FOOTLOOSE (DVD) (SPECIAL EDITION/WS ENHANCE 16X9/DOL DIG/5.1 SUR DVD

Footloose
In this lively adolescent-oriented musical, a city kid attempts to adapt to life in an ultra-conservative backwater Midwestern town. Once there he ends up leading the repressed teenagers into a rebellion against the town fathers who have outlawed rock & roll and dancing. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormick Lori Singer as Ariel John Lithgow as Rev. Shaw Moore Dianne Wiest as Vi Moore Chris Penn as Willard Sarah Jessica Parker as Rusty John Laughlin as Woody Douglas Dirkson as Burlington

Crew Marci Liroff - Casting Lynne Taylor-Corbett - Choreography Gloria Gresham - Costume Designer L. Andrew Stone - First Assistant Director Herbert Ross - Director Paul Hirsch - Editor Daniel Melnick - Executive Producer Tom Snow - Composer (Music Score) Kenny Loggins - Composer (Music Score) Miles Goodman - Composer (Music Score) Dean Pitchford - Composer (Music Score) Ron Hobbs - Production Designer Ric Waite - Cinematographer Daniel Melnick - Producer Lewis Rachmil - Producer Craig Zadan - Producer Mary Olivia Swanson - Set Designer Wayne Beauchamp - Special Effects Al Overton, Jr. - Sound/Sound Designer Max Kleven - Stunts Dean Pitchford - Screenwriter

Footloose
In addition to boasting one of the most popular movie soundtracks of all time, Footloose made a star of Kevin Bacon, the rebel with a cause at the center of this infectious celebration of dance that became a cultural phenomenon. Footloose is also one of the earliest movies to be clearly inspired by MTV, with its episodic narrative structure and songs staged as miniature emotional operas. When Bacon's bad boy pours out his angst through dance and aggressive gymnastics in a closed factory, swigging from a beer while blowing out plumes of smoke, all to the tune of "Holding out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler, his mythic posturing is made in music video heaven. But there's a lot more than teenage disobedience in Footloose. It's also a sensitive portrait of Midwestern values, which don't clash nearly so much as Bacon's dance proponents or John Lithgow's worried churchgoers think they do. Lithgow's performance is especially complicated and heartfelt; the reluctant villain because he stands between the teens and their desire to cut loose, he really only wants to save them from themselves, having personally experienced tragedy caused by recklessness. Dianne Wiest balances her husband's conscience with her daughter's desire to embrace youth, making for another stand-out performance. Genuinely rousing, if perhaps willfully naïve and formulaic, Footloose is most winning during its dance sequences, the specialty of director/choreographer Herbert Ross. The movie held such lingering appeal in the popular consciousness that it inspired a successful Broadway musical -- almost 15 years after its theatrical release. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

Dean Pitchford: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (nominated) Dean Pitchford: Golden Globe, Best Original Song (nominated) Kenny Loggins: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (nominated) Kenny Loggins: Golden Globe, Best Original Song (nominated) Tom Snow: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Song (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, Spanish Sound Processing: DD: Generic Dolby Digital (unspecified format) DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo DD-EX: Dolby Digital Surround EX (simulated 6.1) Additional Features: cc Commentary by Kevin Bacon Commentary by producer Craig Zadan and writer Dean Pitchford "Footloose: A Modern Musical - Part 1" "Footloose: A Modern Musical - Part 2" "Footloose: Songs That Tell a Story" Theatrical trailer Widescreen version enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround EX, English Dolby Sound, French Stereo English subtitles Spanish subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 107 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Opening Credits 2. Welcome to Bomont 3. No Dancing Around 4. The Dare 5. Set Up 6. Over the Line 7. Dance Lessons 8. The Town Council 9. Change of Heart 10. Getting Ready 11. Senior Prom 12. Footloose 13. End Credits