Movie
Footloose
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-02-17
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, IndieProd Company Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Douglas Dirkson as Burlington Cranston
- Lynne Marta as Lulu
Crew
- Herbert Ross - Director
- Dean Pitchford - Screenplay
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