Q 01/05

Who plays Ren McCormack, the dancing newcomer, in the 1984 Footloose?

A) Christopher Atkins

B) Tom Cruise

C) Kevin Bacon

D) Rob Lowe

Answer · why

C) Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon was a little-known New York stage actor the studio couldn't picture as Ren, so the director arranged a screen test to change its mind.

Q 02/05

From which city does Ren move to the small town of Bomont in the 1984 Footloose?

A) Boston

B) New York

C) Detroit

D) Chicago

Answer · why

D) Chicago

Chicago is where Ren and his mother leave when her marriage breaks up, moving in with relatives in Bomont; his big-city ways mark him out on his first...

Q 03/05

Which actor plays the strict Reverend Shaw Moore in the 1984 Footloose?

A) Dennis Quaid

B) Christopher Walken

C) John Lithgow

D) Bruce Dern

Answer · why

C) John Lithgow

John Lithgow's reverend ends the film asking his congregation to pray for the students and their dance, a prom he had fought to stop.

Q 04/05

In Footloose, what tragedy drove Reverend Moore to ban dancing?

A) A dance-hall fire killed teens

B) His wife ran off with a dancer

C) A flood washed out the prom

D) His son died after a night of drinking

Answer · why

D) His son died after a night of drinking

His son died after a night of drinking and dancing, one of several teenagers killed in a car wreck; the reverend then led the town to outlaw public da...

Q 05/05

Which director of The Goodbye Girl and Steel Magnolias also made the 1984 Footloose?

A) Ron Howard

B) Michael Cimino

C) Herbert Ross

D) Adrian Lyne

Answer · why

C) Herbert Ross

Herbert Ross got the job at the second attempt: his deal talks broke down, the studio hired someone else, and he returned when that director was let g...