All the Right Moves (1983)

An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.

Director:

Michael Chapman

Writers:

Michael Kane, Pat Jordan (article)

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson

Cast

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)

Storyline

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.

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Plot Keywords:

female full frontal nudity | male full frontal nudity | penis | coach | college | 

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Taglines:

He has everything at stake. He can't afford to lose. He's got to make all the right moves.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Sport

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

First name-above-the-title top billing on a movie poster for Tom Cruise. In the same year's Risky Business (1983), Cruise had top billing but it wasn't above the title.

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Goofs

Cruise is thrown off the team, but somehow his father and brother know about it in their hometown bar moments after the game is over; yet the team hasn't come home yet.

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Quotes

[to the players in the locker room]
Steff: Listen up, ladies. Brian Riley is going to USC, motherfuckers!
Brian: All I have to do is maintain my fantastic 2.0 grade-point average, and everything is cool.

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Connections

Referenced in Spin City: All the Wrong Moves (2000)

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Soundtracks

This Could Be Our Last Chance
(Car Scene)
Performed by Danny Spanos
Music by Franne Golde, Susan Pomerantz and Sue Shifrin
Produced by Spencer Proffer for Pasha

User Reviews

Watchable, But Nothing More

Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to to his third and final movie of 1983, All The Right Moves.

Plot In A Paragraph: A high school football player (Cruise) desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.

Like with Risky Business, this is another movie that I don't get people's love for. I find it watchable, and nothing more. Cruise is OK, everyone's favourite TV coach, Craig T Nelson is his usual reliable self, and Leah Thompson (who shares the most unsexy and uncomfortable life scene I have ever witnessed) looks cute, but doesn't really bring much.

One plus is, it has a decent rock soundtrack, which is usually listed first in the end credits with each song stating what scene it was played it.

This was the first movie Tom Cruise's name appeared above the movie title on a poster.

All The Right Moves grossed $17 million at the domestic box office, to end the year the 42nd highest grossing movie of 1983.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

All Right

Filming Locations:

Conemaugh, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,625,486, 23 October 1983

Gross USA:

$17,233,166

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,233,166

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lucille Ball Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1