Footloose / Flashdance

Image Not Available Director: Adrian Lyne, Herbert Ross Dvd Release: 2nd December, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Footloose is the title of an American feature film that tells the story of a teenager, Ren, raised in Chicago, who moves to a small town where the town government has banned dancing & rock music. Ren & his classmates want to have a senior prom, with music & dancing & so must figure out a way to get around the law & Reverend Shaw Moore who makes it his mission in life to keep the town dance & rock-free. The movie was loosely based on events that took place in the tiny, rural farming community of Elmore City, Oklahoma. Dean Pitchford wrote the screenplay for the film & Herbert Ross directed. Paramount Pictures co-produced & distributed the film. Footloose also starred Lori Singer as Reverend Moores independent daughter Ariel & Dianne Wiest as the Reverends devoted yet sympathetic wife. Footloose is one of the earliest film appearances of Sex & the City star Sarah Jessica Parker for which she was nominated for Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama at the Sixth Annual Youth in Film Awards. Posters Of Footloose

Flashdance is a 1983 movie that was produced by Adrian Lyne. It stars Jennifer Beals & Michael Nouri. The screenwriter was Joe Eszterhas. Numerous allusions to this movie now appear throughout television shows, movies, music & video. Flashdance tells the story of blue collar worker Alex. She works as a dancer in a bar at night & in a construction site as a welder during the day, but dreams of joining an upscale dancing school. Alex meets her construction company boss, played by Nouri & they quickly fall in love. Meanwhile, she keeps practicing hard, waiting for her opportunity to join a school to come up. When it finally does, she is rejected, but she refuses to give up, and, with the help of her boyfriend, she is given a second chance. Alex trains even harder & is given a second chance. After a long dancing routine she gets accepted to the school, marking what would be the beginning of a successful career in non sensual dancing. What a feeling. This movie has been considered a 1980s Hollywood classic by many. Its soundtrack included Giorgio Moroder s smash hit Flashdance. Posters Of Flashdance

Herbert Ross, also known as Herb Ross, was a prolific film director, producer, choreographer & actor from the 1950s to the 1990s. In 1942 he had his stage debut as Third Witch with a touring company of Macbeth. In 1950 his choreography career began, with the American Ballet Theatre. His first film as a choreographer was in 1954 with Carmen Jones. In 1968 he worked with Barbara Streisand as choreographer & director of musical numbers for the film Funny Girl. In 1975 he worked on the film adaptation of the Neil Simon play The Sunshine Boys, the first of several Neil Simon play adaptations he directed. He had a huge hit with the film adaptation of Robert Harling s play Steel Magnolias, featuring Sally Field, Dolly Parton & Shirley MacLaine, in 1989. His last film was in 1995, when he produced & directed Boys on the Side, with performances from Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker & Drew Barrymore. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, 1977 - The Turning Point. Golden Globe Award for Best Director, 1978 - The Turning Point. Posters Of Steel Magnolias

Editors Choice: Steel Magnolias, True Colors, Undercover Blues, The Secret Of My Success, Footloose, California Suite, Play It Again Sam, The Owl And The Pussycat, View DVDology

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