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Footloose
Directed by
Herbert Ross
Produced by Lewis J. Rachmil and Craig Zadan
Written by Dean Pitchford
Produced by Lewis J. Rachmil and Craig Zadan
Written by Dean Pitchford
With:
Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker, John Laughlin, Elizabeth Gorcey, and Frances Lee McCain
Cinematography:
Ric Waite
Editing: Paul Hirsch
Editing: Paul Hirsch
Runtime:
107 min
Release Date: 17 February 1984
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 17 February 1984
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Herbert Ross leans into all the ‘80s cliches and gets away with it, creating one of the most toe-tapping dance pictures of a decade that was awash with such films. Kevin Bacon works it hard as a teenager from Chicago whose family moves to a small town where music and dancing are illegal.