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Fame
1980
In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller), soulful Bruno (Lee Curreri),.. Read more
| Starring | Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Richard Belzer |
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| Director | Alan Parker |
| Genres | Gay/Lesbian, Music/Musical |
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Fame
In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller), soulful Bruno (Lee Curreri), and others as they struggle to achieve their dreams of stardom while coping with the universal teenage problems of loneliness, insecurity, and embattled, mercurial identity.
Cara, electric as the budding songstress Coco, shines brightest in the infectiously exuberant young cast. The film, which won Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, overflows at each corner of its loosely unfolding narrative with inspired music and dance numbers that seem to burst forth spontaneously out of sheer irrepressible emotion. With FAME (later developed into a hit television series), Parker finds a happy medium between the wildly diverging tones of his previous two features, the goofy kids-as-gangsters musical BUGSY MALONE and the harrowing prison thriller MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, and in doing so creates an enjoyable, glittering portrait of guileless teenage ambition.
| Starring | Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Richard Belzer, Barry Miller, Meg Tilly, Billy Hufsey, Paul McCrane, Maureen Teefy |
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| Director | Alan Parker |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 8 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Gay/Lesbian, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1980 To Rent: DVD: 22 Sep 2003 Blu-ray: 28 Sep 2009 |
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Cleverly shot and edited slice of life which unfortunately features people whose language and personalities are fairly repellent. The result is like A Chorus Line without the music.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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I'm gonna learn how to fly!
Where else could you leave school at lunchtime in dance gear and stop the traffic on 42nd Street so that you could perform impromptu dance routines on top of ... read more »
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Too many characters ...
Too many characters are involved over too long a time for any of them to be explored in depth. The truth is that this is an uneven film. The early use of quick ... read more »
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rubbish veiwing
Drags on abit but ok. Did nit enjoy it too much.
Was expecting more. Quite disappointing.
Will not watch again - 999847
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Fame
Loved the singin', the dancin', the music.
The story of young people trying to make it in show biz has not changed since the film was made. - 956591
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- Miriam
- Ealing, London
- 24 Jan 2011 at 00:00
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Cast of Fame unveiled
- 10 Oct 2008
The cast for the forthcoming remake of classic film Fame is growing, with new names released. According to Hollywood Reporter, MGM has announced nine names confirmed for the film including Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Collins Pennie, Walter Perez and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle. It is rumoured that Thomas Dekker, from TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, is in negotiations to take the lead male role in the $25 million (£14.7 million) production.... Read more
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In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller)...
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Fame
In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller)...
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