Fame [with Original CD Soundtrack Sampler] [Blu-ray]

Dominic Bugatti Director: Alan Parker, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Eddie Barth Alan Parker

Overview

Fame is set at New York's High School of Performing Arts, where talented teens train for show-business careers. The film concentrates on five of the most gifted students: singer Irene Cara, actors Paul McCrane and Barry Miller, dancer Gene Anthony Ray, and musician Lee Currieri. More so than the subsequent TV series Fame, the film emphasizes the importance of keeping up one's academic achievements in this specialized school. The faculty includes no-nonsense English teacher Ann Meara, erudite musical instructor Albert Hague, and martinet dance teacher Debbie Allen. Of the film's cast, Ray, Currieri, Allen and Hague were carried over to the TV version of Fame, which premiered in 1981. The score for the film version of Fame was honored with an Academy Award.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/26/2010
UPC:	0883929077465
Original Release:	1980
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:13:00
Sales rank:	24,321

Special Features

Class reunion commentary with branching video highlights and featuring director Alan Parker and co-stars Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Gene Anthony and Maureen Teefy; Vintage featurette on loation with Fame; Fame field trip visits the school that inspired the movie; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Irene Cara	Coco
Barry Miller	Ralph
Maureen Teefy	Doris Finsecker
Paul McCrane	Montgomery
Lee Curreri	Bruno
Gene Anthony Ray	Leroy,Actor
Antonia Franceschi	Hilary
Laura Dean	Lisa
Boyd Gaines	Michael
Tresa Hughes	Mrs. Finsecker,Mrs. Finsecker
Anne Meara	Mrs. Sherwood
Joanna Merlin	Miss Berg
Jim Moody	Farrell
Debbie Allen	Lydia
Richard Belzer	M.C.
Ed Barth	Angelo
Nancy Gianzero	Nancie
Steve Inwood	Francois Lafete
Billy Hufsey	Actor
Frank Bongiorno	Truck Driver
Bill Britten	Mr England
Eric Brockington	Plump Eric
Nicholas Bunin	Bunsky
Cindy Canuelas	Cindy
Nora Cotrone	Topless Student
Mbewe Escobar	Phenicia
Victor Fischbarg	Harvey Finsecker
Ilse Sass	Mrs Tossoff
Ray Ramirez	Father Morales
Isaac Mizrahi	Drama Student
Laura DeLano	Dancer
Steve Hollander	Drama Student
Meg Tilly	Principal Dancer
Michael DeLorenzo	Dancer
Aaron Dugger	Dancer
Darrell Kirkman	Richard III
Sal Piro	Rocky Horror M.C.
Penny Frank	Dance Teacher
Willie Henry Jr.	Bathroom Student
Sarah Malament	Dance Accompanist
Sang Kim	Oriental Violinist
Judith L'Heureux	Nurse
Ted Lambert	Drama Student
Nancy Eng	Oriental Student
Frank Oteri	Schlepstein
James Manis	Bruno's Uncle
Carol Massenburg	Shirley
Leslie Quickley	Towering Inferno Student
Raquel Mondin	Ralph's Sister
Alba Oms	Ralph's Mother
Traci Parnell	Hawaiian Dancer
Dawn Steinberg	Monitor on Stairs
Jonathan Strasser	Orchestra Conductor
Yvette Torres	Ralph's Little Sister
F.X. Vitolo	Frankie
Stefanie Zimmerman	Dance Teacher
Neisha Folkes	Principal Dancer
Karen Ford	Principal Dancer
Hazel Green	Principal Dancer
Patrick King	Principal Dancer
Louis Venosta	Dancer
Anthony Evans	Musician
Philip Wright	Principal Dancer
Michael Gore	Composer,Composer
Lisa Herman	Principal Musician or Vocalist
April Lang	Principal Musician or Vocalist
Peter Rafelson	Principal Musician or Vocalist
Boris Slutsky	Principal Musician or Vocalist
Evan Weinstein	Principal Musician or Vocalist
Jeanne Carr	Trombonist
Holland Taylor	Claudia van Doren

Technical Credits

Christopher Gore

Alan Parker	Director
Irene Cara	Director
Lee Curreri	Director
Eddie Barth	Director
David DeSilva	Producer,Producer
Alan Marshall	Producer,Producer
Christopher Gore	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Arthur Bloom	Sound Effects
Rusty Coppleman	Sound Effects
Jay M. Harding	Sound Effects
Michael J. Kohut	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Preceded by Saturday Night Fever and followed by Footloose and Dirty Dancing, Fame is one of the best films focused on dance as a metaphor for success and maturation. Director Alan Parker, showing unusual restraint, shepherds a heartwarming story of rough New York teenagers who grow up while attending a performing arts high school. Their talent at dance enables them to transcend their backgrounds, their sometimes terrifying social milieu, and their own shortcomings. It's a vision of ethnic and social harmony achieved through effort at a craft that in some ways parallels youth sports movies. Dancer-singer Irene Cara is the star, and the film launched her (short-lived) singing career. The music and the dancing are spectacular, helping to overcome a story that, despite a few directorial risks, is fairly predictable. Fame is a well-made feel-good movie.