5 Things In 'Dirty Dancing' That Will Definitely Surprise You
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Dirty Dancing was not supposed to be successful. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey were actually in a feud, having just colloborated in 'Red Dawn,' while major sponsors for the movie including Clearasil backed out when writers refused to cut the film's abortion subplot.
However, the film went on to win a myriad of awards including an Oscar and several Grammy's, while grosing just under $214 million.
Due to the film's, shall we say, less-than-ideal circumstances before its debut, it posed several interesting tidbits nobody really knows, or would even expect.
1. Test audiences hated it
So much in fact, that producers heavily weighed in on the possibly of releasing the film straight to VHS
2. Producer Linda Gottlieb came up with the title before the story
She also suggested the plot to the writer once he revealed he used to travel across the country 'dirty dancing'
3. The film was actually shot in Fall
Any scene in the movies featuring trees had to be painted over green in post-production
4. Close up shots were purposefully excluded from the lake scenes
The lake was so cold, the performers lips had turned blue. Another attempt to cover up the Autumn weather
5. Jennifer Grey was to afraid to practice her now infamous lift
Her first attempt was on camera!
BONUS: Swayze pleaded to eliminate his now iconic line
"Nobody puts baby in a corner"
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Do not show me this again