Un teenager si trasferisce da una grande città ad una piccola cittadina dove il ballo e la musica rock sono stati proibiti, ma il suo spirito ribelle turberà l'equilibrio degli abitanti.Un teenager si trasferisce da una grande città ad una piccola cittadina dove il ballo e la musica rock sono stati proibiti, ma il suo spirito ribelle turberà l'equilibrio degli abitanti.Un teenager si trasferisce da una grande città ad una piccola cittadina dove il ballo e la musica rock sono stati proibiti, ma il suo spirito ribelle turberà l'equilibrio degli abitanti.
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- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 2 vittorie e 7 candidature totali
- Willard
- (as Christopher Penn)
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Such fantastic music! Kenny Loggins in his prime!!
Kevin Bacon is the new kid in town who wants the ban lifted. Indeed, this boy seems to live to dance and he's immensely likable. He uses his killer smile to great effect. In this movie the dancing is integral to the plot and it evolves from it naturally and, for once, the director Herbert Ross takes things easy. As well as Bacon, the film has Lori Singer, (the obligatory love interest), and John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest as her parents. He's the bible-thumper who thinks that dancing is sinful and Wiest, with her wan, other-worldly smile, is the wife who doesn't as well as a very young Chris Penn as the over-weight farm boy Bacon teaches to dance in a wonderful sequence choreographed to Denise Williams' 'Let's hear it for the boy'
The style is reminiscent of a whole host of other '80's teen flicks, but only a handful are better. Most of the cast do great things with their roles. Kevin Bacon actually manages to make the clichéd concept seem kinda cool, here showcasing an easy charm that was to become the hallmark of much of his later work. Crucially, the music is actually pretty good too! (Even if I am torn between wanting to cringe and dance when I hear the theme!)
On reflection it's no cheesier than something like "All the Right Moves" (which has a great cast doing their best but suffers from a plodding story) In fact, it's miles better! At least the music in "Footloose" gave the makers a viable way to pep things up whenever the story begins to flag. This film is much, MUCH better than I had been led to believe, so give it a chance if you ain't seen it yet but thought you knew the score. Chances are, you don't...
But the music is great and the plot and themes do as much for me as "Grease" ever did. As teen movies go, it is somewhat original and interesting.
Who should see this film:
-- Teens with nothing better to do on a rainy day
-- People reliving the 1980s, you won't be disappointed to
see this one again
I'll give Footloose a 9 out of 10 because it cheered me up on a day I needed it.
OK--we're not dealing with reality here at ALL! A town banning rock music entirely is ridiculous and the town only has ONE church? And the game of chicken using tractors was just silly. And don't get me started on how Bacon, Singer, Chris Penn and Sarah Jessica Parker look WAY too old to be high school students--Singer was THIRTY when she did this! And how the heck did all the kids from the town learn how to dance so quickly? But, as a no brain musical, this does work.
The opening sequence alone is great (it shows various feet dancing to the title tune). Also the acting helps a lot. Bacon is just great--he doesn't take the movie too seriously and gives out a very good performance. He also has a big dance number (to a song called "Never") which is him and THREE different stuntman doing the more unrealistic moves. Singer is too old for her role but she tries. Penn is pretty good as Bacon's best friend--his learning how to dance sequence is a highlight. Parker did this before she was known and she's not bad. Lithgow and Wiest are just great as the Reverend and his wife--Wiest has a great scene where she calmly tells him off and Lithgow (wisely) does not play the Reverend as a one-note character. You see him trying to understand his daughter and slowly realizing that music isn't bad.
So--this is no "Singin in the Rain" but for a 1980s teen musical it's lots of fun. Great songs too. Just turn off your brain and enjoy!
Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe scenes where Chris Penn's character had to learn how to dance were added to the script because Penn really could not dance.
- BlooperWhen Ren is dancing in the factory and is swinging on the high bar-type pole, he is wearing gloves. During the rest of the sequence he is bare-handed.
- Citazioni
Ren: You like Men at Work?
Willard: Which man?
Ren: Men at Work.
Willard: Well, where do they work?
Ren: No, they don't, they're a music group.
Willard: Well, what do they call themselves?
Ren: Oh no! What about the Police?
Willard: What about 'em?
Ren: You ever heard them?
Willard: No, but I seen them.
Ren: Where, in concert?
Willard: No, behind you.
- Versioni alternativeCBS edited 10 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.
- ConnessioniEdited into Kenny Loggins: Footloose (Version 2) (1984)
- Colonne sonoreFootloose
Performed by Kenny Loggins
Written by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford
Produced by Kenny Loggins with Lee De Carlo (as Lee DeCarlo)
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Dettagli
Botteghino
- Budget
- 8.200.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 80.035.402 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 8.556.935 USD
- 20 feb 1984
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 80.048.492 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 47 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1