In the finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1984, we’re talking about this season’s audience choice pick, Herbert Ross’ Footloose. Directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by songwriter Dean Pitchford and starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Chris Penn, Dianne Wiest and Sarah Jessica Parker, Footloose defeated Beat Street and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo in our audience choice poll of teen dance movies.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/footloose-1984), David Denby in New York Magazine, and Janet Maslin in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/17/movies/film-footloose-story-of-dancing-on-the-farm.html).

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