Press Release PHE Press Release: Footloose (1984) (4k UHD Combo) (4k UHD Combo Steelbook) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Everybody cut, everybody cut…

Everybody cut FOOTLOOSE!

​

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024, the beloved classic FOOTLOOSE arrives for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD™ February 13, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment.



Originally released on February 17, 1984, FOOTLOOSE thrilled audiences with its spirited dancing, electrifying soundtrack, and inspiring story. Kevin Bacon gives a star-making performance as a city boy whose rebellious love for music and dancing shakes up a small town.



Directed by Herbert Ross and written by composer and writer Dean Pitchford, FOOTLOOSE was a massive success, earning $80 million at the domestic box office. The film features an exceptional supporting cast, including Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, John Lithgow, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Chris Penn, along with a sensational soundtrack featuring Kenny Loggins, Shalamar, Deniece Williams, Bonnie Tyler, Quiet Riot, John Mellencamp, Foreigner, and more. Both “Footloose” and “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” were nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Music, Original Song.



Newly remastered, FOOTLOOSE will be available in a two-disc 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray™ set or a collectible SteelBook™ with artwork designed to look like an 80s Walkman. Both sets include access to a digital copy of the film and the Blu-ray includes the legacy bonus content detailed below:

• Commentary by Craig Zadan and Dean Pitchford
• Commentary by Kevin Bacon
• Let's Dance! Kevin Bacon on Footloose
• From Bomont to the Big Apple: An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker
• Remembering Willard
• Kevin Bacon's Screen Test
• Kevin Bacon Costume Montage
• Footloose: A Modern Musical - Part 1
• Footloose: A Modern Musical - Part 2
• Footloose: Songs That Tell A Story
• Theatrical Trailer

Synopsis

City-boy Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) is new to an uptight small town where dancing has been banned. Ren quickly makes a new best friend in Willard (Chris Penn) and falls fast for the minister's daughter (Lori Singer), but his love for music and dancing gets him into hot water equally as fast.



FOOTLOOSE is rated PG

Thank you for supporting HTF when you preorder using the link below. As an Amazon Associate HTF earns from qualifying purchases. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link.

See on Amazon See on Amazon

 

[SD_Brian]

Hope they get this one right, or we'll all have to do our "Angry Dance."

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

How did this never get a sequel, a.k.a. 2 Foot 2 Loose?

 

[SD_Brian]

How did this never get a sequel, a.k.a. 2 Foot 2 Loose?

Or Feetloose, or Footloose 2: Footlooser, followed by a trilogy-capping Footloose 3: Footloosest.

 

[JoshZ]

Or Feetloose, or Footloose 2: Footlooser, followed by a trilogy-capping Footloose 3: Footloosest.

They shot a sequel called Footlice, but in a very rare moment of clarity, the studio marketing people wisely scuttled the release and buried it.

 

[SD_Brian]

They shot a sequel called Footlice, but in a very rare moment of clarity, the studio marketing people wisely scuttled the release and buried it.

Was that the one with the hairy-footed Hobbits?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Amazon Preorder added to top post