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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   14,468 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Dean Pitchford (written by)
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Release Date:
17 February 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
One kid. One town. One chance. more
Plot:
A city boy comes to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations more
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(199 articles)
The Hot List 2010
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 26 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)

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User Reviews:
Great musical of the 1980's!! more (80 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Bacon ... Ren McCormack

Lori Singer ... Ariel Moore

John Lithgow ... Reverend Shaw Moore

Dianne Wiest ... Vi Moore

Chris Penn ... Willard Hewitt (as Christopher Penn)

Sarah Jessica Parker ... Rusty
John Laughlin ... Woody
Elizabeth Gorcey ... Wendy Jo

Frances Lee McCain ... Ethel McCormack
Jim Youngs ... Chuck Cranston
Douglas Dirkson ... Burlington Cranston
Lynne Marta ... Lulu Warnicker
Arthur Rosenberg ... Wes Warnicker
Timothy Scott ... Andy Beamis
Alan Haufrect ... Coach Roger Dunbar
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Foot-loose (Greece) [el]
Footloose (Spain) [es]
Footloose (Finland) [fi]
Footloose (Canada: French title) [fr]
Footloose (Denmark) [da]
Yasak dans (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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Runtime:
107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | USA:PG (re-rating) (1983) | USA:R (original rating) | UK:12A (re-rating) (2007) | UK:PG (cinema rating) (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | West Germany:12
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Trivia:
The original director hired for this film was 'Michael Cimino'. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Most Baptist churches let out around noon; when Ren and his family are on the porch, it is daytime, but at the drive-in, it is night when Ariel arrives there with her friends. This should have been in the same time period. more
Quotes:
Andy Beamis: You're the last folks I expected to see around here tonight.
Reverend Shaw Moore: Hi Andy.
Vi Moore: Hi Andy.
Andy Beamis: It was a good thing you did here tonight, Reverend
Reverend Shaw Moore: I'm still not sure it was the right thing to do.
Andy Beamis: Comes pretty close.
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Soundtrack:
The Girl Gets Around more

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9 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Great musical of the 1980's!!, 30 September 1999
7/10
Author: Doc_Who from VACAVILLE, CA, USA

This drama/musical tells the story of young man who moves into a very religious community . The young man is played by Kevin Bacon. He finds out that the local preacher does not allow any music, dancing , fun in his town. Eventually with the help of some friends, he manages to talk the citizens to allow the teens to have a dance. This movie also stars John Lithgow from 3rd Rock from the Sun!!Footloose has awesome sound track , is full of great songs!!!This is one great musical along with Grease in the 1970's!!

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