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4 days ago · After watching the TV version of “Pennies from Heaven,” director and choreographer Herbert Ross (“The Goodbye Girl,” “Footloose”) recruited Potter to adapt his show into a major motion picture —...
5 days ago · Based on the off-Broadway play of the same name by Robert Harling, who also adapted his work for the screen, STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) features an all-star cast that includes Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Darryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts and Shirley MacLaine – who was honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012.
4 days ago · Directed by Herbert Ross, Footloose tells the story of Chicago teenager Ren McCormack (Bacon) who moves to a small town called Bomont. He soon learns about the local dancing and rock music ban which was put in place after a tragic car accident killed five local teenagers who were returning from a party .
5 days ago · Parton has also claimed that Ross would repeatedly tell her on the set that she needed acting lessons. Bemused, she told him: “I’m not an actress, I’m Dolly Parton. I’m a personality who ...
3 days ago · Footloose is a 1984 musical drama starring Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack, a young man who moves from Chicago to a small town where dancing is banned. Ren, his crush Ariel (Lori Singer), and other teenagers join forces to fight for their right to express themselves through music. Director. Herbert Ross. Release Date.
4 days ago · Herbert Ross, the director of Footloose, does a phenomenal job at ensuring that the audience lives in full effect of the story he is attempting to portray. I have much evidence and confidence that this film is a high-concept film and a great example of it as well.
5 days ago · “A devilishly complicated thriller of superior class.” — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times “ A deliciously nasty little bonbon, glossily and showily directed by Herbert Ross.”
