All the Right Moves (1983) on Netflix
Stefen Djordjevic is a high school defensive back in Ampipe who needs a football scholarship to leave the Pennsylvania mill town. Coach Vern Nickerson wants a college job of his own.
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Plot summary
Stefen Djordjevic is a defensive back at his high school in Ampipe, a Western Pennsylvania town shaped by the American Pipe and Steel mill, where his grandfather, his father and his brother Greg all work. The mill is cutting back in a recession, and Stefen keeps up B grades while hoping a college football scholarship will carry him out of town and toward a degree in electrical engineering. Lisa Lietzke is his girlfriend, and he is close to his teammates. Vern Nickerson coaches the team and is looking for a college coaching job of his own. Their ambitions pull against each other, leaving Stefen's scholarship in doubt.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about All the Right Moves (1983)
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- To research the part, the actress Thompson was inserted as a new student at Ferndale Area High School for three days prior to shooting, sitting in classes with the real pupils.
- Cruise was similarly inserted into Greater Johnstown High School, but was recognized immediately; his only notable film part at the time was in Taps in 1981, as The Outsiders and Risky Business were yet to be released.
- In 2018 Thompson stated she initially did not want the part, as the script required her to participate in two nude scenes, but Cruise persuaded the producers to drop one of the scenes.
