Patrick Swayze

Date of Birth

1952-08-18

Date of Death

2009-09-14

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Known for

Dirty Dancing, Donnie Darko, The Outsiders, Ghost, Point Break

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Point Break 35th anniversary, theatrical re-release

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Point Break is heading back to theaters for its 35th anniversary, brah

Posted 4 weeks ago

Point Break returns to theaters in a newly restored 4K presentation for its 35th anniversary, with screenings scheduled for August.

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The Best Patrick Swayze Movies: Five of Our Favorites

Posted 2 months ago

We pick the five best Patrick Swayze movies of all time. From early hits like Red Dawn to classics like Point Break, they're all here.

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A Dirty Dancing sequel with Jennifer Grey reprising her iconic role as Baby is hitting the dance floor at Lionsgate

Posted 7 months ago

Original Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey is partnering with Lionsgate to star in and executive-produce a Dirty Dancing sequel!

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road house, jake gyllenhaal, patrick swayze

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Road House remake star Jake Gyllenhaal pays tribute to Patrick Swayze

Posted 2 years ago

Jake Gyllenhaal knows he had some big boots to fill with his Road House remake and he honors the man who first played Dalton, Patrick Swayze.

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Francis Ford Coppola shares The Outsiders audition video, which includes a baby-faced Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze & more

Posted 2 years ago

Francis Ford Coppola shares audition video from The Outsiders, which includes a baby-faced Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze & more.

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Next of Kin: The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 3 years ago

We take a look back at the underrated 1989 action flick, Next of Kin, starring Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson and Bill Paxton.

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Point Break gets a 4K restoration; here’s how we would do a sequel

Posted 3 years ago

Point Break is widely considered one of the greatest action movies ever made. Kathryn Bigelow’s epic 1991 action film is getting a gorgeous 4K restoration courtesy of Shout Factory, which should make the movie look better than ever. Speaking as...

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Former bank robber gives Point Break heist a 10/10

Posted 3 years ago

Both Point Break and The Town were given perfect scores from a former bank robber, whose credentials include 200+ heists.

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WTF Happened to Point Break?

Posted 3 years ago

In this episode of WTF Happened to This Movie, we look back on Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze.

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Ghost remake: Channing Tatum acquires the film rights and may take on the Patrick Swayze role

Posted 4 years ago

Channing Tatum's production company, Free Association, owns the rights to the 1990 fantasy drama Ghost, and is thinking about a Ghost remake.

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Dirty Dancing sequel to be directed by Jonathan Levine with Jennifer Grey reprising her role

Posted 4 years ago

It’s a good thing that no one put Baby in a corner because another Dirty Dancing movie is about to cut a rug. Today, Deadline announced that Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies, Long Shot) would direct the upcoming Dirty Dancing sequel. Lionsgate is bringing the concept to the...

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Youngblood (1986) Revisited: Action Movie Review (Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze)

Posted 4 years ago

Chris If you played hockey as a kid growing up in the late eighties/early nineties, you probably watched the 1986 cult classic Youngblood, starring Rob Lowe. A risqué, action-packed hockyy flick, in it Lowe plays a seventeen year old farm...

The new episode of the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie video series takes a look at Richard Kelly's 2001 movie Donnie Darko.

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Donnie Darko (2001) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Posted 4 years ago

Cody It’s time for a new episode of our WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re taking a look back at writer/director Richard Kelly‘s stunning 2001 feature debut Donnie Darko (watch it HERE). Some...