dirty dancing is a 1987 american romantic drama dance film written by eleanor bergstein , directed by emile ardolino and starring patrick swayze and jennifer grey in the lead roles , as well as cynthia rhodes and jerry orbach .

originally a low-budget film by a new studio , great american films limited partnership , and with no major stars ( except broadway legend orbach in a supporting role ) , dirty dancing became a massive box office hit .

as of 2009 , it has earned over $ 214 million worldwide .

it was the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video , and the dirty dancing soundtrack created by jimmy ienner generated two multi-platinum albums and multiple singles , including " ( i 've had ) the time of my life " , which won both the golden globe and academy award for best original song , and a grammy award for best duet .

the film 's popularity led to a 2004 prequel , dirty dancing : havana nights , as well as a stage version which has had sellout performances in australia , europe , and north america .

in 2011 , a dirty dancing remake was announced with kenny ortega , who choreographed the original film , as the director .

however , on june 8 , 2012 , lionsgate announced they were postponing the reboot .

citing casting reasons , the remake release was put off until 2014 at the earliest .

in february 2015 , it was scheduled to be a tv movie .

the remake was officially cancelled in july 2015 , but it was later picked up by abc .

it aired on may 24 , 2017 , but was panned by critics .

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the 1987 movie dirty dancing has a cherished place in many fans’ hearts . it’s doubtful dirty dancing - the classic story on stage will displace it .
dirty dancing is back ! exploding with heart - pounding music , breath - taking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing .
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abc’s 3 hour event , dirty dancing and fox’s new series , shots fired .
katey sagal will play vivian pressman in the remake of
dirty dancing .
dirty dancing - final dance scene . ( time of my life ) full .
more dancing than love : patrick swayze and jennifer grey in the 1987 film dirty dancing . photograph : allstar / vestron pictures
a musical re - imagining of the 1987 film , dirty dancing ( 1987 ) .
a musical re - imagining of the 1987 film , dirty dancing ( 1987 ) .
dirty dancing premieres wednesday , may 24 at 8 p . m . on abc .
virginia ' s mountain lake lodge served as kellerman ' s resort in dirty dancing .
i fell in love with johnny in dirty dancing . then i met the man himself
abc is now casting extras for dirty dancing to work on a hotel scene . abc’s dirty dancing is looking for men and women to work on scenes filming between monday may 9th…
there ' s no apparent end in sight for the growing generations of dirty dancing fans .
black eyed peas have recorded the title track to the movie dirty dancing : havana nights .
georgina rich and josef brown star in the new stage version of
dirty dancing .
sharzaer ' s last two projects were similar to the feel of
dirty dancing .
a lift competition coincides with the dirty dancing festival in lake lure , n . c .
dirty dancing ( three hours ) airs wednesday at 8 p . m . on abc .
abc dirty dancing is now casting recurring roles in saluda , north carolina . dirty dancing is now casting men and women to work on the first week of filming . producers are looking for…
a poster of the 1987 movie ' dirty dancing , ' starring patrick swayze and jennifer grey .
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abc is now casting featured roles for dirty dancing . abc dirty dancing is looking for men and women to work on a full week of filming in saluda , north carolina . producers are also…
colt prattes and abigail breslin hit the dance floor in abc ' s ' dirty dancing . '
abigail breslin and colt prattes in abc’s musical “dirty dancing” remake . ( guy d’alema / abc )
the hotel gets thousands of dirty dancing fans booking in every year and they even run special themed weekends that include dancing lessons and watermelon flinging .
dirty dancing – the classic story on stage is an unprecedented live experience , exploding with heart - pounding music , passionate romance and sensational dancing .
families can talk about the style of dancing in dirty dancing - - why it was so popular at the time and why it remains popular today .
what a load of rubbish . what was dirty about it ? should have just been called ' dancing ' or ' ever so slightly steamy dancing '
letter to s . o . j 2012 from the writer and producer of dirty dancing eleanor bergstein .
dirty dancing festival : 9 a . m . to 5 p . m . aug . 17 ;
dirty dancing : which iconic lift is your favorite ? select one using the reaction tabs . # dirtydancing30th
looking for your next audition ? abc is now casting teen actors for dirty dancing . abc’s dirty dancing is looking for teens to work on a scene filming on tuesday , april 19th and wednesday , …
abigail breslin is baby , colt prattes is johnny castle in abc ' s ' dirty dancing . '
why ′dirty dancing′ is more than a teen flick | film | dw | 17 . 08 . 2017
a planned tv miniseries remake of the movie “dirty dancing” set to film in asheville is now on hold .
decade of dance , dirty dancing is a rare case of a movie that warmly deserves its runaway success .
it’s been 30 years since dirty dancing came out . here are the 11 plot holes we all missed .
abc is now casting debra messing’s stand - in for the new series dirty dancing . tona b . dahlquist casting is looking for stand - ins tow ork on the upcoming abc series dirty dancing , which is filming…
dirty dancing
was the talk of twitter on wednesday - - but for all the wrong reasons .
great soundtrack . i lost my other cd of dirty dancing + there are extra not previously released songs .
agony : dirty dancing star patrick swayze was in agony while filming the iconic lake scene , pictured . the actor was battling an ongoing knee injury that made dancing painful
the 9th annual lake lure dirty dancing festival august 24 - 25 , 2018 lake lure , n . c .
dirty dancing : official movie site for ordering your own digital copy hd , blu - ray™ and dvd . urltoken
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ali ( center ) with some of the ‘dirty dancing’ cast at the airport . photo courtesy of ali marconi .
activities include dance lessons to hits from the film , a lift competition and an outdoor screening of dirty dancing .
top , mountain lake lodge as kellerman’s in “dirty dancing . ” bottom , mountain lake lodge in virginia today .
in short , if you loved dirty dancing , watch the movie . it doesn’t get any better on stage .
the national tour of dirty dancing at the eccles theater is eye - catching and heart stopping with fantastic talent .
global warming . . . kym valentine and josef brown in dirty dancing , the show that ' s busting borders .
dirty dancing is a high priority for lionsgate , and this one should move quickly . ortega is repped by paradigm .
musicals : the lion king , grease , dirty dancing , saturday night fever , mamma mia , ev . . .
the remake of the movie dirty dancing that aired on abc in may 2017 was filmed at the high hampton resort .
the following versions of dirty dancing are apparently real . if you disagree or have additional info , please update us .
one viewer said :
the keith & paddy show is brilliant . this dirty dancing sketch is so funny .
heidi stone , the hotel’s general manager said : “it is amazing how many thousands of dirty dancing fans we meet every summer . we have guests from all over the world that come to mountain lake lodge just for the dirty dancing weekends .
star wars and dirty dancing are the films people most love to watch over and over again , according to a poll .
the following missing scenes from dirty dancing are believed legit . if you disagree or have additional info , please update us .
any one of these things would have made dirty dancing leagues better than most of the claptrap aimed squarely at teenage girls .
nobody puts baby in a corner , but maybe someone should’ve put the designers of the live “dirty dancing” in a timeout .
please note this show is not affiliated with ' dirty dancing : the classic story on stage ' . see more info at urltoken a night of dirty dancing - the ultimate tribute show ( touring ) tour dates listed on urltoken since jun 2013 .
“i was called ‘baby’ until i was 22 , but i was a dirty dancer when i was 11 . i had dirty dancing trophies that would turn your hands green , ” bergstein said .
this is the opening line of dirty dancing , and one of the greatest opening lines ever . eat that , james joyce .
johnny teaches baby a few moves , and boy , does baby let loose . this dirty dancing might be her new talent .
it’s not an actual filing location , but the 1927 lake lure inn & spa is still of interest to dirty dancing fans .
but this “dirty dancing” embraces its movie roots in a more literal way : much of the production’s scenery consists of video projections .
alert me when new a night of dirty dancing - the ultimate tribute show ( touring ) tour dates are announced . . .
you can probably throw in all the panty shots of the dirty dancing girls , penny in her dancing gear , and lisa ' s rather large rack in the bikini in the end scene .
however — starseeker and this site are reporting that the dirty dancing remake is now scheduled for 2016 . hmmm . is derek finished with his dancing with the stars contract then ? think so !
baby ( jennifer grey ) and johnny castle ( patrick swayze ) had the time of their lives 20 years ago in dirty dancing .
a little harsh maybe , but the opinion of one die - hard dirty dancing fan and probably echoed by millions the world over .
in 2015 it was announced there will be a television remake of dirty dancing . the project is scheduled for release later this year .
the remake of ' dirty dancing ' is the most traumatizing thing i have witnessed since election night ' 16 . # dirtydancing # leaveclassicsalone
the keith and paddy picture show left viewers
in stitches
tonight after the comedy duo recreated an iconic scene from dirty dancing .
dirty dancing has found its bandleader . star wars ‘ billy dee williams has been cast as tito in dirty dancing , abc ’s three - hour remake of the hit patrick swayze - jennifer grey movie . the role was played by charles ‘honi’ coles in the original film .
what about patrick swayze and jennifer grey in dirty dancing ? there is the same sense of , “it’s more about the dancing” and “young , rebellious triumph over authority and adversity” than a believable love connection .
· dirty dancing opens at the aldwych theatre , london wc2 ( 0870 400 0805 ) on 24 oct , with previews from 28 sept .
sarah hyland & j . quinton johnson debut ' don ' t think twice , it ' s alright ' duet from ' dirty dancing '
dirty dancing was one of the biggest indie hits of the 1980s . but it came very close to not happening at all . . .
