I enjoyed having in my home when ever I wanted to watch it.
It's a great movie

I love this film and this disc, which looks great on my very good HD projector. I don't get why the stars are not listed in the Amazon info, though, and why the older, 2000 dvd is labeled blu-ray.
I was right outa college in 1963, and summered in a similar place. The spirit and sound of the film are period perfect. Swayze and Grey are a perfect film couple; they are sympathetic characters with great chemistry. The standard Hollywood conventions and devices mount up by the end, spoiling the "willing suspension of disbelief". For a while, though, you can forget this is a Hollywood movie. Regardless of its increasing implausibility as the film barrels along, I still felt tears well up at the finale.

Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition)
I have the VHS & a recorded copy of Dirty Dancing. Boy does this DVD do the movie justice. Also have a Cassette that I play in the car & CD in the House. I can watch this movie over & over again & still cry, laugh & get up and dance. The 2nd DVD of interviews & etc. is absolutely the greatest. Patrick Swayze is the only male that could have pulled off the "Jimmy Dean" & "Soft Touch Stud" actor! What an actor he is. With Jennifer Grey as his Partner, what could go wrong? The Tribute to Jerry was superb as well. It is a must for anyone that likes Motown - 60's Music & Dancing even if it isn't Dirty.... If you haven't seen this Movie shame on you, get it and enjoy. How refreshing, no guns or drugs or killings...

This DVD edition is absolutely beautiful! I haven't watched the movie yet, but I sure do love the package!

If you collect DVDs you probably already know that the picture/audio quality of older films that are transferred to DVD is hit or miss. The 20th Anniversay edition of "Diry Dancing" is definitely a hit. The picture and sound quality are simply outstanding! On my 46-inch high definition TV with my Toshiba 1080p HD DVD--the picture and sound are stunning! The picture is crystal clear and sharp and the colors are rich and vibrant. This movie did not look this good in theaters in 1987, when it was first released. The picture has been enhanced for large, wide screen TVs--so there are no annoying black zones (bars) on the top or the sides of the screen. It fills the whole screen. I still cannot believe that this is a regular DVD, not a high definition edition. It looks and sounds as good as my HD DVDs.

The dancing and the music overshadow the well-worn storyline in the classic Patrick Dempsey flick. A movie to be enjoyed over and over again for the dancing and the music.

If you haven't seen Dirty Dancing, don't read my review because it contains spoilers.

I like this movie, in spite of the stupidity of sex outside marriage by one girl right after another girl almost dies from an abortion. (Gee, it couldn't happen to me, could it?) The lead female gets 'exposed' to a lot of immorality, finding her 'true love;' along the way learning to lie, cheat, and steal but still winding up happily ever after? Typical Hollyweird.

The dancing leaves something to be desired also, unless you count sex standing up clothed as dancing. They do better with some of the standard ballroom stuff, which looks classier and less like hookers advertising on the boulevard. There are decent resolutions to some of the plot lines, and overall it is an enjoyable if cautionary tale of youth with just enough knowledge to get themselves in real trouble. The music is pretty decent too.

If parents and kids watch it together then at least this fable could be used for teaching lessons such as why passion is not enough on which to build solid relationships or the terror of abortion.

The special features of the ultimate edition are very interesting and instructive, except for the slobbering over the gay director who died of AIDS at 50. I like to watch interviews and 'making of' specials with my kids and grandkids because I want them to know just how much fantasy goes into a film, and there is a great deal in this one.

This is one of my favorite movies, so of course I had to buy it on Blu-Ray.

However, the image quality is disappointing. It looks cleaner than the DVD version, but not up to par with available Blu-Ray movies from the same era, such as: First Blood, or even Enter the Dragon. The image quality also has aliasing on it. There is also an issue with black levels that I only see on this BD. After calibrating my TV, I noticed that the darkest spots were slightly brighter than the ones that weren't supposed to be as dark. If you turn the brightness up, they stand out a lot. This issue forces me to watch it at a lower brightness than I would usually watch the movie in.

I was also interested in the Blu-Trivia, but it wasn't that interesting. I distracted too much from the movie and was boring information, most of which wasn't anything that you couldn't easily find out if you wanted to.

I watched this on a PS3, so I'm not sure if it is PS3 specific or not; but while watching special features, I couldn't go to the menu. I had to skip to the end of the special to reach it.

As far as i can say, This edition being on DVD, Is by far the best. The audio rocks. I can actually hear full conversations and birds i never knew were in the background and no lines and scrating going through it. The extra Dvd with the bonus features are wonderful. And wow the auditions are fantastic. As you can tell i love it and so does my husband. All in all this is great. I am so glad we got it.

The original product we received had a scratch but it was immediately replaced. Excellent customer service.

I finally did it. I got him to watch a chick flick. Despite Mr. Bronson's constants groans of pain and disgust, he watched the whole thing (and survived!). This is one of my favorite movies of all time so it really meant a lot that I was able to share it with him. After 7 months of horror flicks, a little change was nice (i love you honey).

