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Kevin Bacon will be given the Dartmouth Film Award on Friday at 7:30 p.m., with a private afterparty for tribute ticket-holders at Alpha Delta fraternity. In preparation for Bacon, The Dartmouth’s Arts staff shares its favorite moments from his career:
“I don’t care what the critics have said about ‘Death Sentence’ (2007); it was a good movie and it wouldn’t have been without Kevin Bacon. Let’s face it, though he isn’t ripped like the action-superstars of yesteryears, he’s a badass. And when he finally starts smacking gangsters around, you can’t help but cheer him on. I haven’t truly enjoyed an action flick like that since the early ’90s.”
— John Ternovski ‘09
“Whenever I see the posters advertising Kevin Bacon around campus I only think about ‘Apollo 13’ (1995). I watched that movie at least once a month for several years. I doubt this is his best role or his most famous, but it’s hard to imagine him without astronaut garb.”
— Rebecca Wall ‘11
“My favorite Kevin Bacon movie is ‘Animal House’ (1978) because it never gets old.”
— Lauren Dowling ‘11
“I first heard of Kevin Bacon when I was very young. I had just seen ‘Footloose’ (1984) on Broadway, and I heard that it had also come out as a film starring Kevin Bacon. While Broadway is a hard act to follow, it was hard to resist dancing and singing with the movie.”
— Jessica Krug ‘11
“My first memory of Kevin Bacon was in the film ‘Apollo 13,’ in which he played the suave Jack Swigert; Bacon’s role stood out to me because of the way his character captured the attention of every scene, while maintaining the riveting and suspenseful drama of the failed Apollo mission.”
— Rahul Malik ‘11
“My best friend back in high school was obsessed with ‘Footloose,’ and seeing as it is the perfect slumber party fare, Ren McCormick will always hold a special place in my tap dancing heart.”
— Sarah Frostenson ‘11
