Dirty Dancing

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Although it’s hard to imagine a time when Swayze wasn’t a marquee name, such was the case when Lloyd and album executive producer Jimmy Ienner began the process of rounding up artists for the soundtrack.

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For a location, they did not find anything suitable in the Catskills (as many of the Borscht Belt resorts had been shut down at that point), so they decided on a combination of two locations: Lake Lure, North Carolina, and the Mountain Lake Hotel near Pembroke, Virginia, and with careful editing made it look like all shooting was done in the same area. No one on the team, however, liked the rough cut that was put together, and Vestron executives were convinced the film was going to be a flop. According to Ortega, literally the last tape they listened to had " The Time of My Life", which they saw as the obvious choice. I'll Remember) In The Still Of The Night"by The Five Satins - This song plays over the scene of Johnny and Baby in bed, and continues into the next scene where Vivian (Miranda Garrison) sees them together outside. Back then you had all the Michael McDonalds and Kenny Logginses doing all those songs on soundtracks,” says Zappacosta.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 72% based on reviews from 74 critics and a rating average of 6. More Chances to Feel Dirty in Chicago; Dirty Dancing Gets Six Extra Weeks" Archived October 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, playbill.

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The original tour's cast included Jillian Mueller as Frances "Baby" Houseman, Samuel Pergande as Johnny Castle, Jenny Winton as Penny Johnson, Mark Elliot Wilson as Dr. Delays in the shooting schedule pushed filming into the autumn, which required the set decorators to spray-paint the autumn leaves green.

To this day, Lloyd says he has not heard from any of the pop acts who passed on it: “I’ve bumped into a couple of them over the years, and there’s never a mention of it. Warnes was almost a no-go as well: After hearing a demo of the song, her boyfriend said, “I hope they’re paying you a lot of money for this.