Footloose (1984) - BluRay [Blu-ray]

High-stepping Chicago teen Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) moves to a small Midwest town where dancing has been banned and goes up against music-hating preacher Rev. Shaw Moore (John Lithgow), while falling for Moore's pretty daughter (Lori Singer). Toe-tapping hit also stars Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker; songs by Kenny Loggins, Bonnie Tyler, and others; directed by Herbert Ross (InchThe Goodbye GirlInch). 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English DTS HD 6.1 Master Audio, DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, Portuguese Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles English (SDH), French, Portuguese, Spanish; audio commentary by Bacon, others; interview; featurettes; theatrical trailer. Two-disc set.

A married Tokyo businessman, smitten with a beautiful woman he spies in the window of a dance school, impulsively signs up for lessons and a chance to be near her. What he gains instead is a newfound sense of freedom on the dance floor and a renewed relationship with his wife. Writer/director Masayuki Suo's charming comedy stars Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari. 119 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English; featurettes. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Footlight Parade is sheer cinematic joy. In this Depression-era romp, a timid stenographer (Ruby Keeler) removes her glasses and wow! she's a star. A gee-whiz tenor (Dick Powell) asserts his independence. Plucky chorines tap, greedy hangers-on get their comeuppances, and an indefatigable producer/dancer (James Cagney) and his girl Friday (Joan Blondell) work showbiz miracles to stage live prologues for talkie houses to keep their company afloat during hard times. Honeymoon Hotel, By a Waterfall and Shanghai Lil are the shows, directed by Busby Berkeley and filled with imagination-bending sets, startling camera angles, kaleidoscopic pageantry and a 20,000-gallon-per-minute waterfall. Curtain up!