‘Baby’s Cabin’ at Mountain Lake Lodge “Squeezes every drop out of its big screen moment”Īlthough Dirty Dancing was set at the fictional Kellerman’s mountain retreat in upstate New York, much of the on-location shooting actually took place at Mountain Lake Lodge in the state of Virginia, with some scenes at the staff quarters filmed in North Carolina. However, the movie wouldn’t have been the same without the stunning location. It won an Oscar for the song ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’, while audiences fell in love with the characters’ forbidden love story, toe-tapping music, and electrifying dance routines, including the famous ‘lift’. No one could have predicted the cultural impact of the film, which almost wasn’t made and was generally panned by critics. When dance teacher Penny (Cynthia Rhodes) falls ill after a botched abortion, Baby agrees to take her place in an upcoming competition, and has training sessions with snake-hipped bad-boy Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze).Īs she is swept off her feet (literally) by Johnny, Baby must balance her free-spirited desire with both her family and society’s conservative expectations. Thirty-five years on, Dirty Dancing is seen as much more than a guilty pleasure – although it is set in 1963, it is a quintessential 1980s movie, and fills audiences with feel-good vibes from start to finish.ĭirector Emile Ardolino’s film tells the story of teenager Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman (Jennifer Grey) who, tired of the genteel pursuits at Kellerman’s Resort summer camp, falls in with the rowdy below-stairs staff. Blatman (First Assistant Camera), Jim Lovelett (Stunt Coordinator), Eleanor Bergstein (Co-Producer), Tom Barrett (Grip), Douglas Axtell (Sound Recordist), George Baetz (Sound Recordist), Marilyn Bailey (Script Supervisor), Andrew Marcus (Assistant Editor), Douglas Axtell (Boom Operator) and others.During the summer of 1987, one of the most beloved films in history quick-stepped its way into cinemas. Barrow (Gaffer), Ted Churchill (Steadicam Operator), David Knox (Steadicam Operator), Randy Nolen (Steadicam Operator), Adger W. DeBeasi (Music Editor), Danny Goldberg (Music Supervisor), Michael Lloyd (Music Supervisor), Michael DiCosimo (Dolby Consultant), Mark Rathaus (Sound Editor), Dan Sable (Supervising Sound Editor), Fríða Aradóttir (Hairstylist), Marlies Vallant (Hairstylist), David Forrest (Makeup Artist), Gilbert La Chapelle (Makeup Artist), Michael F. Griffith (Set Decoration), Steven Reuther (Executive Producer), David Chapman (Production Design), Eleanor Bergstein (Writer), Kenny Ortega (Choreographer), Kevin Lee Allen (Assistant Art Director), Tommy Allen (Assistant Art Director), Bill Ballou (Construction Coordinator), Joseph S. Frank (Editor), Hilary Rosenfeld (Costume Design), Mitchell Cannold (Executive Producer), Bonnie Timmermann (Casting) more. Linda Gottlieb (Producer), John Morris (Original Music Composer), Jeffrey Jur (Director of Photography), Peter C. Conrad (Dirty Dancer (uncredited)), Lori Janney (Young Woman Walking Lake (uncredited)), Karen Kaster (Dancer (uncredited)), Maxine McClanahan (Dirty Dancer (uncredited)), Jonathan Reed (Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)) CREW Pauley (Dirty Dancer), Dorian Sanchez (Dirty Dancer), Jennifer Stahl (Dirty Dancer), Jonathan Barnes (Tito's Band), Dwyght Bryan (Tito's Band), Tom Drake (Tito's Band), John Gotz (Tito's Band), Dwayne Malphus (Tito's Band), Clifford Watkins (Tito's Band), Stamati Arakas (Boy in Crowd (uncredited)), Emile Ardolino (Cameo (uncredited)), Darren W. Fletcher (Dirty Dancer), Jesus Fuentes (Dirty Dancer), Heather Lea Gerdes (Dirty Dancer), Karen Getz (Dirty Dancer), Andrew Charles Koch (Dirty Dancer), D.A. Sidney Schumacher), Miranda Garrison (Vivian Pressman), Garry Goodrow (Moe Pressman), Antone Pagán (Staff Kid), Thomas Cannold (Bus Boy), M.R. , Lonny Price (Neil Kellerman), Max Cantor (Robbie Gould), Charles 'Honi' Coles (Tito Suarez), Neal Jones (Billy Kostecki), Bruce Morrow (Magician), Wayne Knight (Stan), Paula Trueman (Mrs. Jake Houseman), Cynthia Rhodes (Penny Johnson), Jack Weston (Max Kellerman), Jane Brucker (Lisa Houseman), Kelly Bishop (Marjorie Houseman) more. Jennifer Grey (Frances 'Baby' Houseman), Patrick Swayze (Johnny Castle), Jerry Orbach (Dr.
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