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Footloose is a 1984 American musical [4] drama film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford.It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn the ban on dancing instituted by the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow).
John Arthur Lithgow (/ ˈ l ɪ θ ɡ oʊ / LITH-goh; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor. He studied at Harvard University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before becoming known for his diverse work on stage and screen .
Writing Footloose’s book-burning scene The memorable scene highlights the evolution of antagonist Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), who convinces his congregation to shun anything he deems as ...
Lithgow attending the red carpet prior to the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1988. John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor, musician, poet, author, comedian and singer. He made his film debut in the comedy-drama Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972). [1]
The Footloose actor remembered feeling “startled” over “how soon I was able to absorb” the reality of his friend’s death. “He was simply gone. And I knew that he was gone,” Lithgow said.
Kevin Bacon is teasing how he plans to commemorate the anniversary of his iconic film, Footloose, which turns 40 in February. Talking with ET from the red carpet premiere of his new Netflix film ...
She played opposite Lithgow again in the Herbert Ross film Footloose). During the 1980s, she also performed in Hedda Gabler , directed by Lloyd Richards at Yale Repertory Theatre , [ 23 ] and in Harold Pinter 's A Kind of Alaska (1984, Manhattan Theatre Club), [ 24 ] Lanford Wilson 's Serenading Louie (1984), [ 25 ] and Janusz Glowacki 's ...
John Lithgow and wife Mary Yeager have learned to turn the actor’s work trips into vacations. Now that Yeager is retired from her job at UCLA, where she was a professor of business and economic ...