FAME: THE ORIGINAL MOVIE / LA FIVRE DES PLANCHES : LE FILM ORIGINAL (BILINGUAL) (1980)

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• Release Year: 1980
• Genre: Drama, Music
• Plot: Seven classes a day and a hot lunch. That's what New York City's High School for the Performing Arts guarantees. Stardom? That's something the school's teenage musicians, actors, dancers and dreamers strive for. Fame sings the body electric, celebrating the growing-up process of honing talent, confronting realities, finding love, living life. Director Alan Parker (Evita, The Commitments) brings an energetic style to the crisscrossing stories of students (including future Academy Award winner Irene Cara, Paul McCrane (ER), Barry Miller (Saturday Night Fever) and two who returned in the later TV series, Gene Anthony Ray and Lee Curreri). Nominated for six Academy Awards, Fame won Oscars for its dynamic score and title tune - and inspired a shoot-for-the-stars 2009 remake.
• Cast: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Steve Inwood, Paul McCrane, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Barry Miller, Jim Moody, Gene Anthony Ray, Maureen Teefy, Debbie Allen, Richard Belzer, Frank Bongiorno, Bill Britten, Eric Brockington, Nicholas Bunin, Cindy Canuelas, Nora Cotrone, Mbewe Escobar, Gennadi Filimonov, Victor Fischbarg, Penny Frank, Willie Henry Jr., Steve Hollander, Sang Kim, Darrell Kirkman, Judith L'Heureux, Ted Lambert, Nancy Lee, Sarah Malament, James Manis, Carol Massenburg, Isaac Mizrahi, Raquel Mondin, Alba Oms, Frank Oteri, Traci Parnell, Sal Piro, Lesley Quickley, Ray Ramirez, Loris Sallahian, Ilse Sass, Dawn Steinberg, Jonathan Strasser, Yvette Torres, F.X. Vitolo, Stefanie Zimmerman, Tracy Burnett, Greg De Jean, Laura Delano, Michael DeLorenzo, Aaron Dugger, Neisha Folkes-LeMelle, Karen Ford, Robin Gray, Hazel Green, Eva Grubler, Patrick King, Cynthia Lochard, Julian Montenaire, Holly Reeve, Kate Snyder, Meg Tilly, Louis Venosta, Philip Wright, Ranko Yokoyana, Adam Abeshouse, Yvette D. Carrington, Fima Ephron, Anthony Evans, Crystal Garner, Lisa Herman, Thais Hockaday, Karen Hoppe, Frankie Laino, April Lang, Richard Latimer, Lisa Lowell, Ann Marie McDermott, Kerry McDermott, Maureen McDermott, Josh Melville, Peter Rafelson, Ann Roboff, Boris Slutsky, Alan Vetter, Evan Weinstein, Judith Blaylock, Guido Corte, Donna Edge-Rachell, Nancy Gilliam, Lil Mirkk, Douglas Rowan, Holland Taylor, Alan Parker, Christopher Gore
• Director: Alan Parker
• Runtime: 2:13
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Media Format: Movie