In honor of uncommittedin 40th anniversary, Kevin Bacon is returning to the school where he filmed the prom movie.
Current students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, have been pushing for Bacon to appear at this year’s prom, not only because of the anniversary of the film’s release, but also because Payson High School is moving. The school will be moving at the end of this year – meaning the famous halls where Bacon roamed as iconoclast and dance-loving Ren McCormack will be no more. If he ever came back, it was now or never.
To try to convince Bacon to attend the prom, current Payson students created a hashtag “#bacontopayson” and have been making home videos on social media, recreating scenes from the film and holding charity events. Bacon’s charity SixDegrees.org.
Today in Today’s program, Bacon gave Payson’s students his answer. You can watch what he said – and the students’ reactions – below.
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What did you think was going to happen? Bacon would go live Today’s program tell a bunch of Utah high schoolers to calm down?
Launched in 1984, uncommitted became a surprise hit and a generational favorite among ’80s kids everywhere. Bacon plays Ren, the new kid in a small town that has banned dancing. He tries to get the town to reverse the ban, which was the idea of a local reverend played by John Lithgow.
The famous title song was performed by Kenny Loggins, and the soundtrack also includes the iconic 80s favorite “Let’s Hear It For the Boy” by Deniece Williams. uncommitted it was remade in 2011 (Kenny Wormald played Ren in that one) and was also turned into a musical that ran for over 700 performances on Broadway, starting in 1998.
All these years later, the dance scenes still hold up.
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