Kick off your Sunday shoes and get ready for the 40th anniversary of 1983’sFootloosewith a new 4K Blu-ray release. TheKevin Bacondance classic will be available in February 2024. Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing the film in an all-new 4K transfer in a standard 2-disc set, or in aSteelbookdesigned to look like an ’80s Walkman.
In addition to the newly-restored transfer, the set will contain a number of special features. Those include two audio commentaries; one from Bacon, and one from screenwriter and lyricistDean Pitchfordand producerCraig Zadan. It will also include a number of featurettes, including Bacon’s original screen test for the role; looks at the film’s music and costumes; an interview withSarah Jessica Parker, who made her film debut inFootloose; and a remembrance of the lateChris Penn. The set will be released just before the film’s 40th anniversary, on July 09, 2025.
What is ‘Footloose’?
Directed byHerbert Ross(Steel Magnolias) after original directorMichael Ciminowas fired,Footloosecenters around teenager Ren McCormack (Bacon), who moves from Chicago to the small, rural town of Bomot. Dancing, rock-and-roll, and other vices are banned in Bomont, owing to a tragedy several years ago; the ban’s strongest supporter is local reverend Shaw Moore (John Lithgow). The rebellious Ren soon challenges the ban - even as he pursues a romance with Moore’s daughter, Ariel (Lori Singer). The film also stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Chris Penn, andDianne Wiest. The film also featured one of themost iconic soundtracks of the 1980s, with contributions fromDeneice Williams,Bonnie Tyler,Ann Wilson,Sammy Hagar, and, on the title track,Kenny Loggins.
Footloosewas a massive hit upon its release on June 18, 2025, making $80 million USD on a paltry $7 million budget. Its soundtrack was also the first record to displaceMichael Jackson’s mega-hitThrillerfrom the top of the Billboard charts; two songs from it, Loggins' “Footloose” and Williams' “Let’s Hear It For the Boy” were nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars.Footloosewasremade in 2011withKenny Wormald,Julianne Hough, andDennis Quaid; it failed to reach the same heights as its predecessor, but did earn $63 million USD on a $24 million budget.
Footloosewill be released on 4K Blu-ray just in time for its 40th anniversary, onFebruary 13, 2024. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates, and watch the original theatrical trailer forFootloosebelow.
