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Patrick Swayze

May 2024

  • Patrick Swayze in Road House

    Stream team
    So 80s it hurts: punch-ups, pro wrestlers and Patrick Swayze mix in the delightfully absurd Road House

  • Bruce Joel Rubin holding an umbrella with pictures of birds and grassland on it.

    ‘Of course, one wants orgasmic life’: Bruce Joel Rubin on Ghost, gay identity and goldfish

September 2022

  • L.A. Dance Project 2021 Gala - Unforgettable Evening Under The Stars<br>BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - OCTOBER 16: Actress Jennifer Grey arrives at the L.A. Dance Project 2021 Gala - Unforgettable Evening Under The Stars held at The Pritzker Estate on October 16, 2021 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.

    ‘Dirty Dancing felt like it was made for me!’: Jennifer Grey on her turbulent life – and the film that made her a star

    With the publication of her uncompromising memoir, the actor looks back at the classic coming-of-age movie – and the tension between her and co-star Patrick Swayze

December 2021

  • Keanu Reeves (left) as FBI rookie Johnny Utah and Patrick Swayze as surfer/bank robber Bodhi in the 1991 action film Point Break.

    Stream team
    Point Break: Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze face off in surf-crime bromance

    Critics who dismissed Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 heist movie as shallow, blathering machismo have misunderstood this anti-establishment classic

October 2021

  • 2001, DONNIE DARKO<br>JAKE GYLLENHAAL &amp; JENA MALONE Character(s): Donnie Darko, Gretchen Ross Film 'DONNIE DARKO' (2001) Directed By RICHARD KELLY 19 January 2001 AFA1637 Allstar/20TH CENTURY FOX (USA 2001) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of 20TH CENTURY FOX and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To 20TH CENTURY FOX is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Donnie Darko at 20: the soulful student favourite comes of age

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders review – Coppola’s Brat Pack melodrama carries you away

August 2020

  • Jennifer Grey with the late Patrick Swayze in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.

    Dirty Dancing sequel starring Jennifer Grey announced 33 years after original

    Original star Grey will also executive produce follow-up to hit summer romance movie, with Jonathan Levine directing

July 2020

  • 1990, GHOST<br>PATRICK SWAYZE &amp; DEMI MOORE Character(s): Sam Wheat, Molly Jensen Film ‘GHOST’ (1990) Directed By JERRY ZUCKER 13 July 1990 AFB4531 Allstar/PARAMOUNT (USA 1990) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of PARAMOUNT and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To PARAMOUNT is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Ghost at 30: the shock romantic blockbuster that tried to do it all

    Patrick Swayze’s unusual star appeal helped make the supernatural romance the biggest hit of 1990 despite being resolutely unhip

May 2020

  • Cheesy charm … Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost.

    My favourite film aged 12
    My favourite film aged 12: Ghost

  • Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing.

    My favourite film aged 12
    My favourite film aged 12: Dirty Dancing

February 2020

  • Tugging at the heartstrings … Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.

    Ghost review – Patrick Swayze's immortal meditation on love and grief

    Three decades on, this weepie classic retains an innocence and earnestness that makes it as delightfully comforting as ever

April 2019

  • ‘We hated the movie until we heard your song’ … Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the climactic scene.

    How we made
    How we made Dirty Dancing's (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life

    ‘My old boss called and asked me to write a song for a movie called Dirty Dancing. I thought: “Ah, poor Jimmy’s doing porn”’

April 2018

  • Teenage dreams: the soulful phenomenon of coming of age films

    The best coming of age films
    'When you grow up your heart dies': how the coming-of-age film got smart

    From Pretty in Pink to Dirty Dancing and Say Anything - Hadley Freeman describes the emotions that got her hooked on films about growing up

August 2017

  • Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing.

    Why Dirty Dancing would never be made today

    Noo Saro-Wiwa
    30 years ago the film addressed abortion, religion and class in a way that 21st-century Hollywood would never dare, writes Noo Saro-Wiwa

June 2016

  • Edna Tromans, Simon Brooker's mother

    Stanley Kubrick ruined my childhood: my mum, the Hollywood publicist

    Simon Booker recalls his unconventional upbringing with his mother who was a glamorous film publicist in the Mad Men era

October 2015

  • Jennifer Grey at the Red Oaks Amazon TV series premiere.

    TV and radio blog
    Jennifer Grey: 'I don't understand people who re-enact Dirty Dancing'

    The star of some of the greatest 1980s movies on what it’s like to return to the era in new comedy Red Oaks on Amazon Prime, and why she has never done ‘the lift’ again

September 2015

  • “I never thought that being an action movie star was in the cards for me” - Ronda Rousey, who has starred in Fast & Furious 7 and The Expendables 3.

    Ronda Rousey grapples with Patrick Swayze's role in Road House remake

    UFC champion has reportedly won the blessing of the late Dirty Dancing star’s widow, Lisa Niemi, to take the tough bouncer role

May 2015

  • hadley freeman holding a watermelon

    Hadley Freeman: why I owe it all to 1980s movies

    What can Ghostbusters and Dirty Dancing teach you about life? Everything – from the joy of sex to the importance of Bill Murray (plus how to carry a watermelon). Here’s what I learned from three 1980s classics

February 2015

  • patrick swayze road house

    NYPD channels Road House to urge officers to keep cool the Swayze way

    A scene from the 1989 cult classic starring Patrick Swayze has reportedly been used to retrain police in the art of keeping calm in the face of provocation

October 2014

  • Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice.

    The 10 best ...
    The 10 best ghosts

    With Halloween just around the corner, Michael Hogan chooses his favourite otherworldly characters
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