Footloose (film)/Trivia


 * Dawson Casting: The high school students were all in their mid-twenties.
 * Though Chris Penn and Sarah Jessica Parker were both teens at the time. And Kevin Bacon manages to look fairly convincing as a high school student.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon
 * Sarah Jessica Parker.
 * Dear God, what happened to her?
 * Nice guy Eddie
 * Star-Making Role: For Kevin Bacon.
 * Troubled Production: Perfectionist Michael Cimino — apparently having not learned his lesson from the Heaven's Gate debacle — went vastly over budget on this film before he'd even shot a single frame of footage, requiring him to be replaced as director.
 * Unintentional Period Piece


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