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Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough are shown in a scene
from Footloose.
Not exact matches
«People know they live in a globalised world, there is a
footloose fancy - free economic world in which money can be moved
from one border to another... in this world, you get more done by doing things together than you do apart.»
This
footloose DNA differs
from strain to strain.
In our solar system's youth the gas giant's
footloose migration toward and away
from our star flicked aside lesser worlds — a pruning that, as brutal as it was, opened up space for our planet.
You could go and see an old favourite such as
Footloose or experience a new and exciting play
from playwrights around the world.
Footloose, escape
from oppression and law, Liberty, equality, nonjudgmental, keep going, push the envelope, goofy, playful, compassionate that's me in a nutshell and now for the lengthy part... / ----- Horizontall y Challenged... I'm frackin tall... This is going to be hard to follow but...
The «
Footloose» remake, much like the original film, follows Ren (now played by Kenny Wormald) as he moves
from a northern city to a small southern town.
The story of the movie is echoed in the way the dances are put together,
from the makeup of the town (which is more diverse and real - looking than in the original
Footloose) to the relationship between characters.
It's so easy for so many aspects of
Footloose to descend into cartooniness, but it only really happens when Chuck is on screen, and his scenes feel like dull diversions
from the real story.
While the «
Footloose» remake doesn't differ much
from the original musical - drama, in terms of the characters and plot - line, Brewer was able to successfully modernize the tale while staying true to its important message.
While the material is interesting, it's clear that there some rights issues at work, and barely any footage
from the 1984
Footloose is used, even when it would be helpful to show it.
If the pilfering of «80s films must continue (though ideally, it will stop, soon), the other studios could learn a thing or two
from what Paramount did here with «
Footloose.»
An energetic and curiously faithful remake of the 1984 film of the same name starring Kevin Bacon, writer - director Craig Brewer's
Footloose is a virtual cinematic poison pill to anyone irrevocably divorced
from any trace memories of adolescent feeling, and further proof that in life but especially art feeling is stronger than thought.
But
Footloose version 2.0 can't be taken on its own merits:
from the opening shot of the shuffling sneakers to its retro - licious soundtrack to the shot - for - shot recreations, this new film isn't just a remake, it's a homage.
But Brewer, who previously put his high - intensity spin on Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, displays his coolest moves in the way he smartly unties this
Footloose from its 1980s moorings.
Echols thought the movie was bad, but I'll bet he will be tempted, for old time's sake, to see two other remakes of films he remembers
from before his fall:
Footloose and The Thing.
The new
Footloose, it turns out, is not all that different — in plot, characters and themes —
from the original, which was a box - office hit and made a star of Kevin Bacon, playing a spirited city teenager who moves to a small town where dancing is banned and who endeavours to overturn the law so he and his classmates can hold a proper senior prom.
The 2011
Footloose — starring dancer Kenny Wormald in the Bacon role and directed by Craig Brewer of Hustle & Flow fame — is an extraordinarily faithful remake, recycling four songs
from the first
Footloose, plus plot, characters, and iconography.
Like Ross's own old - meets - new appropriation, the 1981 meta - musical Pennies
From Heaven, in which Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Christopher Walken danced and lip - synched to Depression era - standards, Brewer's
Footloose is an attempt to get at the heart of contemporary culture via slavish re-creation of an earlier time.
Julianne Hough (c.) and Kenny Wormald are shown in a scene
from the remake of the 1984 movie «
Footloose,» as a small Southern town learns to let its teenagers have fun.
Paramount has sent over four clips
from the remake of
Footloose.
Some new images
from Craig Brewer's (Hustle & Flow) upcoming remake of
Footloose have appeared online.
There are jokes about Aliens and
Footloose, and even an Easter egg
from the great Arrested Development, of which the Russos directed many episodes.
The cast is rounded by with strong performances
from Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens (
Footloose) and, surprisingly, Tyler Perry (Alex Cross)-- rendering Gone Girl an ensemble piece and a star vehicle all at once.
«Jump Back: Re-Imagining
Footloose» focuses on the original film with comments
from the cast and crew and its remake process.
Lastly there is a video
from Emily Whitcomb doing a
Footloose - inspired Rap.
With elements of
Footloose and Step Up, the story is continually brought crashing back around us with clips
from Platoon — a film Josh so loves that it plays a central role in the film's climax and redemption for all involved.
Connoisseurs of such will find its top - shelf qualities to include a Witness - like star - cross'd pas de deux; dead wives and sons; surrogate wives and sons; surrogate father figures fighting,
Footloose - like, against oppressive cultures; a Fisher King rescue
from insanity; and enough war - movie boilerplate to choke a War Horse.
He was already a big star
from «
Footloose» and «Diner» and she was soon on her way.
The
Footloose actor sent fans into a frenzy after he posted a pic of himself looking a lot fuller in the face and simply captioned the image, «Greetings
from the UK!»
This family classic
from the producers of Chicago, Hairspray, and
Footloose features Academy Award ® Winner...
Can we please just have him and McCormack recreate their
Footloose dance
from Will & Grace?
Herbert Ross had quite a career: The Goodbye Girl, The Seven - Per - Cent Solution, Pennies
From Heaven,
Footloose, The Secret Of My Success, Steel Magnolias, My Blue Heaven and Boys On The Side.
Dave Kehr on Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Sragow on Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense, Joe Dante interviewed for Gremlins, midsection: up - and - coming directors
from USC (George Lucas and Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard interviewed, and the comedy of John Hughes, Dan Melnick's
Footloose, Brazilian cinema, Kit Carson on his work for Paris, Texas, William Powell remembered, Doctor Who
New images
from Sucker Punch, Source Code, Scream 4, The Hangover Part II, Larry Crowne, The Help, Abduction,
Footloose, and Tower Heist have gone online.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Director: Matthew Vaughn (Kick - Ass) Starring: James McAvoy (Atonement), Michael Fassbender (Jane Eyre), Kevin Bacon (
Footloose), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone), Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) During World War II, Erik Lensherr (Fassbender) is forced to be separated
from his mother outside the gates of a concentration camp.
Die Another Day (2002) Donnie Brasco (1997) Dr. No (1962) Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Footloose (1984) For Your Eyes Only (1981)
From Russia With Love (1963) Gaucho Serenade (1940) The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Giver — Episodes 201 - 210, 301 - 310 (2012 - 2013) Goldeneye (1995) Goldfinger (1964) A Good Year (2006) The Horse Soldiers (1959) Hot Shots!
Travel Stories: In an excerpt
from his new book, «The
Footloose American,» author Brian Kevin follows Hunter S. Thompson's trail in Bolivia
What a week: Teresa Palmer became a mum, Simon Cowell became a dad, Charlie Sheen got engaged to a porn star,
Footloose turned 30, Reality Bites turned 20, I separated
from my husband... Yup, it was all happening... >> Aussie actress Teresa Palmer and husband Mark Webber welcomed a son, Bodhi Rain on Monday.