i carried a water melon (Dirty Dancing (DVD))

Member Name: chappell

Product:	Dirty Dancing (DVD)
Date:	10/04/07 (667 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: songs, story, dacing, everything

Disadvantages: it has to finish

dirty dancing- one of my all time faves

cast

cynthia Rhodes, Garry Goodrow,
Jack Weston, Jennifer Grey,
Jerry Orbach, Kelly Bishop,
Lonny Price, Max Cantor,
Miranda Garrison, Neal Jones,
Patrick Swayze, Wayne Knight.

Plot --

Its 1963 and when most 17 year old girls want to meet boys, and let there hair down all Francis Houseman (or Baby as every one calls her) wants to do is join the peace core and make the world a better place.
Wanting to end world hunger and stop the Vietnam War, Francis has grand illusions. Especially for someone whose name describes her nature. Baby is naïve and daddy's little girl.
Its during a family holiday to the Catskills mountains that Baby stops being a baby and start being the woman she wants to be.
Board of family activities baby takes a walk only to come across a party in the staff quarters, this is where the Headstrong Baby meets sexy dance teacher Johnny Castle, and they make a wonderful combination.
Johnny is facing a crisis, his dance partner and close friend Penny is pregnant to a slimy waiter who is not interested in helping her bring up a baby. Penny wants to get an abortion. Not only is this dangerous but its also expensive, even if they get the money for the abortion it will mean Penny is bed ridden and unable to dance and earn a living and a have guaranteed job next season.
Baby agrees to take Penny's place. First she has to learn how to dance; Johnny teaches her the choreography's in his sexy, seductive way, and soon the two fall in love.
But Baby's is facing conflict at home. Her father thinks that Johnny is the father of Penny's baby and doesn't want his Baby mixing with people like that. He would prefer her to mix with the hotel owner's grandson Neil. But his derogatory perception of everyone around him and his dull personality don't appeal to Baby.
She knows Johnny is a good man and despite her fathers disapproval she thinks he is worth fighting for.

Soundtrack -

The soundtrack is amazing; each song fits the moment perfectly, (remember when Johnny scrunches up his face and mimes the "and I owe it all to you" bit? it just goes brilliantly)
Love man, I've had the time of my life, hey baby, she's like the wind, do you love me.
To name but a few. It's a great soundtrack. 'ive had the time of y life' won an oscar for best song!

Choreography -

The dancing in this film is wonderful. They do everything form the foxtrot on the dance floor to the 'Dirty Dancing' in their own rooms.
Johnny's dancing is enough to get any one hot under the collar and who can forget that bit were baby is dancing down the steps and applying her lippy.
The best choreography is the final dance were the pair finally manage the lift they have been struggling with. It's a real lump in the throat moment.


Performances -

Every one is wonderful in this film. I can't fault any one. The one actor who stands out though for me is Dr Houseman. Baby's dad. He really struggles with his baby growing up and not being the number one man in her life any more. He plays the part so well. His face when baby tells him he let her down, made me cry. He didn't even say anything. His face said it all. So although it was Patrick Swayze who won the golden globe for his performance I think is Dr Houseman who should have got one.

Quotes-

Nobody puts baby in a corner

Oh, come on, ladies. God wouldn't have given you maracas if He didn't want you to shake 'em.

Go back to your playpen, Baby

i'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you.

I carried a watermelon.


Info-

Eleanor Bergstine wrote dirty dancing as a recollection of her childhood memories from holidays much the same as the Houseman's. Much to her dismay it was years before any one was interested enough to make the movie.
Dirty Dancing was made in 1987
It's certified 15 with some bad language, some slight sex/nudity and some violence.
it only 96 mins long.

You can now get loads of Dirty Dancing merchandise, everything from dolls to cup's
The dvd costs about £10 new or £5 used
The soundtrack costs about £8 new or £6 used
And theatre tickets of the stage adaptation are available but prices vary depending on time of year, location and actors involved.

Dvd-
Extras are few unfortunately, here they are,
Learn to dirty dance (bit complicated)
Commentary from Eleanor Bergstine
Filmographies
Subtitles (english only)
Trailer

My opionion.

Love it. Everything about it is wonderful. Who doesn't like dirty dancing? All the cheesiness, the fantastic quotes and the great believable characters, forme dirty dancing is one of the best films ever made.

Now I have wrote about it enough I think I need to watch it again now. Better warn the neighbours there's gonna be some loud singing coming from my house tonight

Hey hey baby I wanna noooooooooo……………..

Summary: if you aint seen it in a while put it on and dance the night away