Jun 30, 2016 dirty dancing takes place at the kellerman resort, a fictional spot located in the catskills of new york. High school senior katey moves to havana in november 1958, when her dad gets a promotion at ford. Dec 08, 2015 dirty dancing, an adaptation of the hit movie toplined by patrick swayze and jennifer grey, is heading to the small screen. Diego luna dirty dancing havana nights do you only. Havana nights high school senior katey moves to havana in november 1958, when her dad gets a promotion at ford. In 1963, frances baby houseman, a sweet daddys girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate new yorks catskill mountains. Set in cuba in 1958, dirty dancing havana nights tells the story of an. A good part of the soundtrack are the rhythms of afrocuban and latin music.
The film is a prequelreimagining of the 1987 blockbuster dirty dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate new york to cuba on the. Havana nights, and it obviously didnt compare to the original. Abc has set a threehour remake starring abigail breslin scream queens. The acting was good, the dancing awesome, and the soundtrack even better. May 08, 2009 dirty dancing final scene with patrik swayze and jennifer grey. The dancing is well done, the music will sell a lot of soundtracks, and. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Filmed in puerto rico, the background and sets really bring a spark of life to dirty dancing havana nights. Havana nights 2004 pgfolks, its not a sequel, its not a prequelits a reimagining. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. What was outrageous to to people then is normal now, as evidenced in choreographer. Dirty dancing would just be dirty without the dancing. As she secretly learns to dance with javier, she learns the meanings of.
This is also where baby carried the watermelon, danced across the bridge and down the steps. It uses many of the same elements as the first movie. Havana nights was filmed, proved to be a good double for the streets of havana. But it helped to mainstream romola garai in american and will undoubtedly serve as a stepping stone toward larger and better projects. We understand that when trying to find other movies like dirty dancing. The reason i wanted to see this movie is because of the dancing which fit nicely into the story.
It is based on the true story of coproducer joann jensens life. It starred patrick swayze and jennifer grey as unlikely lovers, and we had a hunch we might find some behind the scenes juice about it. Most of it was done in the colonial part of san juan, old san juan, a very popular hangout for. Tying the film together with the classic 1987 original is patrick swayze who reprises the role of johnny castle in a cameo. The film is a prequel reimagining of the 1987 blockbuster dirty dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate new york to cuba on the cusp of the cuban revolution. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. What happened to the original cast of dirty dancing. Jan 24, 2020 the dirty dancing soundtrack had multiple singles with the time of my life winning the golden globe award for best original song, a grammy award for best pop performance by a duo, and an oscar for best original song. Havana nights shows yet another side of havana in its country club sequence. A young girl coming of age in a difficult time where her parents want one thing for her while she wants something entirely different for herself. Its 1958 when the miller family moves to havana, where 18yearold katys romola garai parents expect her to be the belle of the highsociety ball. The film further attempts to develop drama over the unrest by having various characters bring up the topic every so often.
Havana nights, a film that was obviously anticipated for box office weakness. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dirty dancing. The music and the routines are fantastic, the lead actors enchanting if you look at the extras, neither of them is a professional dancer, so they obviously worked really hard. The dirty dancing soundtrack had multiple singles with the time of my life winning the golden globe award for best original song, a grammy award for best pop performance by a duo, and an oscar for best original song.
How to visit the filming locations of dirty dancing. Katie miller is an american who moves to cuba in her senior year at high school. Like many, i also thought this film would be a lame attempt at a sequel. In contrast to the crumbling streets of old havana, the country club is a gleaming modern structure designed to please the wealthy sophisticates and business interests that flocked to cuba in the postwar period.
Havana nights is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Havana nights 2004 starring diego luna and romola garai on dvd and bluray. Not a sequel, not really a prequel, sort of a remake, more of a reimagining, dirty dancing. For several years after the movie aired, this building was home to the dirty dancing revue every weekend. Why do they have to cast mexicans and argentinians instead of cubans. She meets a local waiter, who introduces her to sensual cuban musicdance. In prerevolution cuba, katey miller is about to defy everyones expectations. Things you didnt know about dirty dancing dirty dancing. Havana nights reimagines the 1987 film phenomenon from an excitin. Often, coming of age and loss of innocence go together like peanut butter and jelly. Log dancing dirty dancing 312 movie clip 1987 hd youtube. Look no further than javiers feeltheforce dance lessons, which look to teach katey the dance of slaves.
But the movie was actually filmed here in virginia, at a charming resort known as mountain lake lodge. You can stay at the dirty dancing resort in virginia. Miranda garrison, the assistant choreographer, and actress of bungalow bunny vivian pressman for dirty dancing 1987, served as the assistant choreographer and a featured dancer in this movie, making her and patrick swayze. The movie starred patrick swayze and jennifer grey. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Instead of a parentapproved suitor, katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, javier, who spends his nights dancing in havanas nightclubs. It starred patrick swayze and jennifer grey as unlikely lovers, and we had a hunch we might find some behindthescenes juice about it. Havana nights 510 movie clip move through your fear 2004 hd duration. Instead of a parentapproved suitor, katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, javier, who spends his nights dancing in havana s nightclubs. Havana nights, while much better than i had expected, falls short of being anything truly memorable. Havana nights starring diego luna in this drama on directv. Below you can see an array of the best films that we think are similar to dirty dancing. Havana nights star romola garai reveals that she was weighed every day on set and a dietitian made sure she stayed underweight during filming.
