Footloose (DVD, 2004, Widescreen Special Collector's Edition)

This movie, in my book, is still one of my all time favorites. It spoke to me on several levels. When I was young, I had mover around a lot..house to house, as my mom & dad were renters. I know how it is to move to a new area, and have to start over making friends. And yes, sometimes you are just not accepted by some people. I especially loved this movie because it had dancing in it: one thing that I have never been able to master. I have often been awstruck by a good dance movie: whether it was break dancing, hip hop, dirty dancing etc. I respect the people who let it all hang out. Footloose made me feel that even I could be accepted; and even as a dancer.

Now as a father myself, I can understand and feel the pain that the preacher must have felt; in trying to protect his only daughter. I understand that as a father, no matter who you are (IE: a preacher), you will make mistakes. Footloose can teach you (if you are listening) that it is never to late to make a change, and do the "right thing".

The music that layed the background in this film is also wonderful. It made me thing about all the things I was doing when they came out. Of course, they are real toe tappers in their own right. It has been a month or so since I last saw this film, but I do believe I counted the title track being played (or some segment thereof)somewhere around 7 times from start to finish. That may have been a little over-the-top, but it was not too distracting to take anything away from the movie.

This movie shows that if people are willing to compromise, it can be a win-win situation for all concerned parties. Footloose has my vote for one of the all time classic movies: dance or otherwise.

A classic. A must see. Dare to dance. This is the story of a rebel that moves to a small, religious community where the preacher father bans dancing. He claims it's of the devil. The rebel (sexy Kevin Bacon) falls for the preachers daughter and long story short... they have a dance for the Senior prom. Great music by Kenny Loggins. Makes you want to get up and dance.

Well, I've collected over 2,500 moviex, with about 60% that I copied of TV over the last 15 years. Way back I prepared a list from Silent through the 60's with a few after. Created 16 manuals, listed as Bette Davis, Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Silent, War, Western & Sciene Fiction, and the last - Are You Being Served-Blondie-Abbott & Costello-Keeping Up Appearnces-Chaplain. These manuals list the movies, description, Actors & Actresses and Posters (Some I found on the Internet, magazines, others I created by running the movie on my computer and picked the Title and One Image.
Created another Mnaual listing the Actors & Actress, their movies (listing numbers that I have) along with a picture of all of them, and their awards.
My last manual lists alphabetically all the movies, date, category (comedy, etc.) and number if I have them.
Today I have most but keep searching for about 200 more I want and enjoy searching Ebay and TCM.
But at age 74, I will eventually have to sell everything off so that my 3 daughters don't get stuck with it all.

The movie is one of the best that kevin bacon has done.My family loves musicial movies and the story line is really ggggrrrreeeeaaaattttt.Highly recommanded if you like movies like grease,dirty dancing,and hairspray.

A Great Musical/Comedy/Drama starring kevin Bacon, that makes you get up and dance! I bought this DVD to add to my collection of GREAT movies!! Buy it!!