Character name: Johnny Castle
Appears in: Dirty Dancing
Tagline
Have The Time Of Your Life
storyline It is the summer of 1963 and Baby and her family are to attend the holiday resort in America's beautiful Catskill Mountains. But when they arrive Baby is almost immediatly swept off her feet by the sexy and talented Johnny Castle. When her father forbids her to have anything to do with the hunky resort dance instructer and his pals, she finds herself falling madly in love with him and learning how to dance the passionate latin dances that Johnny loves. Like the beginning of the 60's signalled the ending of an area of innocence for U.S.A., it also signals the ending of Baby's innocence and the awakening of her feelings as
a young woman
Fun Facts About Dirty Dancing:
Throughout the film, Johnny and Baby always wear contrasting colors, Baby in very light colors, and Johnny in black or something very dark.
The film was set in the summer, yet the lake scene where they were practicing the lift was filmed in October. Since the leaves were already turning, they had to paint the leaves in the background. If you look closely you can see where they missed a few in one spot.
In the scene where Johnny and Baby are practicing dancing, and she keeps laughing when he runs his arm down hers, it was not part of the scene, she was actually laughing and his frustration was genuine. They left it because it was effective. Her falling over in this scene was unplanned too.
The movie's line "Nobody puts Baby in the corner." was voted as the #98 movie quote by the American Film Institute
The very famous scene where Johnny and Baby are practicing their dancing and they are crawling towards each other on the floor wasn't intended to be part of the film; they were just messing around and were warming up to do the real scene, but the director liked it so much he kept in the film.
The Cast of Dirty Dancing
Patrick Swayze- Johnny Castle
Jennifer Grey- Frances "Baby" Houseman
Jerry Orbach- Dr. Jake Houseman
Cynthia Rhodes- Penny Johnson
Music From Dirty Dancing
Be My Baby- The Ronettes
Do You Love Me- The Contours
Hungry Eyes- Eric Carmen
She's Like The Wind- Patrick Swayze
The Time Of My Life- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
| | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Johnny: You don't understand the way it is, I mean for somebody like me. Last month, I'm-I-I'm eating Jujubes to keep alive, this month women are stuffing diamonds in my pockets. I'm bouncing on shit and quick as that I could be down there again.
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Johnny: It's not on the one, it's not the mambo. It's a feeling; a heartbeat.
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Johnny: No, no. Look, you've gotta understand what it's like, Baby. You come from the streets and suddenly you're up here, and these women, they are throwing themselves at ya, and they smell so good, and they really take care of themselves. I mean, I never knew women could be like that, you know? And they're so rich, they're so goddam rich, you think they must know about everything. And they're slipping their room keys in my hands, two and three times day, different women. So, here I think I'm scoring big, right? And for a while, you think, hey, they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't care about me, right?
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Character name: Bodhi
Appears in: Point Break
Tagline
27 banks in three years - anything to catch the perfect wave!
 storyline
Johnny Utah is a Special Agent for the FBI. Utah gets partnered with Angelo Pappas, an experienced agent who is more than committed to his work. The two are asked to investigate the number of robberies committed by a group called the Ex-Presidents, who wears masks of Ex presidents Reagen, Nixon, Carter and Johnson for their robberies. Pappas has a theory that the Ex-Presidents are a group of surfers, and asks for Utah to go undercover as a surfer. The problem is, Utah couldn't surf to save his life. That plus the two continuously being hassled by unpleasant and rough Agent Harp With the help of Tyler a competent female surfer, Utah begins to gain the respect of local surfer Bodhi and his group. Utah forms a close bond with Bodhi, but the relationship between Utah and Bodhi becomes limited when Utah suspects that Bodhi and his group are the Ex-Presidents.
Fun Facts About Point Break
Two scenes from the movie that were deleted from the final cut but were shown in the theatrical trailer are: - Bodhi and Utah are in Bodhi's truck. Utah is shooting with a gun on the left side. Bodhi says, "This is gonna be a great day, Johnny!" - Utah meets Harp at his office with his surfboard. Harp is angry and says, "You are not here to pick up girls, Utah." Utah replies, "The original term is 'babes', sir!"
Johnny reports to Angelo on Bhodi's movements that day. He comments on how he ate lunch at Patrick's Roadhouse, which is an actual restaurant in LA.
Patrick Swayze is an accomplished skydiver and took part in the big skydiving scene
When Bodhi is introduced to Johnny Utah on the beach, he remarks that Utah's surfboard reminds him of a '57 Chevy he used to have. Swayze previously drove a '57 Chevy in Dirty Dancing (1987).
