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Footloose (2011)
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
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Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.
Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama, Music, Romance
Written By:Craig Brewer, Dean Pitchford
In Theaters:10/14/2011
Box Office:$63,543,328
Runtime:113 minutes
Studio:Weston Pictures, Dylan Sellers Productions, Zadan / Meron Productions
Cast
Craig Brewer
Director
Dennis Quaid
Rev. Shaw Moore
Kenny Wormald
Ren MacCormack
Julianne Hough
Ariel Moore
Andie MacDowell
Vi Moore
Miles Teller
Willard Hewitt
Ray McKinnon
Wes Warnicker
Patrick John Flueger
Chuck Cranston
Kim Dickens
Lulu Warnicker
Ziah Colon
Rusty Rodriguez
Ser'Darius Blain
Woody
L. Warren Young
Andy Beamis
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