DVD Review

Dirty Dancing: 20th Anniversary Edition (2007)

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BABY, IT'S YOU Interviews with Grey and Swayze highlight the Dirty Dancing 20th anniversary edition DVD

Artisan Entertainment/ Everett Collection

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DVD Release Date: May 08, 2007; With: Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze

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By Nicholas Fonseca

Nicholas Fonseca

Nicholas Fonseca watches ''Days of Our Lives'' religiously and thinks washing dishes by hand is the cheapest form of therapy on earth.

How did a low-budget indie about bringing sexy back to the borscht belt become a cult classic? Easy: Dirty Dancing is totally engaging, proudly subversive (that illegal abortion cost the film an acne-cream tie-in), and eminently quotable. Why Jennifer Grey's turn as a goody-goody in the throes of sexual awakening never made her into a star remains a mystery. EXTRAS Skip writer Eleanor Bergstein's commentary in favor of interviews with Patrick Swayze, Grey (who worried she was making ''soft-core porn''), and choreographer Kenny Ortega.

Posted May 03, 2007

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