Dirty Dancing

1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino
Movie film Q253978
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Dirty Dancing

Summary

Dirty Dancing is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.96% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,130 views/month, #903 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dirty Dancing received the Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3].
  • Dirty Dancing received the Academy Award for Best Original Song[4].
  • Dirty Dancing received the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[5].
  • Dirty Dancing's instance of is recorded as film[6].
  • Dirty Dancing's director is recorded as Emile Ardolino[7].
  • Dirty Dancing's screenwriter is recorded as Eleanor Bergstein[8].
  • Dirty Dancing's composer is recorded as John Morris[9].
  • Dirty Dancing's genre is recorded as romance film[10].
  • Dirty Dancing's genre is recorded as musical film[11].
  • Dirty Dancing's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • Dirty Dancing's genre is recorded as teen film[13].
  • Dirty Dancing's genre is recorded as dance film[14].
  • Dirty Dancing's logo image is recorded as Logo Dirty Dancing.svg[15].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Patrick Swayze[16].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Jennifer Grey[17].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Jerry Orbach[18].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Cynthia Rhodes[19].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Kelly Bishop[20].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Jane Brucker[21].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Jack Weston[22].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Max Cantor[23].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Wayne Knight[24].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Lonny Price[25].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Neal Jones[26].
  • Dirty Dancing's cast member is recorded as Emile Ardolino[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Dirty Dancing's performer is recorded as various artists[28]. Its producer is recorded as Linda Gottlieb[29]. Its director is recorded as Emile Ardolino[7]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Eleanor Bergstein[8]. Cast members include Patrick Swayze[16], Jennifer Grey[17], Jerry Orbach[18], Cynthia Rhodes[19], Kelly Bishop[20], and Jane Brucker[21].

Publication

Publication dates include +1987-08-21T00:00:00Z[30], +1987-10-08T00:00:00Z[31], +1987-10-23T00:00:00Z[32], and +1987-00-00T00:00:00Z[33]. Dirty Dancing's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include romance film[10], musical film[11], drama film[12], teen film[13], and dance film[14]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[35].

Reception

Awards received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], a class of award[36], founded in 1985[37]; Academy Award for Best Original Song[4], an award for best original song[38], in United States[39]; and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[5], a film award category[40], founded in 1962[41]. Reviews include 6.2/10[42], 72%[43], and 65/100[44].

Why It Matters

Dirty Dancing ranks in the top 0.96% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,130 views/month, #903 of 94,065).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

FAQs

What awards did Dirty Dancing receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Academy Award for Best Original Song[4], and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song[5].

References

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  20. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
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  30. [42] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [43] . wikidata.org.
  32. [44] . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] . boxofficemojo.com. boxofficemojo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [31] . Kinopolis. Retrieved . mathaeser.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [32] . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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