thanks to screen crush for reminding us that it ' s dirty dancing ' s 25th anniversary today ! dirty dancing has always been one of my favorite movies . this is no guilty pleasure , but instead a wholehearted admiration for a film that i still find powerfully moving today .
' dirty dancing ' remake features a baby who can ' t dance and a johnny who can ' t act , our critic says .
featuring all the hits from everyone ' s favourite dance movie dirty dancing , a brand - new , spectacular stage show comes to town .
actress romola garai says experienced severe body shaming on the set of dirty dancing : havana nights that affected her mental state for years afterwards .
let us know : will you relive the magic and have the time of your life with the dirty dancing dvd ? leave your thoughts below .
the infamous ' dirty dancing ' steps at lake lure . # dirtydancing # lakelure # lakelurenc # patrickswayze # dirtydancingsteps # northcarolina # filminglocation # jennifergrey
review : abc ' s ' dirty dancing ' is a time of your life you ' ll never get back ' dirty dancing ' remake features a baby who can ' t dance and a johnny who can ' t act , our critic says . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
please note : requests should only be made by those officially affiliated to a night of dirty dancing - the ultimate tribute show ( touring ) .
the other night , i made my man watch dirty dancing . the movie that i’ve seen easily over a hundred times . the movie that caused me and my best friend to fly across the country in year 12 to see the stage premiere of dirty dancing – the classic story on stage .
twenty years ago in the movie dirty dancing , a sexy , sweaty , gyrating patrick swayze danced into the hearts of a generation of teenage girls .
dirty dancing , the australian - made musical that has broken box office records in britain , has had a spectacular entry into the north american market .
abc entered the musical adaptation game with a leap on wednesday night , but its dirty dancing remake landed with a thud with many viewers and critics .
samuel pergande ( as johnny ) and jillian mueller ( baby ) in the touring production of
dirty dancing — the classic story on stage .
the broadway touring production of “dirty dancing – the classic story onstage . ” samuel pergande and jillian mueller star as johnny castle and frances “baby” houseman .
my girl friend loves the movie dirty dancing . this was the perfect gift for her . an with the limited keepsake esition it was really great .
one of the best things about this 20th anniversary edition of dirty dancing is you get a free iron - on transfer with it . remember them ?
•to celebrate the film ' s 20th anniversary , lionsgate is showing newly remastered prints may 1 - 2 in 330 u . s . theaters and 45 in canada . ( theaters can be found at dirty dancing . com . ) moviegoers will get to watch a 30 - minute dirty dancing bonus feature .
dirty dancing creator eleanor bergstein , who wrote and co - produced the film , based the movie on her family vacations to new york ' s catskills .
global warming . . . kym valentine and josef brown in < i > dirty dancing < / i > , the show that ' s busting borders .
however , it was in brooklyn rather than the catskills that she learnt to dirty dance .
i grew up in a very tough neighbourhood in brooklyn , new york , and when i was in junior high i would go to dirty dancing contests and we would do this really , really raunchy street dancing .
patrick swayze , when he made the film dirty dancing was really 35 , he was supposed to be 25 . jennifer grey was really 27 years old !
dirty dancing , a three - hour filmed musical event based on the hit 1987 film , makes its debut on abc may 24 at 8 pm et .
best dance movie ever made . lionsgate has done this title justice with tons of extras and the best picture and sound quality dirty dancing has ever had .
dirty dancing – the classic story on stage , is booking through to 22 feb 2014 . so get your dancing shoes on , fluff up those 80’s hairdos and jive on down to the piccadilly theatre for the time of your life !
i probably began watching dirty dancing when i began dancing class at the age of 5 ,
says becky auslander , 23 , an entertainment publicist in new york , who had a dirty dancing poster on the wall of her college dorm room .
it wasn ' t until years later that i actually understood the depth of the film , and then i was even more intrigued .
now you’ve just finished work on the new dirty dancing remake . what can you share about this project ? what was your role and what was production like ?
movie fans can take special dirty dancing guided boat tours with the lake lure tours boat company , which points out many of the landmark scenes from the film .
i didn ' t understand the ending of dirty dancing ( the tv movie ) . why did she marry someone else ? ? ! ! # pleaseexplain # dirtydancing
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“dirty dancing” was a box - office hit in 1987 , and its enduring popularity has spawned a stage musical , a cheesy cuba - based prequel and the adoration of multiple generations . “dirty dancing” oozes nostalgia , not least because it’s an ’80s movie set in the ’60s . but a remake will always be a tall order .
a musical stage adaptation titled dirty dancing : the classic story on stage debuted in australia in 2004 , and various versions have toured throughout the us and the uk .
while it ' s easy to be cynical about the whole affair , the film ' s sheer audacity is admirable , and dirty dancing knows what it aspires to .
' and in russia , it ' s policy in the battered women ' s shelters , when a woman comes in for help : first , they wash and dress her wounds , then they give her soup . then they sit her down and show her dirty dancing . when the berlin wall came down , there were all these pictures of kids wearing dirty dancing t - shirts ; they were saying : we want to have what they have in the west ! we want dirty dancing ! '
nobody puts baby in a corner in the television remake of dirty dancing , which aired wednesday on abc , but other aspects of the original 1987 film have shifted .
dirty dancing turned 30 last year , and since it first premiered in august 1987 , the hollywood movie has become a favourite among men and women of all ages .
keith lemon and paddy mcguinness recreated a classic dirty dancing pose on the national television awards red carpet tonight , as keith opted for a dress on the big night .
it ' s a comedy series of five episodes paying tribute to the comedy duo ' s favourite movies of all time , including dirty dancing , jaws and rocky .
much less
dirty
than the movie , lots of fun to dance to .
whatever you think you know about the 1987 movie “dirty dancing , ” you don’t really know the half of it . you know it stars patrick swayze and jennifer grey in a “bad boy , good girl” romantic drama with plenty of hot dancing sequences .
that ' s certainly true for julia derbyshire , who as a teen growing up in new jersey vividly remembers going to a theater in the mall to see dirty dancing .
i ' d love to dance like they do and watching two people dance like that is so sexy ,
says andy , a proud male dirty dancing fan .
preteen ? make that grown - up . now and forever . in tribute , to the movie and to patrick swayze himself , the best dance scenes from dirty dancing .
eleanor bergstein based the cult movie dirty dancing on her own life . now she ' s turned it into a hit musical - with a difference . rachel wells reports .
eleanor bergstein wrote dirty dancing as a warm recollection of her memories of trips with her parents to catskills holiday camps just like
kellerman ' s
in the movie .
time flies ! can you believe it ' s been 30 years since dirty dancing hit the big screen on aug . 21 , 1987 ? we certainly can ' t !
if all of that isn’t enough for you , why not buy a ticket for the annual dirty dancing festival , which takes place in morse park meadows , lake lure .
standing in a picturesque lake , dirty dancing actress jennifer grey is lifted into the air by hunky co - star patrick swayze as the pair rehearse a dance routine outdoors .
jennifer mealani jones portrays penny , bronwyn reed plays baby and christopher tierney is johnny in ‘dirty dancing - the classic story on stage’ at the kravis center . courtesy matthew murphy
jillian mueller and samuel pergande star in the broadway sacramento presentation of “dirty dancing – the classic story on , ” at the sacramento community center theater through jan . 4 .
the 34 - year - old actress recalls working on the 2004 prequel dirty dancing : havana nights , revealing that it opened her eyes to sexism in the movie industry .
as the remake of
dirty dancing
begins revving up to film , another name is added to the list of stars bound for western north carolina in the coming weeks .
samuel pergande ( as johnny ) and jillian mueller ( baby ) in the touring production of
dirty dancing — the classic story on stage .
( / matthew murphy )
producers planning a remake of the movie “dirty dancing” have pulled the plug on north carolina , freeing up $ 4 million in state film grant money that can go to other projects .
thousands of dirty dancing fans make the pilgrimage every year to the mountain lake lodge hotel , which was the real - life location for kellerman’s resort where baby and her family stayed .
and then y ' all end it like this 🤔 i want a damn t - shirt after making it through this mess . - i survived dirty dancing 2017 - # dirtydancing urltoken
the pair act out the scene when baby meets johnny for the first time at a secret staff ‘dirty dancing’ party away from the rest of the kellermans resort in the catskill mountains .
but still : i find it interesting to look behind the curtains , particularly on smaller films , at the mounting issues that can throw a film spectacularly off course . that producer linda gottlieb and her team held dirty dancing together is no small feat . that she steered clear of havana nights , the ill - fated dirty dancing sequel ? all the better . . .
the one person i didn ' t hear mentioned was eleanor bergstein , who wrote the original
dirty dancing
based on her own life ,
a showbiz 411 reviewer said .
it’s been 30 years since the 1987 film “ dirty dancing ” premiered in theaters , and actress jennifer grey reflected on what it was like working with her co - star patrick swayze .
grey , who also starred in ferris bueller ' s day off , was speaking ahead of the release of a special edition of dirty dancing , which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year .
chemistry : grey and swayze as baby and johnny castle in dirty dancing , which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year . a special edition of the film will be released to mark the occasion
while abc is set to go live later this year with the wonderful world of disney : the little mermaid live , its remake of dirty dancing was a filmed three - hour adaptation .
