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About
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
Theatrical
Feb 17, 1984
Box Office
$80.0M
Budget
$8.2M
Return
9.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 8, 2002
Director
Writer
Producers
Studio
Paramount Pictures, IndieProd Company Productions
Quotes
See all →Determination in a Small Town Challenge
Taglines
He's a big-city kid in a small town. They said he'd never win. He knew he had to.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Music as a Source of Support
Taglines
The music is on his side.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Kevin Bacon
Ren
L
Lori Singer
Ariel
J
John Lithgow
Rev. Shaw Moore
D
Dianne Wiest
Vi Moore
C
Chris Penn
Willard
S
Sarah Jessica Parker
Rusty
J
John Laughlin
Woody
E
Elizabeth Gorcey
Wendy Jo
F
Frances Lee McCain
Ethel McCormack
J
Jim Youngs
Chuck
D
Douglas Dirkson
Burlington Cranston
L
Lynne Marta
Lulu
A
Arthur Rosenberg
Wes
T
Timothy Scott
Andy Beamis
A
Alan Haufrect
Roger Dunbar
L
Linda MacEwen
Eleanor Dunbar
L
Leo Geter
Rich
R
Russ McGinn
Herb
S
Sam Dalton
Mr. Gurntz
H
H.E.D. Redford
Widdoes
