Footloose

The music is on his side.

6.719841h 47m

Released

Drama

Romance

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1984-02-17

Runtime1h 47m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Budget$8,200,000

Revenue$80,035,402

Keywords

father daughter relationship

amused

Videos

4 total

Trailer

Footloose - Trailer

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Cast & Crew

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

Reviews

Wuchak

Jul 27, 2018

9/10

"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 legalisti…

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 14, 2023

10/10

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 a…

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