the dancing here brings out the sensual dreaminess of the songs . dirty dancing - - what a great title ! - - is such a bubbleheaded , retro vision of growing up in the sixties ( or any other time ) that you go out of the theatre giggling happily .
so this week’s remake of dirty dancing on abc is a curious thing : dirty dancing fans have not been clamoring for a reboot or a remake or so much as a re - airing—and it is already an immutable law of the universe established long ago that the original dirty dancing will always be replaying on some channel or streaming somewhere whenever you need it . a live musical update , like the ones other networks have been doing , could theoretically have been fun , but this is neither live nor really a musical , despite a few singing numbers . it’s a remake where just about everything—the plot , the dialogue , the dancing , the cast—has gotten worse .
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patrick swayze , the hollywood actor whose role in dirty dancing inspired a generation of ordinary girls to believe their dreams could come true , has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 57 .
people say that , but there is no privacy for dirty dancing ,
says bergstein , who says that within days of its sydney premiere it was all over the new york papers .
but the strangest choice by far—even stranger than making the new movie a pseudo - musical , singing the songs that appeared on the original film’s unforgettable soundtrack—is the new movie’s added framing device , which positions the whole of dirty dancing as the flashback a now - adult baby ( abigail breslin , stepping in for jennifer grey ) experiences while watching a broadway show called—wait for it— dirty dancing .
tickets for dirty dancing – the classic story on stage at the pantages theater are available at urltoken or urltoken . to check out if this production is coming to your city , visit urltoken .
a one - story - high video screen is effective in helping convey the story , and it easily parts for several of the big entrances that add to the spectacle of “dirty dancing . ”
dirty dancing plays the eccles theater for a limited engagement through sunday , june 25 , 2017 . for tickets , call arttix at 801 - 355 - arts ( 2787 ) or visit urltoken .
although the plot is sometimes implausible , the movie ' s music , dancing and romantic spirit carry a lot of it . in addition , dirty dancing has the virtues of a female main character ( a bit unusual in a coming - of - age movie ) and an interesting setting .
we met eleanor , the writer and producer of dirty dancing , at her studio in new york , 2013 . we talked about the impact her movie have had on her life and many others .
as for the london show , dirty dancing is , with £6m advance ticket sales , the most successfully pre - sold show in the history of london theatre . across the world - in dubai , mexico , scandinavia , russia , slovakia and poland - production companies are clamouring for the rights to produce it . dirty dancing is shaping up to be the biggest live theatre sensation of all time .
fox’s shots fired will start production in charlotte in about 2 - 3 weeks . april will also bring us dirty dancing and three billboards outside of ebbing , missouri further west in the asheville area .
by post : send your completed entry form to dirty dancing competition , newsquest dorset , fleet house , hampshire road , weymouth , dorset , dt4 9xd before the closing date of 12th august 2017 .
for many dirty dancing fans , grey , now 57 , and swayze , who died of cancer in 2009 , will always be baby and johnny . there have , of course , been other incarnations of these characters in different projects through the years . in 1988 , ortega directed a short - lived dirty dancing tv series starring patrick cassidy and melora hardin , and in 2004 , swayze had a cameo in dirty dancing : havana nights , a prequel / reimagining of the original film . neither bergstein nor emile ardolina , the late director of the 1987 movie , were involved in these productions .
the north american tour of dirty dancing - the classic story on stage is produced by amber jacobsen , networks presentations llc , grove entertainment , and col joye in association with lionsgate and magic hour productions .
women love talking about dirty dancing and like getting me to try and persuade their boyfriends to watch the movie with them . i think the men see me as a traitor to the sex .
north carolina town hosts ' dirty dancing ' festival lake lure takes much pride in being the backdrop for this all - american coming - of - age dance drama . check out this story on urltoken urltoken
like the central character in dirty dancing , bergstein grew up in new york and spent her summer holidays at a resort in the catskill mountains . her dad was a doctor and everyone called her baby .
it ' s a sweet , lyrical movie with plenty of musical nostalgia . but more importantly , dirty dancing has an uplifting message of hope that can be found only in the dreams of the young .
in this image provided by lionsgate home entertainment , patrick swayze , portraying johnny castle , and jennifer grey , portraying baby houseman , are shown in a scene from the film ,
dirty dancing .
there’s no way to make “dirty dancing” the film play to the rafters , as a big broadway - style musical requires . so blowing it out into more spectacle was really the only way to go .
“it was a cesspit of horrific misogyny , ” garai , 34 , who played the female lead in the 2004 prequel to the original dirty dancing , tells the observer of the environment on - set .
when rehearsing the scene where baby and johnny were dancing on the tree limb , patrick fell off and his knee swelled up but he had it drained and the next day he was dancing again .
johnny gets his pants dirty by sliding across the floor , yet they are clean in the next shot .
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rumor has it that the balance log in
dirty dancing
was at the highland lake inn resort in flat rock , nc , and the log is still there . [ thanks to bob the builder ]
astral images worked with 2g digital to restore the 1987 classic dirty dancing . we processed and scanned the film in - house at 4k using astral color ice ' s automated technology to remove dust and defects .
such effects , while technically ingenious , are among the reasons this live - in - the - flesh version of “dirty dancing” somehow feels more synthetic than its celluloid forerunner . but they’re not the only ones .
after two relaxing nights at the lakeless virginia location , head down interstate 77 and across north carolina on interstate 40 to lake lure , where there’s more to do but , for the “dirty dancing” fan , somewhat less to see . the lake was created in the 1920s by damming the broad river , and today it is an active tourist destination that embraces “dirty dancing” every bit as much as the mountain lake lodge does .
step in johnny castle and baby ' s dancing shoes for a weekend ! stay in kellerman ' s mountain house for one of our dirty dancing themed weekends . enjoy a full itinerary of the movie film tours , dance lessons , saturday night party and much more . you will have the time of your life .
resort owner kellerman himself tries to set baby up with his smarmy grandson , neil . while clumsily dancing with neil , baby ' s eyes are drawn to the professional dancers hired to entertain the guests : penny johnson and johnny castle ( patrick swayze ) . their dancing , while not that dirty , intrigues her .
but dirty dancing ' s appeal went beyond teens , bringing in about $ 64 million , which translates to $ 112 . 6 million in 2006 . it became the year ' s 11th top - grossing movie .
left , patrick swayze and jennifer grey in the lake lift scene from “dirty dancing . ” the lake lift scene was filmed in mountain lake in virginia . right , the lake , which went dry in 2008 .
jennifer grey and patrick swayze worked on
dirty dancing
immediately after finishing
red dawn
. they had not got on during the making of that movie and had to be pursuaded to work together again .
billed as ' the sexiest song and dance sensation of 2013 ' , music and dance fans have the chance to experience the all - new box office hit a night of dirty dancing - the ultimate tribute show .
calling dirty dancing
star wars for women
assumes that women either don ' t like or don ' t understand star wars . i was a thirteen year old girl when dirty dancing came out . i preferred star wars then and i still prefer it now . i won ' t be spending my money to see the theatre version of dd . i ' m saving it for a ticket to see the new james bond movie !
dirty dancing – the classic story on stage features the hit songs including ‘hungry eyes’ , ‘hey ! baby’ , ‘do you love me ? ’ and the heart stopping ‘ ( i’ve had ) the time of my life’ .
the dancing is deliberately ( both in - and out - of - universe ) meant to look sexual .
cheryl burke might be hinting at something in her latest instagram . the longtime dancing with the . . .
you can stay in the rooms they used , or if you prefer utmost privacy , opt for the dirty dancing cabins . johnny ' s cabin and baby ' s cabin feature a jacuzzi , wet bar , kitchenette , a large bedroom and a very sweet front porch . in addition to the dirty dancing cast , the inn also has hosted the likes of f . scott fitzgerald , franklin d . roosevelt , calvin coolidge and emily post .
havana nights is somewhat of a sequel to the 1987 smash hit flick dirty dancing , but set in havana in 1958 . the positioning statement for the new movie is ‘have the time of your life , all over again’ .
made for a relative pittance by independent studio vestron , the true story of dirty dancing is one of persistence . . . not least on the part of the lady on whose life the story is ( loosely ) based .
dirty dancing is an unprecedented live experience , exploding with heart - pounding music , passionate romance and sensationally sexy dancing . this worldwide smash hit tells the classic story of baby and johnny , two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives . dirty dancing features the hit songs “hungry eyes , ” “hey baby , ” “do you love me ? ” and the heart - stopping “ ( i’ve had ) the time of my life . ” you’ll have the time of your life !
the original dirty dancing is a movie so beloved that its ingestion into the voracious hollywood reboot machine was near - inevitable . except dirty dancing has already been through the reboot rigmarole , multiple times , and never successfully . there was the 1988–89 tv adaptation , which came right on the heels of the original movie and was quickly canceled . sorta - prequel dirty dancing : havana nights bombed upon its february 2004 release . i won’t defend it here , except to say that the script’s backstory made for an interesting this american life segment and a pre– mad men john slattery in the dad role is worth looking out for . but the lesson of all of this is that the magic of the original dirty dancing is really , really hard to re - create . it may be corny and clichéd , but there’s a reason it was a hit with a soundtrack that spent an eternity on the billboard charts .
