Footloose [1984] [DVD]

If you like this film, you will want this set.

Great movie for a dance 80s

It's hard to imagine what effect this very 80s film has on young people now, but if you were the age of the characters back in 1984, it exerts an irresistiible pull, right from the very 80s pop on the soundtrack, the clothes, the hairstyles, and a certain energy without edge. The world seemed a more naive place, even though the banning of dancing in public seems unusual, as has occurred in Bomont ... Kevin Bacon (Ren) arrives from Chicago and tries to overturn the ban, gets romance with the very pretty preacher's daughter (Lori Singer), gets a best friend in Chris Penn, who he teaches the dance moves to, and locks horns with the preacher himself (John Lithgow). It's a measure of the skill of the film that the Rev. Shaw Moore is drawn with some subtlety, being very opposed to book censorship, and actively stopping the burning of titles at a local school. Behind his support for the dance ban is a personal tragedy that the film blends in very well to the story about the kids in their last year at school. The dance sequences are very enjoyable, Bacon and Singer look superb, and Chris Penn is also a complete winner - it's the film to bring out the winner in you ...

I bought this DVD because I am soon to be involved in helping with an amateur production of "Footloose" and had never seen the film or the musical before, although I had heard some of the songs (I just didn't realise they were originals when I first heard them!)I absolutely loved the songs and the dancing - the actors are extremely talented and, for the most part, draw you into their lives and the story. I couldn't help singing an dancing around my flat "with" them! There's also some great character development, which I've never seen in any kind of musical/musical film before. I haven't seen the remake, but I usually choose originals over remakes anyway, hence my decision to just purchase the original.It does drag on a little in parts, whereas some other parts I couldn't watch, like the near-fatal accidents/misadventures of the young characters. Having been hit by a car once myself, I found those scenes triggering and had not expected them at all, so be warned, if you have also suffered from any kind of vehicle collision. I also didn't enjoy the fights, although these are short and there aren't many of them.

thank you

This used but like new dvd film was great. I'd only seen this film once many years ago so it was great now being able to watch it whenever I want.

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