IF you had the 'time of your life' when you first watched Dirty Dancing and remember cringing at the love scenes while watching with your parents, then you are not alone.

It was one of the most popular influential and memorable movies of the 1980s and I remember who Eric Carmen is because of the great hit from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, Hungry Eyes that I used to dance to as a teenager.

Have a look at www.geocities.com and follow the Hollywood link for an excellent fan site filled with picture galleries, cast information, soundtrack snippets and links.

An official announcement by Artisan and Miramax that a sequel was in the pipelines is now one year old, without confirmation of a cast or even a director.

When the project was announced in May last year, Ricky Martin and Natalie Portman were mentioned as possible new stars.

Patrick Swayze is also rumoured to be in talks to return as Johnny Castle.

For a unique resource that names the top 100 most influential movie people have a peek at www.film100.com. The site also incorporates a large multimedia section.