Footloose (1984)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Footloose |
| Original title | Footloose |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Herbert Ross |
| script | Dean Pitchford |
| production |
Lewis J. Rachmil , Daniel Melnick , Craig Zadan |
| music | Kenny loggins |
| camera | Ric Waite |
| cut | Paul Hirsch |
| occupation | |
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Footloose ( ger .: Footloose ) is an American dance film by director Herbert Ross from the year 1984th
action
Young Ren MacCormack moves with his mother from Chicago to the bourgeois town of Bomont. Here Reverend Shaw Moore is in charge. He lost his son in a car accident a few years ago and believes that rock music and the allegedly inevitable drug and alcohol abuse were to blame for the fatal accident. Led by Moore, the city council then issued numerous bans. At his drive, among other things, rock music, alcohol and dancing were banned. The big city teenager, who is enthusiastic about dancing and loud rock music, quickly comes into conflict with the conservative residents of the city. He thinks the prohibitions are nonsensical and does not want to come to terms with this situation.
The Reverend's rebellious daughter, Ariel, befriends Ren, much to her father's annoyance. But the reverend is also unsettled in his position by the arguments with his daughter Ariel and the increasing criticism of his wife. He notices that the bans are going too far when some residents want to burn literature classics as "trash", which he can just prevent. Ren will apply for the bans to be lifted at the next city council meeting, but cannot prevail against the decision-makers. Against all odds and with a little help of the flour mill owner Andy Beamis, with whom he occasionally earned some money, he organized a prom for the students of high school ( " Prom ") and manages eventually to convince Reverend Moore that the Daughter Ariel is allowed to accompany him to the ball.
background
The story is based in part on real events: Elmore City , a small town in Oklahoma , had been banned from dancing since 1898 . It wasn't until 1980 that the city's teenagers dared to speak out against the law. It was a struggle between the youth and the conservative church community. When the first dance event was organized there in 81 years, all of America reported about it.
Michael Cimino was initially scheduled to direct Footloose , who wanted to turn the film into a kind of musical version of the fruits of anger . However, since Cimino demanded a significantly high budget - only three years after his legendary flop with Heaven's Gate - he was eventually replaced by Herbert Ross. The film was shot mostly in Utah, especially in the small town of Payson with its high school.
Kevin Bacon only got the role after Tom Cruise and Rob Lowe were prevented from appearing. Director Ross found Bacon through his performance in American Diner . Sarah Jessica Parker had one of her first feature film roles in the film and was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1985 for her role as Ariel's friend Rusty in the category Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama (translated: Best Young Supporting Actress in a musical, comedy, adventure or drama).
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the film was very successful, the theme song sung by Kenny Loggins became an international hit.
synchronization
| role | actor | speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Ren McCormack | Kevin Bacon | Torsten Sense |
| Ariel Moore | Lori Singer | Maud Ackermann |
| Reverend Shaw Moore | John Lithgow | Peter Aust |
| Vi Moore | Dianne Wiest | Barbara Adolph |
| Willard Hewitt | Chris Penn | Oliver Rohrbeck |
| Rusty | Sarah Jessica Parker | Melanie Pukass |
| Ethel McCormack | Frances Lee McCain | Gisela Fritsch |
reception
Audience success and reviews
In the US alone, the film grossed over 80 million US dollars, which made it a hit with a budget of just over eight million US dollars. Still, the film received mixed reviews overall. Roger Ebert criticized in the Chicago Sun-Times of January 1, 1984 that the film tried to portray the conflict situation in a small town, to show some of the teenage characters and to be a music video at the same time. He would do all three things badly .
The lexicon of international films said: “Dance and music film for young people, which, without the rebellious gesture of rock'n'roll, gives away its topic, the personal responsibility of the individual, to a homely, poorly assembled and undemanding breakdance advertising story.” Dave Kehr saw the film as a "strange but relatively effective mixture of rock music and didactic melodrama". The dance scenes were successful, but Footloose could have been even better with more style and exuberance like in classic musical films. Nevertheless, the quality of the film is way above Flashdance .
Awards
Kenny Loggins (music) and Dean Pitchford (text) were nominated for two Academy Awards in 1985, in the categories Best Music and Original Song (for the title track Footloose ), and they also received a Golden Globes nomination . The soundtrack for Footloose was nominated for a Grammy in the same year for Best Album of Instrumental Score . The German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the rating “valuable”.
In pop culture
In the 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy, the Earth-born protagonist Peter Quill tells his acquaintance Gamora about a legend on his planet. The name of the legend is Footloose and inside there is a great hero named Kevin Bacon. Later in the film, Gamora says after a fight that she (the team) is so "Kevin Bacon". In the movie Avengers - Infinity War , Peter meets Spiderman and asks him if Footloose is still the best movie of all time. Spiderman replies that he never was.
Remake
On October 20, 2011, a remake of the material was released in German cinemas. The role of Ren MacCormick is taken over by Kenny Wormald , Reverend Moore is played by Dennis Quaid . The director took Craig Brewer .
Web links
- Footloose in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Foot Loose atrotten tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ You Got Trouble in Elmore City: That's Spelled with a 't,' Which Rhymes with 'd' and That Stands for Dancing . In: PEOPLE.com . ( people.com [accessed May 10, 2018]).
- ↑ Footloose (1984). Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ In a Surprising Career Move, Filmmaker Michael Cimino Casts Himself as Odd Man Out . In: PEOPLE.com . ( people.com [accessed May 10, 2018]).
- ↑ The one reason movie studio boss didn't want Kevin Bacon in Footloose . In: NewsComAu . ( com.au [accessed on May 10, 2018]).
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Footloose. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ Footloose (1984) - Box Office Mojo. Accessed May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Footloose at Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed May 10, 2018 .
- ^ Roger Ebert: Footloose Movie Review & Film Summary (1984) | Roger Ebert. Accessed May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Footloose. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Dave Kehr: Footloose. Accessed May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Quotes. In: imdb.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.imdb.de/title/tt1068242/ Infos on imdb.de