's new book, Life Moves Pretty Fast, is her love...

Heathers, John Hughes, Back To The Future, Nora Ephron, Coming To America and more, as we chat 80s movies with Hadley Freeman...

Hadley Freeman's latest book has harnessed her love of 80s movies, and gone into detail about just why they work so well. Entitled Life Moves Pretty Fast, you won't be surprised to hear that Ferris Bueller's Day Off features in there. But then so does Dirty Dancing, Top Gun, Ghostbusters, Back To The Future and Eddie Murphy.

So what makes 80s movies so special? That seemed a logical place to start, as we caught up with Hadley for a chat...

Can I start by throwing a paraphrased movie quote at you? That line in The Truman Show about accepting the reality with which we're presented? At what point did you come to accept and realise that the movies of the 80s were so special to you? As you grew up with them,...

Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the screenplay for the iconic film Dirty Dancing as well as the book for the stage production, was recognized during the curtain call on the opening night of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage at National Theatre on Tuesday, September 2. The show plays the National Theatre through September 14 before embarking on a 30-city North American tour. As she joined the cast on stage, Bergstein said, 'We are so excited to launch our national tour in the nation's capital.' Scroll down for photos...

It was the summer of 1987, when Patrick Swayze was a pin-up and no one imagined dance shows would be on prime-time TV. On the 25th anniversary of the film's release, do you still have hungry eyes for it?

It was 25 years ago this week that Dirty Dancing's Johnny Castle strutted his way into moviegoers' hearts. Patrick Swayze's performance as the dancer who takes the infatuated Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) under his wing secured his status as one of the most lusted-after pin-ups of the 1980s.

Thanks to a combination of Swayze and Grey's leading roles, a great supporting cast, 1960s nostalgia, that soundtrack and Eleanor Bergstein's deft screenwriting, the film was a huge box-office hit, earning back more than 35 times its paltry budget of $6m.

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The soundtrack may have won numerous awards, but the film itself has never been a critical darling.

It was August 21 when Dirty Dancing made its way into theaters.That was the summer of 1987, when everybody called Jennifer Grey Baby, and it didn't occur to her to mind. With a budget of $6 million, the film danced its way into the hearts of many a movie-goer, becoming one of the classic romantic films of the decade and a dance-focused love story that many dance movies that followed would likely aspire to be Written by Eleanor Bergstein and dirtied by Emile Ardolino, Dirty Dancing stars with a girl. A college-bound teenager living in the early '60s, who's on the verge of adulthood and ripe to fall in love as she travels to Kellermans, a Catskills resort. Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman is introduced to us as a sweet Daddy's girl, with good grades and an optimistic outlook on the world. "Our Baby's gonna change the world," her father...

In the 1980s, Linda Gottlieb, an East Coast producer for MGM Studios, had lunch in New York City with writer Eleanor Bergstein, who had an idea for a movie about two sisters who are dancers, based in the Catskills.

“I said, ‘Well what’s the story?' And she said, ‘I don’t really have a story, but it should involve Latin dancing…’” Gottlieb recalled. “So I switched the subject and said, ‘Tell me about yourself.’ She said, ‘I grew up in Brooklyn, my father was a doctor, I was one of those kids who used to go across the tracks to go dirty dancing.’

“I said, ‘That’s a million-dollar title! Now we’ll figure out the story.’ We invented Johnny Castle at lunch.”

“Dirty Dancing,” the film they made, was released 25 years ago today. The movie tells the story of an idealistic, college-bound girl named Frances “Baby” Houseman...

Admit it: You've seen "Dirty Dancing" more times than you'd care to admit. You're drawn in by its blend of music, dance, nostalgia, and romance between macho-yet-tender Johnny (Patrick Swayze) and awkward-yet-brave Baby (Jennifer Grey) every time it's on TV. Which is often: it seems to have been running on endless loop since its release 25 years ago, on August 21, 1987. Still, as much as you love "Dirty Dancing," you may not realize how often the production skirted disaster, from almost not being made at all, to almost not casting Swayze, to almost cutting a key subplot to please a squeamish potential corporate sponsor, to its catastrophic test screenings that almost led the film's backers to let the film go unreleased and write it off as a bad investment. How did all that trauma lead to moviegoers having the time of their lives? Read on. 1. Writer/producer Eleanor Bergstein based the story on her own childhood.

Chicago – The generation raised on movies of the ’80s is now the one that buys the most Blu-rays. And so it makes sense that more and more of the films of our youth are hitting the format. Again. And again. Lionsgate has turned releasing and re-releasing “Dirty Dancing” into an art form (and would never pass up the 25th anniversary without another re-release). And Warner Bros. has finally given both “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2” an HD polish although one wishes they had given more care and love to Joe Dante’s gems. Oh yeah, you can also now own “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” on Blu-ray if there’s anyone out there who considers that valuable information.