There's not much I can say about this movie that someone else hasn't already written. I love the music, the dancing is awesome, and the story is well written. For the longest time, I'd always cry at the end of the movie because, gosh darn it, I wanted my happy ending! Finding it (my happy ending) with Mr. Bronson made me look at it in a completely different way.

I'm done be mushy, I promise! I'm making myself sick with the immense sappiness of it all.

I ordered this for my 20 yr. old daughter. She loves this movie. It's the kind of movie you can watch over and over again.

Dirty Dancing is up there with just a few dozen films, the Classic Love Story which has taken us from the 40's and 50's (Brief Encounter/Casablanca)to An Officer and Gentleman, Ghost and Pretty Woman.

The Music is great too, a collection of late 50's and early 60's hits that spanned the World.

Such is the appeal of this classic film it has crossed over to the Stage with the London West End production a sell out, soon it is to open in Toronto, and I am sure the live versions will be every bit as good as the flim, for the Dancing will be a stage production dream.

If you have never seen Dirty Dancing, then live a little and buy it now, you will not regret it! Oh and look out for the others mentioned here as well, for love stories do not get much better than as shown on these classic titles.

Review no. 293. Even twenty years following it's original release, this heart warming well produced and well scripted drama is fun to watch. Heck, you could watch this movie with anyone. Someone special you're dating, a grandparent, your kids, etc. 'Dirty Dancing' is one of those films that take place in a more innocent time {circa, 1963 in the Catskill Mountains} that's a nice clean family oriented movie, YET hasn't at all become stale or out dated through out the harsh test of time. It's cast of well reknown actors and actresses, Patrick Swayze (this movie made him a star), Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach and Cynthia Rhoades doesn't hurt either. Some of the beloved oldies through out this flick will send chills up and down your spine. Best scene is the last ten minutes during the big dance's major finale. Recommended, big time.

Realmente el tiempo no pasa cuando las historias de amor son tan bellas como esta. Es una pelicula excelente, la cual aún al pasar del tiempo sigue gustando igual. Los bailes totalmente novedosos y las canciones valen la pena escucharlas. Una buena razón para quedarse en casa.

I had high hopes for this Bluray as I love this movie. I figured a new AVC transfer would bring this disk back to life after suffering the SD DVD bad transferrs I already have.

It was not to be. The movie is soft and washed out. There has been a large amount of electronic grain reduction undertaken that has bascially destroyed the PQ by sofetning the entire image and crushing the blacks in some scenes to the point where the picture look posterized.

While still better than a DVD it is a disaster. Lionsgate should chastised for failing to use this bluray as an opportunity to present this movie as it should have been.

If you take a look at the deleted scenes, you will see how good the transfer could have been. These are much better than the movie itself as the intense video processing to remove grain hasnt been done.

Liongate, You wrecked this movie and are now on my watch list for future transfers which I have to investigate closely before spending my money on your product. You should be ashamed.

On an up side note. The Audio quality is excellent with the PCM sound track.

It worked first time in my Samsung 1200 Bluray player.

Everyone knows the movie by now. It is a great story with a terrific group of actors that experienced a magic thing that few experience. As for the DVD, the sound quality and picture is the best of any of the DVDs that have came out. The widescreen ratio aspect I believe is 16:9 which is about as good as it gets. My daughter and I enjoy the movie so much that it rivals the Rocky Horror Picture Show crowd interaction when it is on at our house. I hope you enjoy this DVD as much as we have.

My best,
Gordon Huff
Louisville, KY

There is not much to say about Dirty Dancing except for it is an awesome movie and one that needed to be added to my collection! I love it!

THIS MOVIE HAS GOOD SOUND AND PICTURE. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES I HAVE BOUT.

What else can I say. I have the VHS, DVD, both soundtracks, I love this movie.
It's a simple story, girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy, boy takes a little time to fall in love with girl, it all works out in the end.
What's not to love.

This is such a classic! Who doesn't love this movie?! I've watched it many times. Great love story, wonderful dancing, and excellent cast!

I have had the vhs of this movie and out of the blue I was like let me but the DVD. I love it! Its the orginally movie with music videos, trailers and other cool features. Plus it is only $10!

While I can't claim to have seen this movie more than a couple of times, I did look forward to all the extra features of this dvd. I was a little disappointed in the outtakes and deleted scenes, etc, in that they were quite brief given the enormous amount of material that must have been filmed and not used. I do highly recommend the real dirty dancing scene with "Johhny and Baby"-its the most erotic thing I have ever seen in clothes. I did enjoy the commentary and trivia as well. Recommended.

