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Writer:
Eleanor Bergstein (written by)
Release Date:
21 August 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
Have The Time Of Your Life more
Plot:
Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances ('Baby') falls in love with the camp's dancing teacher. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations more
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Watch: Four Seasons Lodge
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Dance Tribute For Tragic Swayze
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Nobody puts Baby in a corner. more (341 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jennifer Grey | ... | Frances 'Baby' Houseman | |
| Patrick Swayze | ... | Johnny Castle | |
| Jerry Orbach | ... | Dr. Jake Houseman | |
| Cynthia Rhodes | ... | Penny Johnson | |
| Jack Weston | ... | Max Kellerman | |
| Jane Brucker | ... | Lisa Houseman | |
| Kelly Bishop | ... | Marjorie Houseman | |
| Lonny Price | ... | Neil Kellerman | |
| Max Cantor | ... | Robbie Gould | |
| Charles 'Honi' Coles | ... | Tito Suarez (as Charles Honi Coles) | |
| Neal Jones | ... | Billy Kostecki | |
| 'Cousin Brucie' Morrow | ... | Magician | |
| Wayne Knight | ... | Stan | |
| Paula Trueman | ... | Mrs. Schumacher | |
| Alvin Myerovich | ... | Mr. Schumacher |
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USA:100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS (re-release) | Dolby Digital (re-release) | Dolby (original release) | SDDS (re-release)
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Iceland:L | Ireland:12A | Belgium:KT (original rating) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-10 | France:U | Norway:12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:12A (re-rating) (2004) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:14A (Ontario)
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Michael 'Max' Cantor played the role of Robbie Gould in the film. Max was the son of Broadway producer Arthur Cantor. They lived in the Dakota Apartments on West 72nd in NYC with Jonn Lennon and other residents. Max attended Harvard University and died of a heroin overdose at the age of 32. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Johnny locks his keys in the car he breaks the rear window to open the passenger side door. We then see him go round to the drivers door and open it. Baby can actually be seen reaching across the seat and unlocking the door while Johnny is walks around the car. more
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Radio disc jockey:
[on radio] Hi, everybody, this is your Cousin Brucie. Whoa! Our summer romances are in full bloom, and everybody, but everybody's in love. So cousins, here's a great song from The Four Seasons.
Baby:
[voiceover] That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "20 to 1: 50 to 01: Great Movie One Liners (#4.10)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Be My Baby more
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80s...........................................Dancing............................Patrick Swayze..............................Baby's in the Corner....................Abortion..........................Lake Dancing
Who wouldn't think this was one of the best movies EVER. Even as a very masculine male I find this film very entertaining. It represents a time when films could be based completely on dancing and music without the modern day clichés. This film represents a time when love could blossom in the summer, and also the unending (yet creative) story of a daughter who grows to be a woman through dance.
Grade: ***** out of *****