i enjoy it in 1984 when it come out and i enjoy it 24 year later and watch it on dvd . as soon a i finish watch the movie again and i watch it again with kevin bacon commentary and then again with the commentary of the writer and producer . most of the commentary be just of the he or she be really great variety . however and there be a couple of amazing revelation . first and herbert ross and the director and have to fight for kevin bacon against the studio . apparently and tom cruise be schedule to star and but there be a scheduling conflict . ross force bacon to do a screen test and show it to the studio exec . if they hadn not come around and he would have walk off the picture and that would have be the end of it . fortunately and the screen test work . the second big revelation be that ross originally have a very low key end with no real dancing in the final dance sequence . it be only when test audience give the film thumb down that he finally agree to shoot the upbeat final dance number . fortunately and he be flexible enough to make the change and so we get a terrific end and one of the great and most fun dance movie of all time . the chemistry between kevin bacon and lori singer be terrific and chris penn and sarah jessica parker be both great in their sidekick and comedian role . diane wiest get lose and but john lithgow be amazingly effective a the regressive and but intelligent preacher . along with grease and dirty dancing and this be one of the three great musical or dance movie of the 1980 .