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Monday, April 23, 2007

‘Dirty Dancing’ Reels Back to Silver Screen After 20 Years

CHICAGO – Two decades later, “Dirty Dancing” will return for just two days of fame in theaters nationwide.

With 20 minutes of new interview footage from cast members and stakeholders who made the film come to life, it hits the silver screen on May 1 and 2 only at 7:30 p.m.

Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) and “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) star in Lionsgate Home Entertainment’s “Dirty Dancing”.

In Chicago, the film will show at AMC River East downtown. A full listing of theaters can be found here.

A film that redefined date movies, “Dirty Dancing” has earned $170 million in worldwide box office receipts and has sold 10 million DVDs.

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2007 HollywoodChicago.com Ratings Snapshot (out of 5.0)
Juno”: 4.5 Once”: 4.5 Gone Baby Gone”: 4.5 The King of Kong”: 4.5 The 11th Hour”: 4 Stardust”: 4 Talk to Me”: 4
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”: 4 Beowulf”: 4 Wristcutters: A Love Story”: 4 Ira & Abby”: 4
Michael Clayton”: 4 The Simpsons Movie”: 4 Harry Potter”: 4 Fracture”: 4 In the Valley of Elah”: 3.5 Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón”: 3.5
The Mist”: 3.5
The Kingdom”: 3.5 2 Days in Paris”: 3.5 Hot Rod”: 3.5 Arctic Tale”: 3.5 Becoming Jane”: 3.5 The Bourne Ultimatum”: 3.5
Evening”: 3.5 Rescue Dawn”: 3.5 Eagle vs. Shark”: 3.5 Shrek the Third”: 3.5 Spider-Man 3”: 3.5 The Darjeeling Limited”: 3
August Rush”: 3 Rendition”: 3 The Brave One”: 3 3:10 to Yuma”: 3 Shoot ‘Em Up”: 3 Love in the Time of Cholera”: 3 Thax”: 2.5
Southland Tales”: 2.5 Nancy Drew”: 2.5 Hostel: Part II”: 2.528 Weeks Later”: 2.5 Bert”: 2 Mr. Woodcock”: 2
Balls of Fury”: 2 The Brothers Solomon”: 2 The Invasion”: 2 Lust, Caution”: 2 Music Within”: 2
Rush Hour 3”: 2 Lucky You”: 2 The Condemned”: 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks”: 1.5 Illegal Tender”: 1.5 Sydney White”: 1
Resident Evil: Extinction”: 1 Death Sentence”: 1 The Final Season”: 1