{"id":91683,"date":"2024-04-21T00:58:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T00:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/21\/kevin-bacon-returns-to-footloose-high-school-40-years-later\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T00:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T00:58:44","slug":"kevin-bacon-returns-to-footloose-high-school-40-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/21\/kevin-bacon-returns-to-footloose-high-school-40-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Bacon Returns to ‘Footloose’ High School 40 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hours before prom night at Payson High School in Utah, actor Kevin Bacon<\/strong><\/a> returned to the campus, which was where 1984\u2019s Footloose<\/em> was filmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time \u2013 40 years \u2013 that just blows my mind, you know. Things look a little different around here. I\u2019d say the thing that looks the most different is me,\u201d Bacon, 65, quipped when he took the stage on the football field on Saturday, April 20.<\/p>\n

The student body campaigned to bring Bacon back<\/a> to the school before they are relocated to a new facility next fall, but they didn\u2019t just want to give Bacon an honorary diploma. They decided to volunteer for his charity, Six Degrees<\/a>, hours before prom. They held an activation to build 5,000 kits full of essentials to help those in need.<\/p>\n

According to Six Degrees, the event pulled together over $865,000 worth of product distribution, totaling 121,900 items. Four organizations will receive the care kits, which include hygiene items, socks, journals, reusable water bottles, shelf-stable goods and an offer for three months of free counseling.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tKevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have been married for more than 30 years \u2014 and appear to be more in love than ever. The twosome first crossed paths when Bacon, who is seven years older than Sedgwick, was doing a play in the \u201870s. \u201cA little girl was in there who had just seen the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWhen I first heard about this #BaconToPayson thing, I was like \u2018Wow, this is crazy.\u2019 But you were all just tireless, unrelenting in your desire to have me return. And you talked me into it!\u201d Bacon told the community. \u201cI think it\u2019s great to see that kind of commitment to anything. I also think that it\u2019s amazing the power that this movie has had to just kind of bring people together, and connect on the basic ideas there are behind the movie \u2013 you know, standing up to authority sometimes, and to being forgiving to people who are not exactly the same as you, and for standing up for your own freedoms and your right to express yourself, and for having compassion for other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He concluded, \u201cAnd that\u2019s what all of you have shown here, by turning what could be just a movie star coming back to get a pat on the back, into something really positive. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do today when we build these kits. So thank you, thank you so much. And thank you so much especially for your commitment to giving back to your community and to the people you\u2019re sharing this planet with, and I\u2019m thrilled that we\u2019re going to be working here together today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to volunteering for the nonprofit, Bacon received an honorary diploma for his \u201ctimeless performance and forever inspiration left at Payson High School.\u201d He remarked that it\u2019s the only time he\u2019s seen his name on a diploma. The students also presented him with his very own varsity jacket that read \u201cFootloose 1984\u201d on the back.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Movies That Have Been Turned Into Broadway Musicals Over the Years<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tWhen it comes to bringing a new musical to Broadway, producers find inspiration in all sorts of places \u2014 including beloved movies. Tina Fey premiered her musical version of the hit movie Mean Girls in April 2018. \u201cThe greatest thing about bringing this musical to life is that our creative team didn\u2019t say, \u2018Can you [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Footloose<\/em><\/a> hit theaters February 1984 and followed teenager Ren McCormack (Bacon) as he moved from Chicago to a small town where dancing and rock music are illegal after a local tragedy. Ren is determined to help get the law overturned. The film earned $80 million at the box office, nearly 10 times its production budget.<\/p>\n

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