A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Director: Herbert Ross
Stars: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker.
Chuck Gaylord ... consultant: gymnastics
Spencer Henderson ... associate choreographer
Lynne Taylor-Corbett ... choreographer
Peter Tramm ... stunt dancer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087277/
Watched on AmazonPrime.
Watched on AmazonPrime.
12 songs in the Soundtracks, no performers visible onscreen.
I certainly wouldn't support a law to ban dancing or music, but I didn't really get to care about these characters.
Are we supposed to believe the preacher's daughter was wild because she's suppressed? Does that justify standing astride 2 speeding vehicles with a 16-wheel truck coming dead on? Would that truck really assume one of the smaller vehicles would make way? (I didn't see/hear any indication it braked, and it had no room to swerve and remain on the road.) Later she gets into a fight with her boyfriend where she throws the first punch. I don't like her.
I don't care about the music in the film, nor the dancing.
It's not a bad film. I just don't care about/for it. I've never been attracted to it, and wouldn't have watched it if it weren't tagged Music.
Paramount & more, dir. Ross; 5
