Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?
The answer is after the jump...
An easy one this morning. I bet the theme song was playing in your head as you looked at the images. Did you have "The Time of Your Life" with Dirty Dancing (1987)? And when did you first see it? It was a sleeper hit in cinemas in 1987 earning back 10 times its budget but it then went on to years and years of even bigger popularity on cable. Times were different back then. Of the top 10 highest grossing pictures that year only one (ONE!) was a sequel. The top grossing films in '87 (some nostalgia if you lived through it) were...
- Three Men and a Baby
- Fatal Attraction - 6 Oscar nominations including Best Picture
- Beverly Hills Cop II -1 Oscar nomiantion
- Good Morning, Vietnam - 1 Oscar nomination
- Moonstruck -6 Oscar nominations including Best Picture and 3 wins
- The Untouchables - 4 Oscar nominations and 1 win
- The Secret of My Success
- Stakeout
- Lethal Weapon - 1 Oscar nomination
- The Witches of Eastwick - 2 Oscar nominations
- Dirty Dancing - 1 Oscar win Best Original Song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
- Predator - 1 Oscar nomination
- Throw Momma From the Train - 1 Oscar nomination
- Dragnet
- La Bamba
- RoboCop - 2 Oscar nominations
- Outrageous Fortune
- Broadcast News -7 Oscar nominations including Best Picture
- The Living Daylights
- Eddie Murphy: Raw
Movies used to have wow audiences and build word of mouth instead of being hits automatically due to IP familiarity.
Dirty Dancing is now streaming on Paramount+