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Episode: #77 Dirty Dancing (1987)
Description: Emile Ardolino's 1987 sexy, summer, dance phenomenon, DIRTY DANCING, is our feature presentation this week. We talk screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's real life setting the stage for the film, the animosity between PATRICK SWAYZE and JENNIFER GREY, the movie's iconic soundtrack, Swayze's love of "These Arms of Mine" love scenes, and much much more. We also eulogize filmmaker William Friedkin and pick our TOP 7 WILLIAM FRIEDKIN FILMS in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7. Check out the final film in our BIG WEIRD SUMMER series. Subscribe, become a regular, and tell your movie-loving friends about us!