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Footloose (17-Feb-1984)

Director: Herbert Ross

Writer: Dean Pitchford

Score Adaptation by: Miles Goodman

Producers: Lewis J. Rachmil; Craig Zadan

Keywords: Musical, Drama

Ren MacCormack, a high-school kid from Chicago, moves to a conservative town in the American Midwest. Under the thumb of Rev. Shaw Moore, Bomont has banned by law public dancing and rock music. Ren falls in love with Moore's daughter Ariel and works to upend the bans. Produced for only $8M, a smash hit at the box office. Received two independent Oscar nominations for Best Original Song, for "Footloose" and for "Let's Hear It for the Boy."

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kevin Bacon
Actor
8-Jul-1958   Everybody cut Footloose
John Lithgow
Actor
19-Oct-1945   Third Rock From The Sun
Lynne Marta
Actor
31-Oct-1948   Character actress
Sarah Jessica Parker
Actor
25-Mar-1965   Carrie on Sex and the City
Chris Penn
Actor
10-Oct-1965 24-Jan-2006 Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs
Lori Singer
Actor
6-Nov-1957   Footloose
Dianne Wiest
Actor
28-Mar-1948   Footloose

CAST

Kevin Bacon   ...   Ren
Lori Singer   ...   Ariel
Dianne Wiest   ...   Vi Moore
and
John Lithgow   ...   Rev. Shaw Moore
Frances Lee McCain   ...   Ethel MacCormack
Chris Penn   ...   Willard Hewitt
Elizabeth Gorcey   ...   Wendy Jo
Sarah Jessica Parker   ...   Rusty
Jim Youngs   ...   Chuck
Douglas Dirkson   ...   Burlington Cranston
Lynne Marta   ...   Lulu
Arthur Rosenberg   ...   Wes
Timothy Scott   ...   Andy Beamis
John Laughlin   ...   Woody
Alan Haufrect   ...   Roger Dunbar
Linda MacEwen   ...   Eleanor Dunbar
Kim Jensen   ...   Edna
Michael Telmont   ...   Travis
Leo Geter   ...   Rich
Ken Kemp   ...   Jeff
Russ McGinn   ...   Herb
Sam Dalton   ...   Mr. Gurntz
H. E. D. Redford   ...   Widdoes
Jay Bernard   ...   Harvey
David Valenza   ...   Team Member
Meghan Broadhead   ...   Sarah
Mimi Broadhead   ...   Amy
Gene Pack   ...   Bernie
Marcia Yvette Reider   ...   Virginia
John Perryman   ...   Fat Cowboy
Mary Ethel Gregory   ...   Mrs. Allyson
Oscar Rowland   ...   Mr. Walsh
J. Paul Broadhead   ...   Mayor Dooley
John Bishop   ...   Elvis
Carmen Trevino   ...   Girl
Melissa Renée Graehl   ...   Girl
Monica M. da Silva   ...   Girl
Terri Gay Ulmer   ...   Girl

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