When Does "Dirty Dancing" (1987) Take Place?
"Dirty Dancing" is a romance film written by Eleanor Bergstein and released August 21st, 1987.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the opening narration states, "That was the Summer of 1963".
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We know this because the opening narration states, "That was the Summer of 1963".
This character narration continues to say, "That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came". This refers to the famous and tragic assassination of United States of America President John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963 AD and the famous premiere of the rock band The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” (their first major performance in the United States) on February 9th, 1964 AD.
It has also been reported Bergstein based the story on her own adolescent experience.
