1987 Double Feature – “Dirty Dancing” (Vestron, 1987) While spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) falls for the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze). This low-budget romantic drama by a new studio with no major stars (except Broadway legend Jerry Orbach in a supporting role) became a major box office hit and was the first film to sell more than a million copies on home video. The “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack generated two multi-platinum albums and multiple singles, including “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” which won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award for best duet for Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.

“Predator” (20th Century Fox, 1987 – R rated*)

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this science-fiction action film as the leader of an elite special forces team who are on a mission to rescue hostages from guerrilla territory in Central America’s Northern Triangle. Directed by John McTiernan and also starring Carl Weathers and Kevin Peter Hall, the film was Oscar nominated for Best Visual Effects. It spawned two sequels, “Predator 2” (1990) and “Predators” (2010), and two crossover films with the “Alien” franchise, “Alien vs. Predator” (2004) and “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem” (2007). * No one under the age of 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian. Free, at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater located at 19053 Mt. Pony Rd. in Culpeper, VA. No reservations required. For more information, call 202-707-9994.