Dirty dancing nears redo on abc with abigail breslin. Dirty dancing, an adaptation of the hit movie toplined by patrick swayze and jennifer grey, is heading to the small screen. Havana nights is a great movie to look at, with its period havana actually san juan, puerto rico, with lots of 1950s cars. Havana nights was shot primarily in san juan and ponce, puerto ricos second largest city. The original dirty dancing remains a cultclassic to this day, and its still a movie we can watch over and over again and never get tired of. This summer, the resort is offering dirty dancingthemed weekends. Dirty dancing movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind.
Dirty dancing havana nights movie production notes. Patrick swayze and jennifer grey joined wayne sleep and lionel blair in the category titled great cheesy dancers of our time, when they rubbed frantically up and down against oneanother on a dance floor in 1987 s rubbish but fondlyremembered dirty dancing. Havana nights is a new chapter in the dirty dancing franchise. Filmed in puerto rico, the background and sets really bring a spark of life to. Havana nights is a 2004 american dance musical romantic drama film directed by guy ferland. Havana nights also known as dirty dancing 2 or dirty dancing 2. Because of its popularity, a prequel came out in 2004, dirty dancing.
It stars jennifer grey as frances baby houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor johnny castle patrick swayze at a holiday resort. Daniel deronda, kate nickleby and i capture the castle. It stars jennifer grey as frances baby houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor johnny castle patrick swayze at a holiday resort the film was based on screenwriter eleanor bergsteins own. The movie was filmed in puerto rico, and made to look like cuba. Havana nights 2004 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. You remember him from y tu mama tambien, and here again he has that quirky, winning charm.
Studios ended up doing a second film anyway, called dirty dancing. This time around the dirty dancers are in cuba although filmed in puerto rico and the year is 1958 on the eve of the communist revolution. Havana nights you might be trying to find other drama or romance movies or even those featuring diego luna. Although there is a similar fort in havana, the san juan lighthouse is distinctively different from the havana one. So i was pleasantly surprised at how great dirty dancing 2 havana nights was. As she secretly learns to dance with javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence. The film is a prequel reimagining of the 1987 blockbuster dirty dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate new york to cuba on the cusp of.
What was outrageous to to people then is normal now, as evidenced in choreographer kenny ortegas other big hit. The modern remake of the 1987 hit movie dirty dancing fails to recreate the magic of. Dirty dancing takes place at the kellerman resort, a fictional spot located in the catskills of new york. Havana nights is being touted as a reimagination of the 1987 megahit dirty dancing, but this unofficial prequel more accurately evokes a kitschy blend of lambada and star wars. The film is a prequelreimagining of the 1987 blockbuster dirty dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate new york to cuba on the cusp of the cuban revolution. Dirty dancing is a 1987 american romantic drama dance film written by eleanor bergstein, produced by linda gottlieb, and directed by emile ardolino. Dirty dancing final scene with patrik swayze and jennifer grey. From the sparkling white beaches, to the underground salsa clubs, to the cuban streets, puerto rico makes the movie come alive by infusing the scenes with a true latin flavor. First off, the film tries to insert the viewer into the time period and location of cuba during the time of the political revolution. Havana nights reimagines the 1987 film phenomenon from an. Havana nights required not only fidelity to the structured, elegant clothing that most people associate with the late 1950s. All of the scenes were filmed in two locations in north carolina and virginia and many of the places remain intact today.
Havana nights 2004 american highschool student katey romola garai moves with her wealthy parents sela ward, john slattery to cuba in 1958. I know lots of cubans and these actors do not even sound like cubans. Filming took place in mountain lake, virginia and lure lake, north carolina. Its 1958 when the miller family moves to havana, where 18yearold katys romola garai parents expect her to be. All of the dancing scenes, including the final dance scene, was filmed inside the old gymnasium which was turned into a dinner theatre for filming. I loved the dance they did at the palace and i would recommend this movie to. Set against the decadent glamour and escalating danger of revolutioneve cuba, dirty dancing. It is a shame that american tend not to view british film making on the whole.
Costumes and makeup creating the extensive wardrobe for dirty dancing. Patrick swayze appeared in this movie as johnny castle, since this movie took place in 1958, and dirty dancing 1987 took place in 1963 before the ending credits, a new instrumental version of ive had the time of my life can be heard. The resort now hosts dirty dancing themed weekends, and visitors can stay in the virginia cottage, where baby and her family bunked in the film, and take a twirl around the gazebo. Havana nights does have some sexy music and a few good dance sequences in a steamy nightclub, but the story is terribly contrived and the lead actors have zero chemistry. They enter a big dance contest for the prize when he gets fired. Aug 06, 2019 studios ended up doing a second film anyway, called dirty dancing. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Thousands of dirty dancing fans make the pilgrimage every year to the mountain lake lodge hotel, which was the reallife location for kellermans resort where baby and her family stayed.
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