back alley doctor : the abortion clinic . i . e .
a dirty knife and a folding table .
we wondered about the reasons for our eleven - year - old hearts beating so hard after watching the movie dirty dancing . . . we would leave the cinema for the fifth time , still with an overwhelming sense of strength !
the lodge has dirty dancing weekends every summer , special packages that provide guests with a tour , group dance lessons ( with optional private lessons ) , a “dirty dancing” scavenger hunt and more . three are scheduled this year — one each in june , july and august — but fans of the movie come all the time . a small cabin in front of the main lodge has an exhibition devoted to the movie and a guest book full of ardent inscriptions .
i ' m a lifelong resident of lake lure and was here when dirty dancing was filmed . the cast and crew ( including patrick swayze & jennifer gray ) stayed at the historical 1927 lake lure inn while filming here .
you will not have the time of your life watching abc’s “dirty dancing” musical . it is neither good nor deliciously bad . it is a banal three - hour time - suck that manages to feel both rushed and drawn out .
until then , the return of the “dirty dancing” money means griffin can recruit new productions . wilmington has about 250 people working on “under the dome , ” but leaders there have been worried about what will happen when the show ends .
often derided by men as the seminal ultracheese ( tm ) teen romantic ' chick flick ' , dirty dancing is one of those movies that became a cliche in itself through its seemingly endless appeal to the fairer sex of all ages .
however , dirty dancing was the epitome of a surprise breakthrough hit . it was a cheap , independent production that broke through , building up off sizeable word of mouth . it would be fair to call it something of a phenomenon .
dirty dancing ' s shoot lasted for 44 days , and director emile ardolino duly went to his edit room to assemble a cut . it would be fair to say that his first take on the film did not go down well , leaving one producer to reportedly say
burn the negative and collect the insurance
. in fact , for some time , there was serious talk of letting dirty dancing bypass cinemas altogether , in favour of a straight to video release .
abigail breslin , seen in 2015 , was announced that year as the star of the dirty dancing remake . viewers on social media didn ' t take kindly wednesday night to the adaptation . ( richard shotwell / invision / associated press )
the cheers for “dirty dancing” began with the first drumbeats of the opening song at century ii on tuesday night , and hit their peak when the lead performers re - created the final scene’s dance “lift” made famous in the 1987 flick .
new york writer eleanor bergstein spent 10 years hawking a script around hollywood and gyrating on tables in front of male movie executives . then a fledgling studio finally agreed to make her film , dirty dancing . it became a box office hit .
being on set was surreal because the original dirty dancing is a movie i loved growing up . additionally , all the production staff were so lovely . i am grateful to have had such a great first experience in the film industry . ”
she is all grown up : when baby puts on her dancing dress , and the white gown at the end .
dancing partnership but no kisses : fred astaire and ginger rogers in top hat . photograph : moviestore collection / rex features
i want to hold out hope that somehow dirty dancing will indeed be rescheduled for a remake starring derek . as of now , however , it is not on an official release schedule that i found to be reliable when i was working on the makeyourmove3d website and we were seeking a release date for derek’s movie back then . here it is . keep checking it , maybe if we all pray real hard , dirty dancing : the remake will appear on this list real soon . 🙂
dirty dancing’s remake has not happened to this date . in fact – at the beginning of 2015 , talk turned to doing a three - episode tv movie instead , so as not to compete with the original film version . aww , shucks !
ghostbusters ,
dirty dancing ,
indiana jones ,
back to the future
and other classics made the 80s unforgettable . how many of these 13 cult films have you seen ? ( 11 . 07 . 2016 )
dirty dancing is back in sydney , the city of its conception . after nearly ten years , it’s become a proven success with audiences , having broken box office records across the world . its cult following is so strong that audiences seem to know exactly what they will get before even stepping foot in the theatre . the excitement is contagious , and renders the dirty dancing experience far more enjoyable . but , when the production is placed under a critical eye , it quickly reveals its imperfections .
dirty dancing originally opened at the aldwych theatre on 24 october 2006 with record - breaking advance sales of £15m – making it the fastest - selling show ever in west end theatre history . the production then became the aldwych’s longest - running show , playing to over two million people throughout its five - year run , before eventually dancing the last fandango on 9 july 2011 .
said ortega of the project , “the opportunity to direct dirty dancing is like returning home for me . growing up in the 60’s on the dance floor helped define me as a person and as an artist . i am looking forward to assembling a great creative team and an exciting cast to bring dirty dancing to the screen for a new generation . patrick swayze set the bar for men dancing in the movies as gene kelly and fred astaire did before him . i believe everywhere you look there is evidence that the talent is out there and i can’t wait to begin the process of discovering the next breakout triple - threats . ”
every film has sizeable problems during production of course - as zoe saldana told us of issues on guardians of the galaxy earlier in the year ,
i call that a tuesday on a film set
- and some suffer more than dirty dancing did .
thirty years after its release ,
dirty dancing
about a teen summer romance is as popular as ever , with a recent tv remake and sold - out musicals around the world . here are 10 things you didn ' t know about the film .
the greatness of dirty dancing was not lost on me in my near - daily viewings as a child and preteen , re - enacting every dance with my sister . what i learned a little later : it ' s a great , brave movie for women .
abortion , theft , class inequality :
dirty dancing
took on hard - hitting topics - and nearly didn ' t make it to theaters as a result . take a closer look at the iconic coming - of - age story as it turns 30 .
handled with empathy and without judgement the abortion is just one of the many elements that make dirty dancing a feminist film . other notable box - office hits of 1987 included three men and a baby , beverly hills cop ii , good morning vietnam , the untouchables , stakeout and lethal weapon . in a cinematic climate filled with machismo , dirty dancing was one of the only films where a leading female character – an awkward , opinionated virgin no less – possessed the agency to change the lives of the people in her life .
last year , when i passed up my first opportunity to see dirty dancing at belk theater , i had this naïve idea that it would be a musical adaptation of the 1987 film starring patrick swayze and jennifer grey . with the return of the national tour charlotte , this time at cavernous ovens auditorium , i persisted in my folly long after the curtain rose . silly me , i overlooked the fine print in my playbill under the florid romance novel italics of the dirty dancing logo :
the classic story on stage .
the bits you probably know about dirty dancing . it gave patrick swayze his big breakthrough movie . he and co - star jennifer grey supposedly weren ' t best of friends . it went on to be a huge hit . the soundtrack sold a few copies too .
abc ' s dirty dancing remake is almost here , and we finally have our first look at the cast , which includes abigail breslin as baby and colt prattes as johnny castle , the onscreen couple made iconic by jennifer grey and patrick swayze in the 1987 movie .
i’d come here on a quest to see the locations where dirty dancing was shot . while it was actually filmed in virginia and north carolina , the movie that launched a million slumber - party fantasies was set in a scenic family resort in new york’s catskill mountains .
just as important , the lake lure inn & spa was the site of real - life dirty dancing . “we had dance parties at the hotel , and they were really crazy dance parties , and we kind of practiced our moves , ” doriana sanchez , one of the movie’s main dancers , said in an interview for the first dirty dancing festival in 2009 . “so if you can imagine what was on film – add a little beer and heat , and it was pretty fun on the dance floor on our times off . ”
dirty dancing ' s original scribe watches all the remakes and says that while the controversial ending of the abc remake
isn ' t the story i would ' ve told ,
she doesn ' t take issue with others ' interpretations of the characters she created .
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since its release in 1987 , dirty dancing has become a slow - burning hollywood classic for those who like their romance danced out . as it opens on london ' s west end stage , with
record
advance ticket sales , what ' s its enduring appeal ?
distant finale : the film opens with a 1975 baby watching dirty dancing : the musical and reminiscing about her time at kellerman ' s . in the end johnny catches up with her , and she wrote a book about the experience , upon which the musical is based .
the two portrayed sheltered teenager baby and handsome dance instructor johnny in the flick about their summer love affair . in may 2017 , the memorable blockbuster was brought back to life with a tv remake . here ' s hoping jennifer one day considers doing a dirty dancing sequel !
look beyond the deceptively raunchy opening credits and you’ll realise that the steamy romance was all just a clever vehicle for a critical , social and political portrait of american life in the ’60s , and that dirty dancing is , in fact , an enduring piece of feminist cinema .
dirty dancing - a coming - ofage film about a wide - eyed teen on a family holiday who discovers a forbidden underworld of sexy dancing - finally hit the big screen in 1987 . it featured a cast of relative unknowns including patrick swayze as dance teacher johnny castle and jennifer grey as daddy ' s little girl frances
baby
houseman . no one was more surprised at its immediate success than bergstein .


