Our Footloose Remake (found parody film; 2010)
Our Footloose Remake is a 2010 crowd-funded parody film and a collaborative effort between a variety of amateur filmmakers brought together by the film community known as Channel 101[1]. David Seger and Tim Marklevitz served as the film's producers.[2]
Background
Development of the film originally began as a snarky response to Hollywood's 2008 announcement of an official remake of the 1984 film Footloose.[3]
The project divided the original 1984 film into 54 different scenes, giving each one to a different set of filmmakers who would recreate their given scene in their own unique way.[4]
Once all scenes were done, they were edited into a complete film with conflicting stylistic choices between scenes being played for comedic effect.
Channel 101 would follow-up Our Footloose Remake with Our Robocop Remake, a response to the official 2014 remake of Robocop.[5]
Availability
The film premiered at the Downtown Independent Theatre in Los Angeles on July 1st, 2010 and was later uploaded to David Seger's Vimeo account on April 11th, 2011.[6]
The film was eventually taken down on April 17th, 2018 via a copyright claim from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.[7]
For a while, the complete film was unavailable online or on physical media. A handful of scenes have been uploaded to Youtube and Vimeo by their respective filmmakers, totalling 18 out of 54 scenes found.[8]
On January 28th, 2023, Archive.org user "Rob T Firefly" uploaded the entire movie, having found it among various old files.
| # | Scene | Filmmaker | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening Titles | David Seger | Found |
| 2 | Interior Church | Team Tiger Awesome | Found |
| 3 | Exterior Church | David Seger | Found |
| 4 | Highway | Mike Karnell & Craig Pentak | Found |
| 5 | Porch | Brad Conlin | Found |
| 6 | Dinner 1 | David Seger | Found |
| 7 | Diner Dance | Erni Walker | Found |
| 8 | First Day | Ryan Ridley | Found |
| 9 | Lunch | Steve Nelson & Jake Strunk | Found |
| 10 | Gas Station | Erik X. Raj | Found |
| 11 | Dinner 2 | David Seger | Found |
| 12 | Rev’s Letter | Tyler Spiers | Found |
| 13 | Chuck | Tim Marklevitz | Found |
| 14 | Ren’s Job | Brian Wysolmierski | Found |
| 15 | Gym | Christopher Ford & Duncan Skiles | Found |
| 16 | Woods | Kate Freund | Found |
| 17 | Tractors | Mike Manasewitsch & Willy Roberts | Found |
| 18 | Ariel & Rusty | Jon Hill | Found |
| 19 | Drugs | Paul Isakson | Found |
| 20 | Uncle Wes | Dan Riesser | Found |
| 21 | Angry Dance | Matt Freund & Jordan Harris | Found |
| 22 | Car Talk | Randall Park | Found |
| 23 | Train | Shane Houghton | Found |
| 24 | Home Late | Wade Randolph | Found |
| 25 | Car Wash | Scott Gairdner | Found |
| 26 | Rev Is Preaching | Danny Jelinek | Found |
| 27 | Sneaking Out | Erika Brooks Adickman | Found |
| 28 | Bar Fight | Aaron Moles | Found |
| 29 | Drive Home | Jason Makiaris | Found |
| 30 | Slap | Casey Donahue | Found |
| 31 | Church | MC Griffin | Found |
| 32 | Parking Lot | Sean Lynch & Philip Laird | Found |
| 33 | Locker Room | Dan O’Malley | Found |
| 34 | Dance Off | Mike Rose | Found |
| 35 | Rev & Dunbar | Matt Wyatt | Found |
| 36 | Chuck & Ariel | Erin Hill & Kelsy Abbott | Found |
| 37 | Ren’s Kiss | Erik Beck | Found |
| 38 | Rev In Bed | Matthew Saliba | Found |
| 39 | Lockers | Emmett Short | Found |
| 40 | Brick | Krocky Meshkin | Found |
| 41 | Talk with Mom | Kyle Reiter | Found |
| 42 | Town Meeting | Tom Kauffman | Found |
| 43 | Ren & Boss | Andrew Warnecke | Found |
| 44 | Ariel In Church | Matt Sloan & Aaron Yonda | Found |
| 45 | Burning Books | Tim Marklevitz | Found |
| 46 | Ren & Rev | Ellen Houlihan | Found |
| 47 | Rev’s Speech | Deanna Rooney | Found |
| 48 | Setting Up | Ryan Howard | Found |
| 49 | Ariel & Mom | Ben Pluimer | Found |
| 50 | Ariel Pick Up | Adam Quirk | Found |
| 51 | Waiting Dancers | Jim Klimek | Found |
| 52 | Rev & Wife Watch | Spencer Strauss | Found |
| 53 | Final Fight | Chris Cantwell | Found |
| 54 | Let’s Dance | David Seger | Found |
Gallery
External Links
- Original link to the complete film, now taken down due to a copyright strike
- Film's page on the Channel 101 Wikia
- Archive of the original site including list of all filmmakers involved
- Interviews with the filmmakers at the film's 2010 premiere at the Downtown Independent Theatre
- Letterboxd link
- Tumblr link
- IMDB link
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110413220051/http://vimeo.com//22179430
- ↑ https://gigaom.com/2010/07/02/our-footloose-remake-beats-paramount-to-the-punch/
- ↑ https://salon.com/2011/04/14/footloose_remake_star_wars_uncut/
- ↑ https://slashfilm.com/515038/votd-footloose-remade-54-filmmakers/
- ↑ https://wired.com/2014/02/robocop-crowdsourced-remake/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110413220051/http://vimeo.com//22179430
- ↑ http://vimeo.com/22179430
- ↑ https://vimeo.com/ourfootloose