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.
Direction
Brewer brings grit and sweat the 1984 original never had.
Director
Craig Brewer
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
Ser'Darius Blain
Woody
L. Warren Young
Andy Beamis
Brett Rice
Roger Dunbar
Maggie Elizabeth Jones
Amy Warnicker
Mary-Charles Jones
Sarah Warnicker
Enisha Brewster
Etta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kevin Bacon refused a cameo because he didn't want to overshadow the new cast—respect.
The original was based on a real Oklahoma town that banned dancing until 1980. Yes, really.
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