your name is justine ( polish : masz na imię justine ) is a 2005 luxembourgish film directed by franco de peña .

de peña had originally wanted to produce the film in germany , but when he was unable to garner enough funds , he came to luxembourg .

the film was co-produced by luxembourg hemisphere films and polish opus film , and shot primarily in luxembourg with the aid of numerous local technicians .

as a result of the multifaceted production , the dialogue of the movie is in english , german and polish .

the plot of the story revolves around a girl called mariola ( anna cieslak ) , who is forced into prostitution in berlin , and attempts to hold on to her sense of self despite being exploited by those around her .

the film was luxembourg 's submission to the 79th academy awards for the academy award for best foreign language film .

although previous submissions ( such as italy 's private ) had been rejected due to not being in the official language of the country , the academy removed the requirement for the 79th academy awards , allowing your name is justine and other films such as canada 's water ( which contained only hindi dialogue ) to be submitted .

however , the film was rejected by the academy of motion picture arts and sciences before the formal review process .

the academy determined that there was not enough creative contribution from luxembourg to qualify under the academy 's requirements , which stress that a " submitting country must certify that creative talent of that country exercised artistic control of the film . "

joy hoffman , the head of luxembourg 's foreign-language oscar committee , was disappointed by the rejection .

although he accepted the notion that the film was a " borderline entry " , he noted that " without luxembourg the film would n't exist " .

