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21 October 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
He had a dream but the dream had begun to sour...busting to break out he had to make... morePlot:
A high school footballer desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Chris Penn: 1965-2006 (From IMDb News. 25 January 2006)
Chris Penn: 1962-2006
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When getting out is all that matters moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Cruise | ... | Stefen Djordjevic | |
| Craig T. Nelson | ... | Nickerson | |
| Lea Thompson | ... | Lisa | |
| Charles Cioffi | ... | Pop | |
| Gary Graham | ... | Greg | |
| Paul Carafotes | ... | Salvucci | |
| Chris Penn | ... | Brian (as Christopher Penn) | |
| Sandy Faison | ... | Suzie | |
| James A. Baffico | ... | Bosko | |
| Mel Winkler | ... | Jess Covington | |
| Walter Briggs | ... | Rifleman | |
| George Betor | ... | Tank | |
| Leon | ... | Shadow (as Leon Robinson) | |
| Jonas Chaka | ... | Mouse (as Jonas C. Miller) | |
| Keith Diamond | ... | Fox (as Keith Ford) |
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Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Iceland:L | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #27119) | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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The uniforms and team colors used in the film were from Ferndale Area High School, a small high school in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where the film was made. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Stefan takes his plaid shirt off twice in the locker room before practice. moreSoundtrack:
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A younger, different looking Tom Cruise (old jaw/nose?) stars in this movie about a high school student aching to leave his dying steel mill town and study to be an engineer on a football scholarship. He watches his best friend, also on the team, marry his pregnant girlfriend; another member of the football team is arrested for armed robbery; his brother gets laid off from the mill; and his girlfriend (a young, fresh Lea Thompson) complains that no one gives music scholarships, just football ones, and she's going to be stuck in the town. After turning down initial scholarship offers to middle of the road schools, Cruise finds himself blackballed after an incident at his coach's house with which he was only peripherally involved. Off the team, and with the word out that he has an "attitude problem," he sees his dreams turning to dust.
Craig T. Nelson plays the coach and does his usual fine job, and Lea Thompson is a vibrant, passionate Lisa. Cruise here gives a truer performance than usual - I usually find him a very external and not terribly believable actor. In "All The Right Moves," he's sympathetic and heartfelt. I much prefer this to the perfectly handsome, glossy figure he is today. Time to get back to basics, Tom, and get some of those right moves back.