- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: Jun 3 2003
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005JKVC
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #45,350 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Most films about high school football players usually fall into one of two categories: glossy jock romance or locker-room sex farce. This one defies the odds and scores both as decent character study and decidedly unsentimental sports melodrama. It's not only a helluva coming-of-age yarn, but also, like Paul Newman's Slapshot, it's a bracing look at the hopes and dreams of blue-collar survivors. Tom Cruise plays a mill-town football star determined to escape the same traps that ensnared his parents. Craig T. Nelson, in a terrific villain role, is the coach who takes revenge when Cruise's ambitions drift a little too close to home. Michael Chapman, Martin Scorsese's favorite cinematographer, made his directorial debut with this gritty little winner, which benefits from being shot on location in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and which is set to a great Jennifer Warnes-Chris Thompson theme song. Lea Thompson and Christopher Penn co-star. In 1983, another Cruise vehicle had even better moves: Risky Business. --Glenn Lovell
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The only way football star Stefan Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) will avoid a life in the blast furnaces of his bleak Pennsylvania hometown is by winning a college scholarship. Even his coach (Craig T. Nelson) dreams of parlaying a winning team into a college job far away from this graveyard of the American Dream. But it's not long before the two virtually ruin each other's chances for escape and their door to the future starts to close. Lea Thompson and Christopher Penn co-star.
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WORTH A VIEWING
Feb 12 2004
Format:DVD
I recently bought 'All The Right Moves' on DVD after not seeing this film for a good number of years. And I must say I recommend this film, it's worth a viewing and I think one will even return and want to view it again. Tom Cruise is classic, he does what he does best-his likability. Lea Thompson is adorable and a talented actress as always. Worth the buy!
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by Justine ryan!
"You are really f*#%ed man." "No son...you are."
Nov 26 2003
Format:DVD
Best exchange of dialogue in motion picture history!
"He's got to make all the right moves."
Oct 1 2003
Format:DVD
Because "Risky Business" gets all the attention for being Tom Cruise's breakout film, Michael Chapman's "All the Right Moves" has often been unfairly overlooked or just outright forgotten. That is a shame because Cruise's "other" coming-of-age film is a highly entertaining effort that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as his more high profile projects.
Cruise plays Stefan Djordjevic, a high school football player who dreams of being awarded a college scholarship in order to escape a future in the steel mills. However, Stefan's short temper often gets the best of him and his relationship with his high school coach (Craig T. Nelson) becomes strained after he participates in an incident that leaves the coach's house vandalized. With the help of his high school sweetheart, Lisa (Lea Thompson), Stefan starts to get his act together and ultimately gets his life back on track.
"All the Right Moves" proves that Tom Cruise had tremendous screen presence from the very beginning. His scenes with Nelson and Thompson provide dazzling hints of greater things still to come. Nelson, who may be better known for his comedic side, turns in an especially strong supporting performance as the coach who is both Stefan's tormentor and supporter at the same time. The story of the small-town kid dreaming to escape his surroundings for better things has been told so many times on television and film in so many different ways that it would be easy to dismiss "All the Right Moves" as just another tired re-telling. However, a familiar story is still engaging if told well and this film is proof of that.
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All the right Movies
Being a native of Johnstown I hve more than one reason to like this film (I don't cosider it partality since I dont like ths Slapshot movie which was also filmed here) its a great... Read more
Published on Sep 6 2003 by "carpenterp12"
If you're from Johnstown...
All The Right Moves was not one of Tom Cruise's more popular movies, suprising, being that he had just filmed Risky Business. Read more
Published on July 15 2003 by Amanda S. Litzinger
Cruisin With the Wrong Moves
This movie has a good young cast. From this point on the word "good" will no longer appear in this review. This movie is more like a "nice try" picture. Read more
Published on Mar 30 2002 by "lecorel@hotmail.com"
Not great but not bad.
All the right moves was not bad or great. Football movie with Tom Cruise who acting is not bad. Not his best or worst. Read more
Published on Dec 31 2001
UNDER PENNSYLVANIA SKYS
The best thing about this movie is the soundtrack, a grey-necked Pennsylvainia steel town's hopes and fears are a musical noir that only wants to see the town's high school trophy... Read more
Published on Jun 10 2001 by Guy De Federicis
Tom Cruise + Lea Thompson= Great viewing
You get to see Tom Cruise before he exploded and Lea Thompson like you will never see her again. Add Craig T. Read more
Published on Aug 13 2000
The best of the 4....
Tom Cruise was a busy man in 1983. With the success of Taps 2 years earlier, he took a year off, then came out with 4 movies in the next year. Read more
Published on Aug 11 2000 by casualsuede
You can almost smell the wet, grass stained uniform.
Having grown up and played football in Western Pennsylvania, every bit of "All The Right Moves" brings back emotions, thoughts, memories and even smells. Read more
Published on Jan 15 2000 by Scott Altimus
Lucky for the coach this wasn't Boston or Philadelphia
ALL THE RIGHT MOVES will hold your interest for a while. But the movie paints itself into a corner - it winds up hinging on whether or not the high school football coach will... Read more
Published on Oct 26 1999 by Jim LaRegina (jimlaregina@hotmail.com)
Another Great Tom Cruise Movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
This movie will touch your heart. Tom and Leah are fabulous together. If your not in high school it will take you back to it. Read more
Published on May 11 1999
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