Episode 13

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10th Feb 2021

Footloose (1984 Audience Choice)

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).

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in next time for our 1984 season epilogue.

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.