#Dirty dancing location now movie#

Kellerman‘s lodge main structure is a sandstone grandiosity sitting high and mighty on a beautiful Virginia hill, surrounded by the property peppered with tan rustic cabins, beside Mountain Lake, which has a storied history in and of itself.

Reminisce over the first time you remember seeing Dirty Dancing as you explore the property. Fans flock to Mountain Lake Lodge (MLL) to soak up a bit of the romanticism viewed on screen as the lodge looks almost exactly like it did when they filmed in 1987. Well, we all know what happened after that and the rest is history after Johnny plucked Baby out of a corner.

#Dirty dancing location now movie#

If you have read up on your DD trivia or happen to see the Netflix series “The Movies That Made Us” DD episode, you might know that the filmmaking team was on a shoestring budget and none of the major studios wanted it so the cast and crew filmed, at the last minute, at Mountain Lake Lodge, expecting no fanfare for the movie release (shocking!). Photo Courtesy Mountain Lake Lodgeįans of the movie are transported back to the skin-tingling scenes between Johnny Castle and Baby set amid the distinct beauty of Kellerman‘s Mountain House, filmed in 1987 but set in 1963. Discover a new vacation destination surrounded by rustic lodging, stunning mountains, and a flashback in time as you remember the iconic scenes from Dirty Dancing. The filmmakers set the scene in the Catskills of Upstate New York but real fans know that “Dirty Dancing” (DD) was filmed– not in the Catskills– but limited scenes in Lake Lure, North Carolina, and the majority of the enduring movie at Mountain Lake Lodge in southwest Virginia. The 35th anniversary of the iconic 80s movie “Dirty Dancing,” which brought us the pinnacle of romance and dancing on the screen, has found new generations of fans over the years.

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