Fame Movie Review 1980

Follows eight talented teenagers from their freshmen year through graduation from New York's High School of Performing Arts. Insightful and absorbing, director Parker allows the kids to mature on screen, revealing the pressures of constantly trying to prove themselves. A faultless parallel is drawn between these "special" kids and the pressures felt by high schoolers everywhere. Great dance and music sequences. Basis for a TV series.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 133 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Contemporary Musicals, Price of Fame, Teen Angst, School Daze, Dance Fever, Showbiz Dramas, New York, New York, Stagestruck

Cast

Irene Cara, Barry Miller, Paul McCrane, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Richard Belzer, Maureen Teefy, Albert Hague

Director

Alan Parker

Music

Michael Gore

Producer

MGM

Awards

Oscars 1980: Song ("Fame"), Orig. Score; Golden Globes 1981: Song ("Fame").