your name is justine

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i saw this movie in utv . this is a pain full movie and justine acting is wonderfull .
: what is yours is mine , what is mine is yours . forgot it ?
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“your name is justine” tells a story of contemporary sexual slavery . 2 million people are ‘sold’ around the world every year , of which 200 , 000 are women sold into european prostitution . 15 , 000 are polish women … this is the story of one of these women .
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i don’t know if that one intense and realistic rape scene of monica bellucci’s “irreversible” is more painful to watch or the series of rape and violent scenes of “your name justine” is instead . one thing for sure though , our singapore’s pleasure factory is mild compare to that poor poland girl who got sold into the sex industry in germany .
thanks to india’s pioneer world cinema movie channel utv world movies , i stumbled upon a brilliant polish movie your name is justine . it is a heart wrenching story of a young girl from poland who is pushed into the racket of prostitution by a man who pretends to be her boyfriend . the movie released in 2006 and it traces the story of justine as she fights to keep her sanity amidst the violence and heartlessness surrounding the world into which she is forced .
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unfortunately , outside of its well - orchestrated action sequences , “justine” is rather one - note visually as well .
the real - life slave traffic of young women by their supposed boyfriends has spawned several films , not the least of them lukas moodysson ' s splendid
lilya 4 - ever .
franco de pena ' s more simplistic heroic spin ,
your name is justine ,
celebrates one woman ' s struggle to retain her autonomy in the face of brutal male exploitation .
the real - life slave traffic of young women by their supposed boyfriends has spawned several films , not the least of them lukas moodysson’s splendid “lilya 4 - ever . ” franco de pena’s more simplistic heroic spin , “your name is justine , ” celebrates one woman’s struggle to retain her autonomy in the face of brutal male exploitation . visceral violence , well - paced action , [ … ]
the title aptly captures the most important aspect of the movie . ‘your’ name is justine’ points towards the fact that this new identity is forced on her and she doesn’t wish to be a part of it . her polish name mariola is forgotten and in moments of utter despair she reminds herself of this name and that she is from poland in a bid to retain her real identity . she cannot even speak in her native tongue and must use english or german for any communication . her whole being is twisted out of its original shape . anna cieslak plays the role of mariola with great aplomb and portrays effectively the numbing sensation resulting from a nightmare like this . the woman is conditioned to her new life of exploitation and unquestioning servitude by violence and sexual molestation . this changes her forever , not only in a physical way sense but also scars her psychologically .
i did my mfa critical thesis on durrell . i wish i’d taken your class first . but this is an excellent excuse to read the quartet one more time .
the first example depends upon the agency of a telescope . the scene occurs in justine at the summer house of nessim and justine hosnani , and i cite the excerpt at length in the hope that the reader will sense the planes of emotion durrell evokes and superimposes as the passage proceeds . darley is anxious that justine’s infidelity has been discovered by her husband nessim who is also darley’s close friend .
helmer pena closely details how human beings can be reduced to quiescent commodities through fear and deprivation , here represented by the titular renunciation of mariola’s true identity and her adoption of another name , “justine” ( shades of sade ? ) , and of another tongue , english , that is not even the language of the country she has been brought to .
the real - life slave traffic of young women by their supposed boyfriends has spawned several films , not the least of them lukas moodysson’s splendid “lilya 4 - ever . ” franco de pena’s more simplistic heroic spin , “your name is justine , ” celebrates one woman’s struggle to retain her autonomy in the face of brutal male exploitation . visceral violence , well - paced action , and sly sexual power reversals could spell commercial potential if pic were not half in polish , and thus caught in the no - man’s land between arthouse and mainstream .
the film has many messages to convey . besides that , it stretches the viewer ' s ability to empathize with the central character . it tests the viewer ' s sense of humanity , sense of justice , and his / her levels of tolerance . the viewer is tortured , is made to think beyond his comfortable life , his family , his friends etc . and is forced to think and feel for girls like ' justine ' , girls who are forced to forego their self - identities to live under the identity of ' justine ' . justine symbolizes the millions of innocent girls born free , born to live normal lives but are kidnapped , trafficked , blackmailed and forced into prostitution . such girls gradually lose the sense of self , lose the sense of identity , sense of being human and begin to believe that they deserve it , that this is what their destiny is , this is what they are made of . how is it justified ? why should such a thing happen to anyone ? is there an escape ? where is hope ? who am i ? what am i ? if i escape , who will i be ? though the film may not offer answers to these questions , but through the character of pauline it raises these questions in an effectual manner in the viewer ' s hearts , making ' your name is justine ' an unforgettable experience .
the movie is inspired by the fact that 200 , 000 women are sold into brothels every day – 15 , 000 of them are polish women . the fact itself is depressing . and the most depressing thing is the process of how the pimp breaks down a girl from someone innocent into a willing party to whore herself to men after being abducted from her hometown , her loved ones . that is what the majority of “your name is justine” is about . some of the scenes are awfully hard to watch like suffocating a person with a plastic bag . that particular scene looks real to me and it seems that the actor and actress have practiced that scene for a long time . i sincerely hope that the main actress was not harmed in any way during the filming of the movie .
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the parents ask the psychologist about justine , and he explains that she ' s his daughter and the reason he started his institute . they also ask how they are funded , and he tells them that they have some very generous benefactors . the father asks if that is how justine has such an expensive computer . he explains that he ' s an engineer and that her computer is powerful enough to hack the pentagon , which the psychologist didn ' t realize .
you see , justine is written by darley . it’s his autobiography . the second volume , balthazar , is darley’s autobiography corrected or revised by balthazar . in mountolive , written by me , darley is an object in the outside world . clea would be the new autobiography of darley some years later , in alexandria once again ( conversations , 41 ) .
back in the room , justine goes to her computer while the boy looks around the room . he sees a framed puzzle of muhammed ali on the wall . justine sits down at her computer to show the boy how she communicates . she types something and the voice greets the boy . she smiles and a photo on the wall shows that she is the same young girl at the beginning of the film who connects with young christian over the puzzle .
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the final scene takes place at harbor neuroscience . two parents are talking to the same psychologist from the beginning , telling him about their son . their son wanders through the house . the psychologist tells the parents that the outside world will treat him like he ' s different or dumb , and then he will be burdened by the low expectations . most of the other people in the house are children , but the boy wanders into the room of an adult woman who is screaming and shaking and smacking herself in the head . the boy ' s parents come in and apologize for their son wandering in . the woman calms down briefly as she looks at the boy and seems to smile at him . the psychologist tells them that the woman ' s name is justine , one of their few full - time residents . she ' s unable to communicate verbally , but she can do so using her computer . he suggests that the boy hang out with justine while he finishes giving the parents their tour . they agree and leave their son with justine who seems to have calmed down .
at the conclusion of the first volume , justine disappears and darley retreats to an island in the cyclades to lick his love wounds . once there , he writes an ms which becomes , metafictionally , the novel justine , the first novel of the quartet . the balthazar of the second volume is a homosexual alexandrian doctor and cabalist who lives and works at the centre of the novel’s ex - pat society . in balthazar , related again from darley’s point of view , durrell creates the device of the “great interlinear” ( b , 21 ) , a massive and detailed commentary written by balthazar on what must be darley’s ms of justine . the genius of durrell’s technique is to relativize – or , better still , recreate — the events of the first novel through the device of balthazar’s interlinear . balthazar has an eye for association and the logic of continuum over that of sequence : “but i love to feel events overlapping each other , crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket” ( b , 125 ) . from balthazar’s interlinear the reader infers that her task is doubled : one should read between the lines of both balthazar and the justine it destabilizes . as darley comes to realize that justine has used him for political ends and that she loves the other older writer ludwig pursewarden , the reader shares his deception with an ontological frisson .
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the protagonist mariola is played by a new comer anna cieslak . she is a carefree teenager who stays with her grandmother in a small village . she falls in love with a young out - of - town man who is not what he appears to be . he lures her into running away with him under the promise of a good life in the city , but her innocence is taken advantage of as she is sold for prostitution when they reach germany . the plot follows her painful journey as she is raped , beaten , and starved to break her down .
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ray hands her a stack of photographs , which show terrorists , drug cartel leaders , mafia bosses , and other criminal leaders meeting with the same man , who is only seen from behind or partial profile . ray explains that he is an accountant who works for the world ' s biggest criminals , as they cannot call h & r block when they have a financial problem . he is surprised that the accountant has survived this long , given how dangerous his clientele is . he knows of multiple aliases used by the accountant , including lou carroll and carl gauss . ray tells marybeth that he is retiring soon , and her job is to find out who the accountant is , or he will reveal her criminal past .
marybeth ' s exhaustive search has not yielded anything so far . on a hunch , they pull up the two accountants who fit her profile ( caucasian male , age 25 - 45 ) for the last name on the list , christian wolff . one declared an income of over $ 500 , 000 , which tipped the irs off for an audit , which revealed that he was clean . the other declared an income of $ 75 , 000 . this accountant ' s firm is called zzz accounting , which seems suspicious as it ' s a bad choice for a name when they are listed alphabetically in a phonebook . they look up a picture of the street view for the firm , which is in a dingy strip mall with a nail salon , laundromat and chinese food restaurant . on a hunch , marybeth has her friend look up the tax returns on the three neighboring businesses . zzz accounting is listed as the accountant for all three businesses , who have each declared over $ 400 , 000 in income . when they try to figure out where the money has gone , they realize that huge charitable contributions have been made to harbor neuroscience .
i suppose ( writes balthazar ) that if you wished somehow to incorporate all i am telling you into your own justine manuscript now , you would find yourself with a curious sort of book — the story would be told , so to speak , in layers . unwittingly i may have supplied you with a form , something out of the way ! not unlike pursewarden’s idea of a series of novels with “sliding panels” as he called them . or else , perhaps , like some medieval palimpsest where different sorts of truth are thrown down one upon the other , the one obliterating or perhaps supplementing another . industrious monks scraping away an elegy to make room for a verse of holy writ ( b , 183 ) !
to be honest , i am unsure if there is a ‘solution’ for this human condition . we know this oldest profession cannot be rid of . one way is to criminalize all parties and that motivates even more underground activities . another way is to legalize and regulate this industry but face the moral dilemma as a society .
