All the Right Moves
All the Right Moves Promotional Movie Poster
Directed by	Michael Chapman
Produced by	Stephen Deutsch Gary Morton
Written by	Michael Kane
Starring	Tom Cruise Craig T. Nelson Lea Thompson
Music by	David Richard Campbell
Cinematography	Jan de Bont
Editing by	David Garfield
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release date(s)	October 21, 1983
Running time	91 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama/romance film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham. It was filmed entirely on location during WPIAL football season in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh. It joins Slap Shot as another sports film classic filmed in both locales. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 396 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (499 × 755 pixel, file size: 74 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) All the Right Moves Poster This image is of a film poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either... Michael Chapman (b. ... Gary Morton (born 1924) was the second husband of Lucille Ball. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Craig T. Nelson (born Craig Richard Nelson on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor. ... Lea Thompson in Back to the Future. ... Jan de Bont (born October 22, 1943) is a Dutch cameraman and film director. ... Related articles FOX Television Network Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Entertainment Group List of Hollywood movie studios List of movies Variant of current 20th Century Fox logo External links 20th Century Fox Movies official site Twentieth Century Fox is also the punning title of a song by The Doors on their... is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Lets Spend the Night Together opens in New York North Americas Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Tootsie Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy Superman III Flashdance Staying Alive Octopussy Mr. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... A romantic comedy may be a film or novel, presenting a story about romance in a comedic style. ... Michael Chapman (b. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ... Craig T. Nelson (born Craig Richard Nelson on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor. ... Lea Thompson in Back to the Future. ... Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American film actor. ... Gary Graham (b. ... The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) is a high school athletic association made up of 138 schools based in Western Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: Location of Pennsylvania within the USA Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Coordinates: , Country State County Cambria Government  - Mayor Tom Trigona Area  - City  6. ... City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... Slap Shot is a 1977 Hollywood film starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean and directed by George Roy Hill. ...

All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama/romance film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham. ...

Plot summary

Promotional Synopsis from the Distributor

When you live in a dying mill town, the only way to move up in the world is to move out. In Ampipe, Pennsylvania, that's exactly what a lot of people are trying desperately to do. But it's not an easy task. Because today, getting ahead takes ALL THE RIGHT MOVES. Tom Cruise heads a brilliant cast of characters making moves—right and wrong—to buy themselves a brighter future: There's Craig T. Nelson as a high school football coach fighting to parlay a winning team into a big-time position—away from the town he despises. There are the team members themselves, young and bright, competing to win a game bigger than football, the game of life. And no one plays the game harder than Stef (Tom Cruise). Finally, there's Lea Thompson, the girl Stef comes to love, a young woman with her own dream of escape. Together, they successfully capture the high spirits, the fantasy, and the agony of growing up in America. This article is about the U.S. State. ...

Synopsis

Most of the game takes place before the big football game against undefeated Walnut Heights High School. Ampipe appears headed to win the game, when a fumbled snap in the closing seconds leads to a Walnut Heights victory. Following the game Coach Nickerson (Craig T. Nelson) lambastes his team in the locker room, telling them they "quit". When Stef (Tom Cruise) retorts that the coach himself quit, the coach kicks him off the team. From there, Stef deals with personal battles, including dealing with the coach blacklisting him among colleges because of his attitude. Craig T. Nelson (born Craig Richard Nelson on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington) is an American actor. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer. ...

Meanwhile, Stef's teammates deal with personal battles as well, including one who decides to marry his pregnant girlfriend, and another arrested for armed robbery.

Later, Stef realizes what Nickerson did, and angrily confronts his former coach. In the end, Nickerson realizes he was wrong for blacklisting Stef, and informs him that he's accepted a head coaching position at a college in California. He also offers Stef a full scholarship.

Cast

• Tom Cruise - Stefen "Stef" Djordjevic
• Craig T. Nelson - Nickerson
• Lea Thompson - Lisa "Polock Pussy" Litski
• Charles Cioffi - Pop
• Gary Graham - Greg
• Paul Carafotes - Salvucci
• Chris Penn - Brian
• Sandy Faison - Suzie
• James A. Baffico - Bosko
• Mel Winkler - Jess Covington
• Walter Briggs - Rifleman
• George Betor - Tank
• Leon - Shadow
• Terry O'Quinn - Freeman Smith

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Trivia

• The name of the fictional town of Ampipe is derived from the equally fictional American Pipe and Steel Company. There is a real town northwest of Pittsburgh called Ambridge. It was a company town of the American Bridge Company.
• Near the beginning of the film, while talking about his potential college coaching job, Nickerson mentions that it is between him and "you know who" from Aliquippa. The real-life coach of Aliquippa HS at the time the movie was made was Donald Yannessa, who portrayed the Walnut Heights coach.
• The uniforms and team colors used in the film were from Ferndale Area High School, a small high school in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where the film was made.
• The director wanted Lea Thompson and Tom Cruise to go undercover to remember what high school was like. They went to separate schools, and while Cruise was spotted after just one day because someone recognized him from Taps (1981), Thompson went four days, was asked out by many guys and got caught smoking.
• Continuity Goof: During the movie, Stefan takes his plaid shirt off twice in the locker room before practice.
• This film is historically noted because Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood's biggest stars, reveals full frontal nudity.
• The film was referenced in the film Scream, stating that 'if you pause it just right, you can see his penis", referring to Tom Cruise.
• The small newsstand that Tom Cruise is standing nearby in one scene at night actually does exist to this very day. It was not a prop. It is Gallo's Newsstand, which sells newspapers and PA Lottery Tickets. It is located in Johnstown, PA. Across the street is another real store as well. George's Song Shoppe.

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External links

• All the Right Moves at the Internet Movie Database

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