All the Right Moves

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

High school athlete Tom Cruise would do anything to escape the dull provincialism of his home town. Cruise's bullying coach Craig T. Nelson cajoles Cruise into seeking an athletic scholarship to a major university. Inevitably, the boy begins to question his goals in life, and soon his soul is the object of a tug of war between Nelson and Cruise's girlfriend Lea Thompson. The first directorial effort for cinematographer Michael Chapman, All the Right Moves was photographed by Jan DeBont, who'd later direct such box-office bonanzas as Speed and Twister. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: PCM Mono
• Features:
  • Theatrical trailers
  • Interactive menus
  • Scene selection
  • Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 1.85:1)
  • Audio: English 5.1 Surround, English mono
  • French mono
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Tom Cruise - Stef
       Craig T. Nelson - Nickerson
       Lea Thompson - Lisa
       Charles Cioffi - Pop
       Paul Carafotes - Salvucci
       Chris Penn - Brian
       Sandy Faison - Suzie
       Paige Lyn Price - Tracy
       James A. Baffico - Bosko
       Walter Briggs - Rifleman
       Leon Robinson - Shadow
       Dick Miller - Teacher in Auditorium

• Director:

  Michael Chapman

• Producer:

  Gary Morton, Stephen Deutsch

• Screenwriter:

  Mike Kane

• Cinematographer:

  Jan de Bont, Michael Chapman

• Composer (Music Score):

  David Richard Campbell

• Editor:

  Wendy Greene Bricmont, David Garfield

• Art Director:

  Mary Ann Biddle

• Co-producer:

  Phillip Goldfarb

• Executive Producer:

  Gary Morton

• Set Designer:

  Ernie Bishop

• Costume Designer:

  Deborah Hopper, Joseph Roveto

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Robert Gravenor

• First Assistant Director:

  Jerry Grandey

• Casting:

  Marci Liroff

REVIEW:

• Although the legendary products of Western Pennsylvania high-school football have given their dying milltowns a somewhat romantic air in countless sports documentaries, reality is a much different thing. In this absorbing drama, Tom Cruise stars as a young cornerback prospect who dreams of being an engineer. Despite his love for pretty Lea Thompson and the respect with which he treats his millworker father, Cruise is desperate to get out of his decaying hometown, and knows that a football scholarship is his only ticket. Complications arise when he runs afoul of the team's coach (Craig T. Nelson in a well-played turn) and must face his own pride. The supporting cast is quite good, and Jan DeBont's gritty, evocative photography perfectly captures the film's tone. An unexpectedly moving drama which got lost among the sugar-coated teen trifles of its time, All the Right Moves is a thoughtful and involving story of holding on to a dream in the bleakest of surroundings. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi