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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 jus...