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Actor: Alan Parker, Anne Meara, Antonia Franceschi, Irene Cara, Maureen TeefyBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Fame
Movie Review: It Made Me Want to Come to New York and Jump on a Car
Summary: 5 Stars
"I always wanted to be a dancer when I was younger, and 'Fame' was so inspiring. It made me want to come to New York and jump on a car. I even had a velour 'Fame' tracksuit with gold stitching. I had a 'Fame' bag too!" That's what Victoria Beckham, wife of world-famous British soccer star David Beckham, now playing for Los Angeles, recently said; and let's not forget she's world-famous herself as "Posh," of the 1990's British girl group sensation, "The Spice Girls." But "Fame" (1980), now nearly 30 years old, was such a box office smash, and is so infectious, that even those of us who lived in New York wanted to come here and jump on a car.
The musical-comedy-drama is set in one of New York's specialized music and arts high schools, of which there are a few, admission by audition only. It follows a group of youngsters from audition to graduation: the sweet, sheltered girl; the snooty rich beauty of a ballerina; the manipulative girl; the sensitive gay boy; the skinny, obnoxious Puerto Rican boy,(Barry Miller) who worships the late Freddie Prinze, and wants to be a comic, too; the near-homeless black boy who sure can dance; the ethnic working class boy who thinks he can get all Beethoven down on his synthesizers; the lovely Puerto Rican girl who can really sing(Irene Cara). Ann Meara, well-known, then as now, red-headed comic actress, wife of comic Jerry Stiller and mother of very funny Ben, plays an English teacher. Debbie Allen, talented dancer-choreographer, has a small part as a dance teacher. The Canadian-Chinese Meg Tilly, later an actress( "The Big Chill," "Agnes of God"), plays one of the principal student dancers, without a line of dialogue to her credit. Comic Richard Belzer plays himself, as master of ceremonies at a famous comedy club.
The film was, surprisingly, directed by the British Alan Parker, who'd just horrified us with the hard-to-take "Midnight Express." It was written by Christopher Gore, no relation to Michael Gore, who wrote the score. It's working title was "Hot Lunch," after its intoxicating early dance scene, but there was, just then, a porno film of the same name. That irresistible choreography was by Louis Falco: even "Hot Lunch;" you'd swear the kids were making it up as they went along, but director Parker says Falco got that effect by having the dancers all start a beat or two later than each other. The title song, and "I Sing the Body Electric" were also great dance achievements.
Barry Miller came from attracting notice in 1977's unforgettable "Saturday Night Fever." Irene Cara had been performing since childhood. She won an Oscar and Grammies for her work in "Fame," and went on to have a monster hit, that won an Oscar, a Grammy, and Golden Globes, for her "Flashdance" (1983) song, "What a Feeling." But you'd have to say that none of these kids really did achieve lasting fame: the best-known performers now were the best-known performers then: Meara and Belzer.
Embarassingly enough, until quite recently, I thought the score was by the Italian Giorgio Moroder, patron saint of the synthesizer, and disco: he actually penned Cara's Oscar-winning "Flashdance." But "Fame's" score is by Michael Gore, brother of the 1960's solo singing star Lesley Gore ("It's My Party"). Lesley and Michael co-authored the beautiful "Out Here on My Own," that Cara so touchingly delivers (though you should hear the adult Lesley do it). Both "Out Here on My Own," and the title song were nominated for Best Song Oscars; "Fame" won. But "Fame," movie and song, have to be considered all-around winners.
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