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Footloose
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.
1984 · Directed by Herbert Ross · 107 min · Drama · Romance · 16 frames
Tagline
The music is on his side.
Crew
- Screenplay: Dean Pitchford
- Cinematography: Ric Waite
- Edited by: Paul Hirsch
- Production design: Ron Hobbs
- Produced by: Craig Zadan, Lewis J. Rachmil
Cast
- Kevin Bacon as Ren
- Lori Singer as Ariel
- John Lithgow as Rev. Shaw Moore
- Dianne Wiest as Vi Moore
- Chris Penn as Willard
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Rusty
- John Laughlin as Woody
- Elizabeth Gorcey as Wendy Jo
- Frances Lee McCain as Ethel McCormack
- Jim Youngs as Chuck
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, IndieProd Company Productions
- Budget: $8,200,000
- Box office: $80,035,402
- Themes: dancing, dance, dancer, dance teacher, father daughter relationship, amused
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