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Footloose

Name: Footloose
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1984-02-17
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 6.689

★ 6,7 /10 (2,236 Votes)

1984 EN 107 min

Overview

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

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Release date

17/02/1984

Votes

2,236

Popularity

6.0

The music is on his side.

Genres

Drama Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

107 min

Budget

$8,200,000

Revenue

$80,035,402

Kevin Bacon

Ren

Lori Singer

Ariel

John Lithgow

Rev. Shaw Moore

Dianne Wiest

Vi Moore

Chris Penn

Willard

Sarah Jessica Parker

Rusty

John Laughlin

Woody

Elizabeth Gorcey

Wendy Jo

Frances Lee McCain

Ethel McCormack

Jim Youngs

Chuck

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Douglas Dirkson

Burlington Cranston

Lynne Marta

Lulu

Arthur Rosenberg

Wes

Timothy Scott

Andy Beamis

Alan Haufrect

Roger Dunbar

Linda MacEwen

Eleanor Dunbar

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Kim Jensen

Edna

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Michael Telmont

Travis

Leo Geter

Rich

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Ken Kemp

Jeff

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Russ McGinn

Herb

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Sam Dalton

Mr. Gurntz

H.E.D. Redford

Widdoes

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Jay Bernard

Harvey

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David Valenza

Team Member

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Meghan Broadhead

Sarah

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Mimi Broadhead

Amy

Gene Pack

Bernie

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Marcia Dangerfield

Virginia

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John Perryman

Fat Cowboy

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Mary Ethel Gregory

Mrs. Allyson

Oscar Rowland

Mr. Walsh

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J. Paul Broadhead

Mayor Dooley

John Bishop

Elvis

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Carmen Trevino

Girl

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Melissa Renee Graehl

Girl

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Monica M. Da Silva

Girl

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Terri Gay Ulmer

Girl

Peter Tramm

Stunt Dancer

Brandyn Cross

Party Kid (uncredited)

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Kevin Denson

Dancer (uncredited)

Michael Flynn

Policeman (uncredited)

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Deborah Frazier

Dancer (uncredited)

Andrea Hays

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Michele Laurita

Dancer (uncredited)

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Brian L. McCarty

Nerdy DJ (uncredited)

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Alison Trouse

Cowgirl Bar Dancer (uncredited)

Brian Wimmer

Extra (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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"A time to mourn and a time to dance" - Ecclesiastes 3:4 RELEASED IN 1984 and directed by Herbert Ross, “Footloose” chronicles events in the small Western town of Bomont where dancing and loud music have been outlawed because of an accident that killed some kids years earlier. Preacher’s daughter Ariel (Lori Singer) rebels against the legalistic measures while taking liking to a new student from Chicago, Ren (Kevin Bacon), whom her father (John Lithgow) disapproves of because he perceives Ren as a “troublemaker” who wants to change the town laws against dancing. Also on hand are Chris P…

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It's still one of my favorites and I could hardly walk when it first came out. And now it's legend, so writing a real review is almost needless. Just about everyone has seen it. It's still regarded as a classic. So I suppose the best thing to say is that it's like the Karate Kid...only with dancing rather than martial arts. Single mother and son move into a new town. Son is an outsider that gets in trouble with the local bully. Son starts dating the local bully's girlfriend. Son and bully fight and...resolution. However, it goes a bit deeper in that it references several cases of h…

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"Ren" (Kevin Bacon) moves from the big city to a small town run by the rather puritanical preacher "Moore" (John Lithgow) only to find that dancing, singing - indeed just about every form of entertainment has been banished. He claims that is to protect them and their children from ungodly corrupting influences. The new boy is treated with enough circumspection before "Ariel" (Lori Singer) takes a shine to him, but once it's known that the daughter of the town bible-basher is having a romance with the disruptive influence, then battle lines are drawn. It's fair too say that "Ren" hasn't his pro…

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