Cabin 1974

One of my favorite pictures ever. Me, Wayne and Dale at the lake in 1974. Ok, so this is really a test post for the blog as I am putting up a new theme to play with. I don’t know if I like this one more than the others.

Here’s what nobody important had to say about the film.

A new Dirty Dancing Movie was announced recently, apparently Hollywood is indeed going to destroy all our sacred 80′s movies one at a time. It wasn’t bad enough they remade Footloose, but now another Dirty Dancing was inevitable.

Dirty Dancing Remake

The story in the new Dirty Dancing Movie is going to remain the same. The movie is about a young adult named Frances (nicknamed ‘Baby’) who is spending the summer in a holiday camp
with her family. ‘Baby’ falls in love with the camp’s dancing teacher Johnny Castle, originally played by Patrick Swayze. The two have a torrid relationship to start, but fall in love as Frances volunteers to be the lead female dancer in the end of the year dance performance.

The original Dirty Dancing was successful for a few reasons, how will the remake recapture this success is beyond us at this point.

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Patrick Swayze – certainly the original film was riding the success of Swazye at the time. He was number one in Hollywood in 1987.

The 80′s – Movies were simpler back in the 80′s. We didn’t need the sex, violence and foul language to appreciate a movie..

The Soundtrack – perhaps the most under-appreciated element to the success of Dirty Dancing was the soundtrack. It drove movie ticket sales, and remained a top selling CD for 9 months.

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New Dirty Dancing Trailer

Not for another year. Here’s the original Dirty Dancing trailer if you want to refresh your memory.

Dirty Dancing Release Date

The new Dirty Dancing comes out summer 2013

Dirty Dancing Pictures

Who’s In It?

Nobody has confirmed, but rumours are already speculating that Derek Hough could play Johnny Castle and Lea Michele for Baby. We think Julianne Hough would be a great ‘Baby’ if they are serious about remaking Dirty Dancing.

What’s Good About It?

The original was a iconic film that rounded out the 80′s in style.