What child of the 80s doesn't remember Johnny pulling Baby out of that corner and letting the whole world know that real men do dance?! Well, we can all breath a sigh of relief because the wonderful people over at Lionsgate have finally put out a version that includes lots and lots of extras including deleted scenes, alternate scenes, extended scenes, outtakes plus more that haven't been included in any edition before. My only complaint is that they left out Dirty Dancing Live in Concert...which means I'll probably hang onto my Ultimate version but nonetheless I'm thrilled with the new extras. If you loved this movie 20 years ago, be sure to pick it up for the next 20.

Dvd does not work in my samsung blu-ray player..... Just keeps trying to load... Very disappointed. Would have order a replacement, but saw that somebody else had the same issue. So why bother.

JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHO HAD THIS PROBLEM THAT THE DVD DOES WORK. YOU HAVE TO GO TO SAMSUNG'S WEBSITE AND DO THE UPDATE FOR YOUR BLU-RAY PLAYER. AFTER WE DID THE UPDATE BLU-RAY DVD WORKED GREAT.

Great music, great dancing, great atmosphere, great romance, and enough schmaltz to make this a wonderful DVD to own (even if you have forgotten about the charm of the Catskills)>

La película es una belleza de las mejores que he visto en mi vida.

Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition) is still the best and sexiest dance film I have ever seen. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey sizzle, smolder, and set the screen on fire with their undeniable chemistry. It's kinda funny since both stars couldn't stand each other off camera. I am so glad I waited 'til this new edition came out, great special features. Watch the deleted scene where they really dirty dance in Swayze's bungalow, it's hot, hot, hot!!!!!!!!!!!! This movie is a classic and everyone should own this tender film about first love, trusting those you're afraid to trust, and having the time of your life. I highly recommend it!

I bought this blue-ray disc, it keeps on spinning (with the logo of a few wheels turning with the word "Loading"), and never finish loading, and never get to the menu to play the content. Does anybody have the same problem?

I certainly enjoyed watching Dirty Dancing over. The special features are nice. Lots of memory. The only thing is there are no interview with Patrick Swayze...really strange...

Kudos for the extras, including the Live In Concert feature. The only 2 things I don't like are: the concert does not have chapters (as it was presented on the Collector's Edition); this version doesn't include the Bill Medley interview (also from the Collector's Edition).

I bought this DVD on the day it was released and I must say this is a very extensive and the BEST DVD release ever of Dirty Dancing! I am so glad it is in widescreen and not stupid fullscreen (which is very annoying). You can defenitly tell that the sound has been remastered..I could not believe my ears. And all the special features is mind blowing. Throw away all your other versions of this film as like I said this is the most extensive and best DVD version ever released. The film is presented in a widescreen format of 1.85:1 with tons of new features including all new interviews with Jennifer Grey, writer Eleanor Bergstein, and others. Along with Deleted, Alternate, and Extended Scenes and very funny Gag Reels/Outtakes. Just take my word for it..BUY IT NOW if your a true Dirty fan! I do not think this movie should EVER be released in fullscreen format because if so then it will be taking away some of the picture in the film and the movie would just be terrible if it was in fullscreen as you do not get the full effect of it in fullscreen like you do in widescreen. One word left to say...BUY THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DVD! You will NOT be disappointed!

After all the DVDs that have been released of Dirty Dancing, the movie is still in Wide Screen format, so I gave this DVD 3 stars, because the production company should've released the 20th Anniversary in full screen format. The letter box stuff is very annoying. I hope a full screen version of Dirty Dancing will be released on DVD in the near future.

Hi,
This is one of the best films of the 80's. Seen it on a date, As a guy I thought going in another chick flick, but its more then that. Myself I come from a similar working class background as Johnnys character and always enjoyed some of the classic dancing done in the film, but in the 80's and a guy you were considered gay for wanting to dance like this, but the movie changed this for all guys who dug ditchs in the day and wanted to dance at night, it was okay to dance. Hell the women of the time wanted you to dance like this after this movie came out.
The DVD itself is the best transfer I have seen every and the sound is excellent, throw your other disks and vhs tape in the garbage this is it. And finally a Patrick Swazyie interview to boot. The reason I got it early was due to my winning a contest for the pre-release DVD and one night showing of the movie. To say that my wife was thrilled to bits would be an understatement. (Not the same girl on date, new and improved)This is definately a sleep-over movie for girls of all ages, the theatre showing enforced this concept. And Guys take your Girl to this movie or buy it for her on DVD, they will be smiling at you for days to follow.
(You sensitive Man you).

Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release Dirty Dancing: 20th Anniversary Edition on May 8th. The two-disc set will feature an anamorphic widescreen transfer and newly remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 tracks. Extras include commentary with writer/ co-producer Eleanor Bergstein, never-before-seen deleted & alternate scenes, outtakes, a new exclusive interview with Patrick Swayze, a tribute to Jerry Orbach, original screen tests, multi angle dance sequences, "The Classic Story on Stage," interviews with Emile Ardolino, Eleanor Bergstein, Jennifer Grey and Kenny Ortega, music videos ("Hungry Eyes," "She's Like The Wind," "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"), a photo gallery and trailers.