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Fame is a 1980 musical drama film directed by Alan Parker and produced by Alan Marshall. The screenplay was written by Christopher Gore, who also created the original work. The cast includes Irene Cara, Debbie Allen, Maureen Teefy, and Gene Anthony Ray. Michael Seresin served as director of photography, with Gerry Hambling as film editor and Louis Falco as production designer. Michael Gore composed the score.
The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with distribution by United Artists and Netflix. It was filmed in New York City, which serves as the narrative location. The movie has a runtime of 133 or 134 minutes and was released in 1980. It is available in Spanish, English, and French.
Fame received Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. It was also nominated for Best Film Editing, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and Best Sound. The film had a budget of 8,500,000 and generated 42,000,000 in revenue. It holds a rating of 6.6 on IMDb and a vote average of 6.413 on TMDb.
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6.4A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Cast
- Irene Cara as Coco Hernandez
- Barry Miller as Ralph Garci/Raul Garcia
- Maureen Teefy as Doris Finsecker
- Paul McCrane as Montgomery MacNeil
- Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli
- Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
Themes
- new york city
- dance
- dance performance
- musical
- rivalry
- audition
- dancing in the street
- dance school
- performing arts
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Gore
- Cast member
- Meg Tilly
- Composer
- Michael Gore
- Producer
- Alan Marshall
- Production company
- United States Copyright Office
- Cinematographer
- Michael Seresin
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 132
- FilmAffinity ID
- 590855
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-11-13
- film editor
- Gerry Hambling
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- title
- Fame
- after a work by
- Christopher Gore
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Louis Falco
- different from
- Fame
- derivative work
- Fame
- capital cost
- 8500000
- box office
- 42000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 81%
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