The Cast
Patrick Swayze- Bodhi
Keanu Reeves- Johnny Utah
Gary Busey- Pappas
Lori Petty- Tyler
James Legros- Roach
Music From Point Break
Nobody Rides For Free- Ratt
If 6 Were 9- Jimi Hendrix
Over The Edge- L.A Guns | | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Bodhi: (during a skydiving game of chicken with Johnny, both falling with no parachute open] Six seconds. We're going to be meat waffles.
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Character name: Dalton
Appears in: Roadhouse
Tagline
Dalton's the best bouncer in the business. His nights are filled with fast action, hot music and beautiful women. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.
Storyline
Dalton is an expert "cooler" -- a barroom bouncer who can break up fights without getting himself killed in the process. Frank Tilghman, the owner of the Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri, has hired Dalton away from a bar in New York City, because Tilghman needs someone who can handle the nightly outbreaks of violence at the Double Deuce, and teach the rest of the Double Deuce's bouncers how to handle it. There's even a cage protecting the bar's band from the customers. The band is led by Dalton's old friend Cody, who is blind. Dalton is injured on his first night on the job and is treated by Elizabeth "Doc" Clay, the local doctor. Dalton and Doc soon fall in love with each other, and this angers Brad Wesley, a crime boss that Doc was once involved with -- and may still be involved with. Wesley is also responsible for a lot of the violence at the Double Deuce, and for some time, Wesley has had the sheriff in his pocket, giving him complete control of the town of Jasper. Wesley is out to get rid of Dalton, who has already made some friends in Jasper -- Dalton has rented a room from a man named Emmet, and has befriended local auto parts store owner Red Webster, and has also befriended Pete Stroudenmire, the owner of Stroudenmire Ford, a local car dealership. Wesley wants money from these people and is responsible for much mayhem.
Fun Facts about Road House
The exterior shots of "The Double Deuce" and "Red's Auto Parts" were facades that were built on site. The barn that Dalton rents was also built just for the movie.
The town Road House is set in is a fictional town 'outside of Kansas City'. As Dalton drives into town, the 'Welcome to Jasper' sign is visible. Jasper, MO IS south of Kansas City, and has numerous rivers running near it (as seen through out the movie). The movie also alludes to 'calling a friend in the FBI in Springfield'. Springfield, MO is just over an hour away from Jasper.
Dalton is seen doing Tai chi at one point, although he uses western boxing and mixed martial arts in all the fight scenes.
The Cast
Patrick Swayze- Dalton
Kelly Lynch- Doc
Sam Ellioot- Wade Garrett
Ben Gazzara- Brad Wesley
Kevin Tighe- Tilghman
Jeff Healy- Cody
| | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Dalton: People who really want to have a good time won't come to a slaughterhouse. And we've got entirely too many troublemakers here. Too many 40-year-old adolescents, felons, power drinkers and trustees of modern chemistry.
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Dalton: I want you to be nice until it's time to not be nice. If somebody gets in your face and calls you a cocksucker, I want you to be nice. Ask him to walk. Be nice. If he won't walk, walk him. But be nice. If you can't walk him, one of the others will help you, and you'll both be nice. I want you to remember that it's a job. It's nothing personal.
- Dalton: [after interrupting Denise's unsolicited striptease] If you're gonna have a pet, keep it on a leash.
- Dalton: My way... or the highway.
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Character name: Sam Wheat
Appears in: Ghost
Tagline
A love that will last forever.
Storyline
Sam and Molly are a very happy couple and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who didn't even realise that her powers were real.
Fun Facts About Ghost
The role of Oda Mae Brown was not written with Whoopi Goldberg in mind, but Patrick Swayze, an admirer of hers, convinced the producers that she would be right for the part.
When it came time to cast the film, writer Bruce Joel Rubin suggested Patrick Swayze for the role of Sam Wheat. Director Jerry Zucker felt that Swayze was completely wrong for the part. Many actors that included Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Al Pacino, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, David Duchovny, Johnny Depp,Brad Pitt, and Alec Baldwin were all offered the part but all turned it down feeling that playing a ghost would be cheesy. Zucker then decided to audition Swayze though he thought he would blow the audition. To Zucker's surprise, Swayze did a great audition and he was cast immediately in the part.
The horrific sounds made by the "shadow demons" are really the sounds of babies, played at extremely slow speed.
The Cast
Patrick Swayze- Sam Wheat
Demi Moore- Molly Jensen
Tony Goldwyn- Carl Bruner
Whoopi Goldberg- Oda Mae Brown
Music From Ghost
Unchained Melody- Righteous Brothers
| | | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | - Sam Wheat: They're going to kill you Carl. You and Willie Your going to be fertilizer. They're going to bury you right next to Jimmy Hoffa.
- Sam Wheat: It's amazing Molly, the love inside, you take it with you. See ya
- Sam Wheat: I'm Henry the 8th I am. Henry the 8th I am I am. I got married to the widow next door. She's been married seven times before.
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