but the relativism continues with mountolive . the third novel is remarkable for the political overlay it provides to the previous two , and especially because its apparently banal naturalistic technique is held in sharp contrast to the inventiveness of its content . durrell called mountolive the “ clou ” [ 8 ] of the series , and in it he re - shuffles the “four - decker” yet again . within the omniscient third - person narrative technique , darley becomes an objective character , much as he thought the others had been from his first - person perspective in justine and balthazar . pursewarden , the political officer serving ambassador david mountolive , gets caught in the knot of plot and takes his own life , but not before he has revealed the cause of his deception by writing a message on a mirror . the message is the political and symbolic crux of the novel : politically , because it reveals pursewarden’s unwitting self - deception with regard to justine’s “faustian compact” ( m , 201 ) on behalf of the nascent jewish state ; symbolically , because the surface of this mirror reveals for once its depths that have been hidden in plain sight . as implied within keats’ famous epitaph , “here lies one / whose name was writ in water , ” the careful reader has a momentary and awful glimpse of the depths below the surface of reality that , to the more casual , has always seemed to be everywhere intact , constant , reliable . as we read very early on in justine , “our common actions in reality are simply the sackcloth covering which hides the cloth - of - gold — the meaning of the pattern . ” once we catch a glimpse of this meaning , we behold what durrell has called the heraldic universe , the natural home of the imagination from where it makes “‘sudden raids on the inarticulate’” ( conversations , 136 ) .
is this movie worth watching ? to me it is a definite yes because not everything in life is as rosy as the typical hollywood stories . it is nothing pornographic nor erotic about this movie . it is a pure intense picture - house style of movie that tells a facet of life most of us are oblivious to . you will sympathize with the subject and even when the movie has ended and the plot has resolved itself , you will not feel as though anything has ended . human trafficking still continues worldwide , even at this very moment you read this blog .
it is very difficult to write about this movie . this movie have so many messages to convey . this movie defines tragedy in its true sense . we have a habit of complaining for small misfortunes or inconveniences . this movie tells what it is like when you are deprived of these conveniences and happiness . it is a heart touching movie . mariola is a pretty girl who stays with her grandma in a small town in poland . like any juvenile she has dreams of visiting beautiful places and living a flamboyant life . she gets this opportunity when her boyfriend propose to take her to germany to meet his parents and see the country . mariola has become a pollyanna , dreaming of her days in germany with her boy friend . but all her dreams are shattered when she finds that it was a bait and that she is thrown into prostitution by her boy friend . she is optimistic at first but as days goes by she has slowly given up . she has a becomes a wounded tiger who has lost everything and has nothing to lose here after . she pleads for her escapade . but she is turned down again and again . she no more believes that god has that power to do miracles and so she takes law in her hand and stabs her boyfriend to death . she is jailed but for her she has achieved freedom . last scene is the most touching when she is walking along the beach with her old girl friends who are married happily . in her tired strides there is a maturity which is unlike girls of her age . the music and ambiance throughout the movie is apt . all in all it is a cathartic experience .
mariola ( ann cieslak ) is as strong and smart as she is beautiful . she not only stands up to a bullying boss to earn a job as a butcher in a pork factory , but defends her weaker girlfriends in the process .
when you read clea i hope you will feel that darley was necessarily as he was in justine because the whole business of the four books , apart from other things , shows the way an artist grows up… . i wanted to show , in the floundering darley , how an artist may have first - class equipment and still not be one . [ 9 ]
i first spied the aq in the peace corps reading locker at the us embassy in tunisia in 1971 . my comp lit colleagues had alluded to it and now it was my turn . though my life in souk el arba came nowhere close tothe 30’s in alexandria , there was a sprinkling of parallels : young teacher of english , north african nation , robust and over - active romantic perspective ( probably glandular ) . to this day , after reading the four tomes twice and justine a third time , i continue to respire the same air , smell the salt spray at the villa , sense the tightening of the stomach at the intrigue and suspense , feel the excitement . i feel i know nessim , justine and the others . the vivid imagery continues to influence my pen .
durrell noted often and brilliantly that the english language had only one word for love . “the richest of human experiences is also the most limited in its range of expression . words kill love as they kill everything else” ( m , 48 ) . one paradox of durrell’s treatment of “modern love” is its power to convince darley of his own objectivity while he is in the midst of the purest egotism . “for observation throws down a field about the observed person or object” ( m , 160 ) . his reading of events , however sincere as a seeker of ‘truth’ , is still bound unwittingly by the emotional perspective of the loving , and aching , ‘self’ . [ 18 ] we learn as we read in justine , “egotism is a fortress in which the conscience de soi - même , like a corrosive , eats away everything . true pleasure is in giving surely” ( 53 ) . the notion of the “impossible ego” ( conversations , 214 ) , moreover , is the thematic bridge between the investigation into modern love with the birth of darley and clea as artists . darley discovers his truer expanded self by letting go of his ego and by letting go of clea and his love for her at the end of the fourth volume . the letting go of his love , and clea’s intuitive acceptance of the gesture , serves in part to transform both darley and clea into artists . such a pleasure in loving without attachment is the novel’s concluding redemptive moment .
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the root [ of the mirror game ] is relatively banal like an agatha christie novel ; but by changing the lighting the reality of the thing is changed . my primary game was to write a tibetan novel rather than a european novel . i attempted to bring together the four greek dimensions , which are the basis of our mathematics and the five skandas of chinese buddhism . for us the individual consciousness of each person is filtered through five perceptions and notions . i wanted to observe what would become an ordinary novel if one changed the lighting and if individuality became blurred . what seems stable in mountolive in the quartet is simply the collection of states that are always in agitation . in chinese philosophy destiny is not limited to a single life ; it is well known that you don’t learn anything in one life ( conversations , 197 - 8 ) .
in present day , christian is seen talking on the phone with a woman ( the voice ) whose caller id is a smiley face , similar to the ones from the stick figure face diagram referenced earlier . she has a very flat affect as well and is prone to stating emotions or describing her behavior , such as stating
deep sigh
rather than actually sighing . they are discussing new jobs for christian . she suggests he take a legitimate job for a company called living robotics rather than a criminal assignment that is more dangerous , as she cares for his safety . they also discuss some of his assets , including a renoir painting and a pollock painting , that she is trying to sell for him .
as darley’s and the reader’s consciousness of the overlay grow , so does the potential for meaning . the story of balthazar’s ankh – so redolent with suggestions of time — winds the time of its loss and discovery into a recursive loop . justine’s ring , exhumed from an ancient tomb , partakes of death and confers it , however unintentionally . darley’s vision of clea superimposed upon the memory of melissa “refund [ s ] an old love in a new” ( c , 112 ) . melissa is the most vulnerable , marginalized and yet the strongest female in the quartet , and clea must be reborn before assuming her nature as artist . as darley remarks to himself , as if speaking of a grammar of the heart , “and in my own life … the three women who also arranged themselves as if to represent the moods of the great verb , love : melissa , justine and clea” ( c , 177 ) . enacting the relativity proposition across episodes , then , has everything to do with form . as balthazar comments , “to intercalate realities is the only way to be faithful to time” ( b , 226 ) . or , in durrell’s own words :
another flashback to christian ' s childhood shows that the family is living in indonesia . an older man is teaching the boys to fight and is quite brutal in beating them . the father watches from the side while casually reading a newspaper . the instructor finally says that they are just boys and that ' s enough training . the father remarks that if they were done , the instructor would be laying on the ground bleeding . young christian replies in indonesian that the instructor should continue . the younger brother is deeply loyal to christian , though he seems exhausted from the fight as well .
here is a recluse who loves being surrounded by people ; a hedonist whose great pleasure is asceticism ; a lazy man who never stops working ; a man who finds joy in despair ; a traveller who enjoys nothing more than quiet contemplation ; a dandy truly at his ease in the company of tramps and vagrants ; a novelist whose major preoccupation is poetry ; an enemy of literature who gives the best of himself to his work . [ 4 ]
max , d . t . every love story is a ghost story : a life of david foster wallace . new york : viking , 2012 .
paul m . curtis is director of the english department at l’université de moncton , new brunswick , canada , where he has taught english language and literature since 1990 . he has published numerous articles on the poetry and prose of lord byron . professor curtis is preparing the first digital scholarly edition of byron’s correspondence .
durrell’s notebook “a cosmography of the womb , london jan 1939 , ” is quoted in michael haag’s “only the city is real : lawrence durrell’s journey to alexandria , ” alif : journal of comparative poetics , no . 26 , wanderlust : travel literature of egypt and the middle east ( 2006 ) : 42 . ↵
see conversations , “if you remember scenes or characters and can’t quite remember which book they come in , it proves that the four are one work tightly woven , doesn’t it ? the joiner is the reader , the continuum is his private property . one dimension in light of the other . ” ( 71 ) . ↵
interspersed throughout the film are flashbacks to christian ' s childhood . one day his mother leaves their family , as the stress of taking care of the boys , particularly with special needs , is unbearable as the father is never around . young christian is screaming and throwing things and punching through walls , while his younger brother watches resentfully . the father is arguing with the mother that she can ' t abandon her family and tells her to wait a moment . he runs in the house to hold christian tightly until he calms down . the mother gets into her waiting cab , and the younger brother gives her the middle finger from the window .
he takes a break for lunch and happens to sit near dana who is also eating her lunch outside . she notices his dented , steel thermos , and she tries to make small talk with him about why he went into financial consulting . she tries joking with christian , who is polite but doesn ' t get jokes . she tells him that she wanted to study art , but her father discouraged this and told her to follow in his footsteps as an accountant , the kind with a nerdy pocket protector , which christian is also wearing . she tells him the only art her father likes is dogs playing poker , which christian says he also likes .
this brilliant phrase is original to cormac mccarthy in his blood meridian or the evening redness in the west ( new york : vintage international , 1992 ) 247 . ↵
undoubtedly , durrell wants the reader to telescope the two scenes across the four - decker novel , and in so doing to see the one through the other . whereas darley in justine is haunted as if by a hand on his shoulder , clea , in her mind’s eye , extends her hand as if to touch the lovers on the beach . darley’s ‘blind’ love for justine re - emerges as liza’s physical blindness ; but , whereas the blind liza has insight into love , darley must earn his insight through trial and experience . such a compression of formal symmetries works with a crisp logic . if darley can be the eyewitness to his own love affair in justine , clea’s view of lovers on another beach seals her own love darley since , with a curious “optical democracy , ” [ 15 ] she becomes darley’s specular and , therefore , full partner . the extension of a telescope from volume one to four promotes the effect of looking forward to looking back and creates the illusion of the suspension of time , what durrell calls disparagingly , the “western deity . ” [ 16 ] it’s as if each of these local smaller stories has a life that takes form within the larger narrative of the quartet . as darley considers balthazar’s interlinear : “it was cross - hatched , crabbed , starred with questions and answers in different - coloured inks , in typescript . it seemed to me then to be somehow symbolic of the very reality we had shared – a palimpsest upon which each of us had left his or individual traces , layer by layer” ( b , 21 - 2 ) . each reader might enjoy the layers singly or in their shifting ensemble .
