Flashdance Movie Review 1983

18-year-old Alex (Beals) wants to dance. She works all day as a welder, has a hot affair going with her boss Nick (Nouri), dances at a local bar at night, and hopes someday to get enough courage to audition for a spot at the School of Ballet. Glossy music video redeemed somewhat by exciting choreography with Marine Jahan doing the dancing for Beals. Oscar-winning title song sung by Irene Cara. Inspired the torn-sweatshirt trend in fashion of the period.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Drama, Pittsburgh, Dance Fever, Price of Fame, Cinderella Stories, Producers: Bruckheimer/Simpson

Screenplay

Joe Eszterhas

Cast

Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Belinda Bauer, Lilia Skala, Cynthia Rhodes, Sunny Johnson, Lee Ving, Kyle T. Heffner, Ron Karabatsos, Robert Wuhl, Elizabeth Sagal

Cinematography

Don Peterman

Director

Adrian Lyne

Music

Giorgio Moroder

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Oscars 1983: Song ("Flashdance. . .What a Feeling"); Golden Globes 1984: Song ("Flashdance. . .What a Feeling"), Score.