The music is on his side.
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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Classical in form, effortless, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Kevin BaconRen
- Lori SingerAriel
- John LithgowRev. Shaw Moore
- Dianne WiestVi Moore
- Chris PennWillard
- Sarah Jessica ParkerRusty
- John LaughlinWoody
- Elizabeth GorceyWendy Jo
- Frances Lee McCainEthel McCormack
- Jim YoungsChuck
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- Herbert RossDirector
- Dean PitchfordScreenplay
- Ric WaiteDirector of Photography
- Paul HirschEditor
- Lewis J. RachmilProducer
- Craig ZadanProducer
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Astro Boy 200380% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, effortless, earnest.
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