in the adjacent room , a psychologist is speaking to the parents of the two boys . there is a sign on the refrigerator with simple drawings of six stick figure faces , happy , angry , sad , etc . they discuss the puzzle boy ' s sensitivity to bright light and loud noises . he is also stubborn and fixates on things , like wearing only one t - shirt , which the psychologist explains is due to a tactile sensitivity . he is also likely to channel his anxiety into repetitive behaviors like shaking , tapping his fingers and talking to himself . he tells them that the boy will likely always have problem with things like maintaining eye contact or making friends . the mother explains that the father is in the military , which means they move frequently , so the boy hasn ' t been able to make friends anyway , leaving his younger brother as the only friend he has . the father seems uninterested in the conversation . the psychologist suggests that they leave the boy at his institute , where they can teach him coping mechanisms and provide a calm , comforting environment that won ' t exacerbate his sensitivities . the father says no , telling the psychologist that if the boy is sensitive to light and sound , he needs to be exposed to more light and sound , as the world is not going to accommodate his special needs .
sunkoji – oh yes . i watched this film 2 years ago . and i can still remember the story and some of the scenes . how powerfully painful it is !
though the movie depicts realistically the ordeal of mariola who is sold off , it becomes quite melodramatic at times . the rape scenes are too many and it is difficult to endure them because of their intensity . except ciselak all other actors do just about ok on the acting front and the attention never goes away from the female lead . i presume this was a deliberate design of the directors . the end may seem quite unsatisfying to many viewers but the beauty of the device of realism is not spoilt by making it happily ever after .
that night christian engages in his usual ritual with the strobe light and loud music , but he is deeply frustrated that he wasn ' t able to finish his assignment . he hits himself painfully with his wooden rod and is unable to cope with the stimuli . he grabs his medication and forcefully throws it across the room before calming down and picking it up .
see the first full - length biography on dfw by d . t . max , every love story is a ghost story ( new york : viking , 2012 ) 178 . ↵
the film begins with a man walking through a bar with multiple dead bodies on the ground , having been shot in the head . he slowly makes his way upstairs , hearing someone begging for his life . he passes more bodies , making his way to the door of the room where the begging man is . an abrupt sound is heard and the begging stops .
the next scene takes place about 30 years ago ( via title card ) at a place called the harbor neuroscience institute in new hampshire . it ' s a big , beautiful home in a forested area . two young boys are sitting in a living room . one is sitting calmly in a chair , and the other unboxes a puzzle and rapidly starts putting it together . the boy with the puzzle is shaking and murmuring to himself . a young girl is also in the room with a caregiver who is trying to put her shoes on . the young girl screams and smacks her own head and is unable to communicate . the boy quickly assembles the puzzle but starts screaming inconsolably when one piece is missing , repeating over and over that he has to finish the puzzle . the young girl has stopped screaming and reaches over to pick up the piece that had fallen under the table and hands it to the young boy , and they look directly at each other . the boy completes the puzzle , revealing that he has assembled it upside down , without seeing the image of muhammed ali to guide him .
like paul curtis , as a young writer i was enthralled by lawrence durrell’s four astounding novels — justine , balthazar , mountolive & clea — together known as the alexandria quartet . i can’t count the vivid snippets of scene and dialogue that still float up in my mind : especially the end of clea when the painter’s wounded hand can suddenly “paint” as here healthy hand had never been able to do or the moment when the feckless journalist ( a minor character throughout ) returns from war in the desert , a tan , golden warrior who has suddenly found his place in existence . yes , i love the transformations at the end of the quartet , when time suddenly moves forward . i loved the mysterious and ineffably sad hand prints on the brothel walls , justine’s mad search for her stolen child , and pursewarden’s epigrams ( i began to learn to write epigrams reading the alexandria quartet ) . there are so many things i tried to copy here as a beginning writer ( the faux einsteinian structure and the pursewarden endnotes , for example ) , so many ideals inhaled and transformed to my own uses .
the passage begins by establishing an earthbound perspective as the perspective descends from sky to minaret to hut , and the agency of the telescope serves to conflate the vision of nessim and darley . the telescope’s magnification brings to darley’s eye the precise scene that it had previously brought to nessim’s , and with an eerie irony darley becomes an eyewitness to his own adultery as he rummages about in his host’s private quarters . the lovely personification of the breathing landscape in contrast to darley’s breathlessness brings to bear the weighty hauntedness of the scene . seeing through nessim’s eyes magnifies , of course , darley’s own blindness vis - à - vis the affair . such shifting of visual perspectives is the quartet’s primary motif , and the characters often encounter each other through the beguiling surface of a mirror , at one remove from unmediated vision . [ 14 ] darley’s ostensible reason for his presence in the observatory is for paper to write melissa , his other lover ; but one can’t help but wonder how sincere darley’s motivation to write her might be if he pursues it in the wake of a beach - hut encounter with justine . the copy of king lear is a clever device developed with increasing effectiveness by durrell in his first three novels . shakespeare’s play resonates powerfully in this scene more from an ambiguity of symbolic reference than through precise allusion . does darley’s revelatory moment of telescopic vision imply gloucester’s blindness and fall to another beach ? or is the reference more general still , about the power of a genuine love unperceived , as is cordelia’s by lear and melissa’s by darley ? the example is one of durrell’s painterly touches where an image creates a plane of emotion that haunts a scene rather than appearing in full outline .
conversations , ed . earl g . ingersoll ( madison : fairleigh dickinson university press , 1998 ) 207 . hereafter conversations followed by page number . this collection of interviews is essential reading . ↵
at the time when we knew [ pursewarden ] he was reading hardly anything but science . this for some reason annoyed justine who took him to task for wasting his time in these studies . he defended himself by saying that the relativity proposition was directly responsible for abstract painting , atonal music , and formless ( or at any rate cyclic forms in ) literature . once it was grasped they were understood , too . he added : “in the space and time marriage we have the greatest boy meets girl story of the age . ” ( b , 142 ) [ 1 ]
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christian sets out to see lamar ' s sister , believing her to be behind the plot . as he pulls up to her home , he sees a suspicious man exiting her building . he follows from across the street , and we see that it ' s the assassin . the assassin seems to know someone is following him though he never turns and looks . he then quickly pulls out his gun and fires two shots at christian , who ducks behind a car . when he peers out , the assassin is gone . christian enters the building and finds that lamar ' s sister is dead .
later , the assassin is setting up a team of henchmen at the home of lamar , the ceo of living robotics , as he was behind the whole plot and killed his cfo and his sister to cover his tracks . the assassin questions lamar about christian , but lamar is dismissive and says he ' s just a freak . he also asks lamar what the point of all of this was . lamar claims that his ability to help people far outweighs any crimes he ' s committed . christian is able to get on the premises and kill the henchmen one by one , leaving only one man and the assassin , who has been monitoring the situation on surveillance cameras . as the assassin watches , he realizes that christian is muttering nursery rhymes to himself , which the assassin recognizes . the last remaining henchman has a gun on christian , but the assassin bursts in and tells him to stand down . the henchman ignores him and is about to pull the trigger when the assassin kills his own henchman .
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christian takes dana with him to his storage unit . he instructs her to wait outside but she enters anyway , finding his cash and valuable paintings and a storage space his weapons . he is annoyed that she came inside to his private space where he is packing up clothes , cash , passports and comic books . she questions how he owns an original renoir and an original pollock , which he explains he received as payment .
since one is haunted only by what the senses cannot perceive , durrell had to turn upon his inner self and to exorcise much of his englishness in order to become an artist . through the creation of his symbolist
another flashback shows christian in prison , talking with an older man with glasses ( jeffrey tambor ) . the man is very kind to christian and is trying to coach him in having normal interactions with people , learning to read their emotions from the tone of their voice and their facial expressions . they share a bunk , and late at night , he tells christian about his clients , who are the criminals mentioned in the beginning of the film .
dana is back in her apartment and repairing the damage caused by the fight when she gets a mysterious package delivered to her . she opens it up to find a painting , seemingly expecting the pollock she saw in christian ' s trailer . instead , it ' s the painting of dogs playing poker . she laughs , but when she notices the canvas seems to be loose , she pulls at it and realizes the pollock is underneath the dogs .
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while living with her grandmother in poland , a young woman falls in love . her boyfriend is charming and suggests they travel around europe and work here and there to pay for their trip . . . . see full summary »
it could do so only because , three months ago , oscar rules were changed to allow a country to nominate a film that isn ' t in its indigenous language as long as english is not the dominant language in the film .
director franco de pena has dealt with the subject without any nudity and great sensitivity which is almost brutal . the cinematography keeps up the mood of utter disdain and hopelessness . the choleric yellow wallpaper peeling away from the walls symbolizes mariola’s breaking self . the dark and dingy surroundings are an indication of what this world has to offer her , death and decay . one of the most moving scenes of the movie is when mariola calls out for help through a small window but there is nobody around to hear her . later even her clients refuse to help her even after realizing that she is being forced into this trade . the scenes are painfully realistic and at times i just had to turn away from them and gasp for a little breath . the story has the major element of verisimilitude in its telling and it’s not all’s well that ends well . there isn’t a definite closure and like real life the issues don’t just magically resolve themselves .
christian works through the night and is able to deduce that $ 61 million is missing from the company . he starts to explain it to dana who catches on quickly . the ceo ' s sister interrupts them and dismisses dana . she wants to know if christian has guessed who ' s responsible for the missing money , to which christian responds that he doesn ' t guess . he needs to keep reviewing the documents to figure it out . she expects a full report from him shortly .
haag , michael . “only the city is real : lawrence durrell’s journey to alexandria . ” alif : journal of comparative poetics , no . 26 , wanderlust : travel literature of egypt and the middle east ( 2006 ) : 39 - 47 .
christian drives to his home , which is very bare . he has no art or photos or any decorations in the house . he owns exactly one plate , one fork , one knife , one spoon , and prepares himself dinner . he is highly ritualized in the way he prepares his food . he continuously shows small tics , like blowing on his fingers before picking up his fork . later in the evening , he goes into his bedroom and turns on a strobe light and loud , heavy metal music . he picks up a small , wooden rod and uses it to roll on his leg muscles . he is trying to remain calm , subjecting himself to the stressful stimuli until his alarm beeps and it ' s time to take his zoloft .