Footloose mesmerized viewers from the moment it reached screens thanks to its fancy footwork and popular tunes. But how many fans know the flick was actually inspired by a real town?
foot loose, kick off your sunday shoes, please, louise hit song, hit movie. when you talk about big 80s movies, you know you ve got to include that one. foot loose. kevin bacon moves from the big city to a small town and finds rock music and dancing are illegal. did you though the movie was based on a true story? for about 80 years you could not dance in elmore city, oklahoma. this weekend they celebrated the 30th anniversary of the real prom that inspired that movie. i don t think most of us had any idea there was a law against dancing on the books in elmore city. we were just we wanted to dance for the prom. leonard coffee was played by kevin bacon in that movie. a look at our top stories