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Footloose [1984] [DVD]
 
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Footloose [1984] [DVD]

Kevin Bacon , Lori Singer , Herbert Ross    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn
  • Directors: Herbert Ross
  • Writers: Dean Pitchford
  • Producers: Craig Zadan, Daniel Melnick, Lewis J. Rachmil
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Hungarian, Turkish, Arabic, Romanian, Polish, Czech, French, Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Croatian, Italian, Catalan, Slovene
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 107 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006IXEE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,821 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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First released in 1984, Footloose now enjoys the same sort of semi-ironic nostalgic cachet as John Hughes' contemporary schlock-fests about angst-ridden teens with silly hair. This is partly due to the fact that, as breathtakingly predictable kids-against-the-squares romps go, it's really pretty tolerable, but it's mostly because of the soundtrack. The songs that appear in the film--notably Kenny Loggins' infectiously vapid title track, and gale-force screecher Bonnie Tyler's excruciating "Holding Out for a Hero"--are possessed of an awfulness so monolithic that they have transcended their era and become reliable floor-fillers at 80s nostalgia discos all over the western world.

The plot, such as it is, sees the eerily androidal Kevin Bacon playing a hip rock & roll youth from the big city rebelling against the strictures of the conservative small town in which he finds himself living. Inevitably, he falls for the daughter of his nemesis, the local preacher (the latter, it has to be said, is played with some aplomb by John Lithgow, who very nearly wrings depth from a character otherwise straight out of the colour-by-numbers guide to movie-making). Inevitably, there are some dance sequences. Inevitably, the kids win out, and the grown-ups realise that maybe they aren't so bad after all.

On the DVD: Footloose can be watched on disc, should you so desire, dubbed in German, Spanish, French or Italian. There also subtitles available in pretty well every European language, as well as Arabic, Hebrew, Russian and Turkish. Other than that there are no extras. --Andrew Mueller

Special Features

English
Region 2


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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Footloose, 21 Feb 2005
This review is from: Footloose [VHS] [1984] (VHS Tape)
I really like this film, because it feels like a nostalgic trip to the eighties, and the acting is great. I think the score is excellent, although the dance sequences could be better.That doesn't make the film any worse though, and I like the fact that the plot is all to do with the urge to dance. Kevin Bacon's particularly good as well. The reason I gave it four stars is because it might not be everyone's cup of tea.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not for people who don't like to enjoy themselves., 15 Jan 2003
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This review is from: Footloose [1984] [DVD] (DVD)
There is only one word to describe this film. Fantastic. It's one of those films where you kinda know good will prevail, the baddies will get their dues, and the guy gets his gal, but it's the music that holds the film together.

The music keeps your feet tapping from start to finish, and the last few scenes of them dancing in the barn having been given permission to hold a dance is worth waiting for. Ok, so the dresses and the tuxes are 1980's and I wouldn't be buried in them, and Lori Singer is the worst actress ever, but the energy of the film and the feet stomping music makes you want to watch it again and again and again.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 19 Mar 2005
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This review is from: Footloose [1984] [DVD] (DVD)
I think this film is brilliant. If you love dancing and 80s music and especially Kevin Bacon then this is the film for you. It is about a boy called Ren McCormick who has moved from the city to a Midwestern town where music, dancing and all youthful joy has been banned. He trys to prove to his town that music can bring out the good in people not the bad.
This is a great film and for people like me who love any dance films and films like Dirty Dancing they will love this.
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