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- Footloose, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year, was based on the true story of Elmore City, Oklahoma. The small town's dancing ban dated back to 1898 to control alcohol consumption and the rowdy activities associated with it, so instead of having a prom, students at Elmore City High School held a banquet every year.
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May 11, 2024 · Welcome to Elmore City, a small town that became famous for an unconventional reason — it banned dancing. This controversial decision sparked national attention and even inspired the popular...
Footloose is a 1984 American musical [4] drama film directed by Herbert Ross. It tells the story of Ren McCormack ( Kevin Bacon ), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn the ban on dancing instituted by the efforts of a local minister ( John Lithgow ).
May 26, 2015 · It’s The Sort Of Ironic Twist That Would Make For A Great Movie. The plot: A perceived danger is banned for decades only to become, once allowed inside the city limits, the very thing that brings the community together for generations to come.
Feb 13, 2024 · The storyline of Footloose is simple—Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) moves from the vibrant music loving city of Chicago to a small midwestern town named Bomont that prohibits dancing of any kind, and anything labeled as rock/pop music.
- IT WAS BASED ON ELMORE CITY, OKLAHOMA. Elmore City had forbidden public dancing by law since its founding. In January of 1979, the local high schoolers asked that the rules be changed so that they could have a prom, to the anger of the reverend from the United Pentecostal Church.
- TOM CRUISE ALMOST PLAYED REN. The producers wanted Tom Cruise, but he had a scheduling conflict with All the Right Moves (1983). Rob Lowe auditioned and blew out his ACL.
- CHRISTOPHER ATKINS HAD THE LEAD, THEN LOST IT. The Blue Lagoon star Christopher Atkins claimed he was cast as Ren. Unfortunately for him, he was under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol when he met with the producers and the director before taking a vacation where he was planning to have more “fun.”
- MADONNA AUDITIONED FOR ARIEL. Had she gotten the part, it would have been her first feature film role. That didn’t come until 1985, in A Certain Sacrifice.
4 days ago · Footloose is a 1984 drama/romance/music film starring Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack, a teen forced to move from big-city Chicago to the small town of Bomont. Bomont is a profoundly religious town that has banned dancing and rock music due to the "evils" it can cause in the city and the youth by Reverand Shaw (John Lithgow).
Jul 14, 2021 · Footloose stars Kevin Bacon as a dynamic Chicago youngster transplanted to a morally numb heartland town, where local minister John Lithgow has banned rock dancing. An energetic, celebratory film about youth vs. age, with none of the stereotypes usually involved. – From the Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) February 17, 1984.