It may say something about the war of the sexes but I imagine more men would choose the “Gremlins” 2-pack and more women would lean toward the “Dirty Dancing” 2-film collection on the new releases shelf.

Earlier this month there was an unfortunate fire at the Catskills condiminium complex that inspired the resort featured in the movie Dirty Dancing. It wasn't filmed at this location, but it was that setting -- the old-school family resorts of the Catskills --  that inspired screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein to pen Dirty Dancing. When it came time to shoot the film, production moved to two different locations: Mountain Lake in Virginia is where all the exteriors of Kellerman's resort were filmed, as well as the scenes featuring the small cottages the staff were staying in. Meanwhile, the lake scene was shot in North Carolina at Lake Lure. While combing through the story of the fire, though, we learned that Mountain Lake currently hosts something called Dirty Dancing...

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A bunch of brave firemen had the time of their life putting out a massive blaze that took down a piece of very cherished movie history.

MSNBC reports that over 43 fire companies and 300 firefighters had to rally together to douse the flames that devoured the Catskills condominium complex formerly known as Brown's Hotel, which inspired the affluent resort Kellerman's in "Dirty Dancing," the favorite movie of nearly every member of the female gender.

While no one was killed or injured in what is being called the "largest fire in Catskills history," many residents lost their homes and belongings, as well as the fantasy that Patrick Swayze would someday lift them up in the air in a dancehall. This is the latest in a series of tragedies to befall the legacy of the film, after Swayze's death and Jennifer Grey's nose job.

While the majority of 1987's "Dirty Dancing" was...

Chicago – Fans of the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing” may need to dust off their dancing shoes and get ready to have the time of their life again. Kenny Ortega, the choreographer of the original “Dirty Dancing” as well as the director of the “High School Musical” films and the Michael Jackson documentary “This Is It,” has been in contact with Lionsgate about directing a remake of the Patrick Swayze/Jennifer Grey original.

Ortega and producer Debra Martin Chase (“The Princess Diaries” and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”), will produce the film that is tentatively scheduled for a 2013 release. Eleanor Bergstein, the co-produce and writer of the original film, may also join the project in a producer’s role.

Ortega was quoted in Variety on Monday about the new project: “The opportunity to direct “Dirty Dancing” is like returning home for me. Growing up in the ‘60s on the dance floor...

Lionsgate is remaking Dirty Dancing, based on the 1987 Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze film of the same name. The original film's choreographer Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson's This Is It) will direct. The studio said it is also in talks with Eleanor Bergstein, the writer and co-producer of the original film, and is keen to bring her on board in a producing capacity. Ortega said the chance to direct the film “was like returning home”. “Growing up in the '60s on...

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Everett Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in “Dirty Dancing” (1987)

It’s easy to find parallels between 1987’s “Dirty Dancing” and 1991’s “Thelma and Louise,” which recently screened before wildly enthusiastic downtown New York City audiences (the screenings were hosted by the blog Jezebel and 92YTribeca respectively).

Both are modern classics, infinitely quotable, especially beloved by women. Both were shepherded to the big screen by tenacious screenwriters, Eleanor Bergstein and Calli Khouri, which became popular beyond expectations. Each film tackles a difficult subject,...

Kenny Ortega will direct Lionsgate's remake of the 1987 coming of age romance film "Dirty Dancing," for which he did the original dance choreography.According to Variety, Ortega and Debra Martin Chase will produce.Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote and co-produced the original, is in talks to join the producing team.The remake will use songs from the original, in addition to classic 1960s tunes and new songs.Ortega's directing credits include the Michael Jackson concert film "This Is It" as well as the "High School Musical" trilogy.The 1987 original, which starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, told the story of 17-year-old Frances "Baby" Houseman (Grey) who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) during the summer of 1963 while vacationing with her...

Lionsgate is all set to produce Dirty Dancing, based on the classic 1987 film of the same name.The original film's choreographer Kenny Ortega will direct the movie. Debra Martin Chase and Ortega will produce. The studio is in talks with Eleanor Bergstein, the writer and co-producer of the original film, regarding her involvement in the new film in a producing capacity. Lionsgate Motion Picture Development and Production president Alli Shearmur will oversee the project on behalf ...

Lionsgate is set to produce Dirty Dancing, based on the classic 1987 film of the same name, it was announced today by Joe Drake, co-coo of Lionsgate and President of the Motion Picture Group. The original film’s choreographer Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson’s This Is It), will direct. Debra Martin Chase (The Princess Diaries, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants) and Kenny Ortega are producing. The studio is in talks with Eleanor Bergstein, the writer and co-producer of the original film, regarding her involvement in the new film in a producing capacity. Alli Shearmur, President of Motion Picture Development and Production, is overseeing the project on behalf of Lionsgate.

The new film is a celebration of one of the most beloved movies of all time. Paying tribute to the emotional excitement of first love, the thrills and complexity of sexual awakening, the soul stirring power of dance,...