| Description |
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned; English (5.1 surround) or French (surround stereo.) soundtracks; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles. |
| Cast |
Eddie Barth, Irene Cara (Coco Hernandez), Lee Curreri (Bruno Martelli), Laura Dean (Lisa Monroe), Antonia Franceschi (Hilary Van Doren), Boyd Gaines, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Steve Inwood, Paul McCrane, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Jim Moody, Gene Anthony Ray (Leroy Johnson), Maureen Teefy, Debbie Allen (Lydia). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Seresin ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; original music, Michael Gore ; choreography, Louis Falco. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1980 motion picture. |
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Accompanied by original soundtrack compact disc. |
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Special features include: class reunion commentary with branching video highlights, featuring director Alan Parker and cast members Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Gene Anthony Ray and Maureen Teefy; On location with Fame (vintage featurette); Fame field trip (visit to the school that inspired the movie); theatrical trailer. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| Summary |
Tells the story of various students at the High School of Performing Arts in New York. City. Dance sequences include an audition, classes, a ballet solo by Antonia Franceschi, and the ensemble numbers "Fame" and "I sing the body electric." |
| Awards |
Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song, 1980 |
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Golden Globe for Best Original Song, 1980. |
| Contents |
Original soundtrack: Fame -- Out here on my own -- Hot lunch jam -- Dogs in the yard -- Red light -- Is it ok if I call you mine? -- Never alone -- Ralph and Monty -- I sing the body electric -- Miles from here -- Out here on my own (instrumental version) -- Fame (instrumental version). |
| Subject |
High School of Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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High school students -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Performing arts -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Dance -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Musicals -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Musical films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gore, Christopher, screenwriter.
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De Silva, David, producer.
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Marshall, Alan, 1938- producer.
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Parker, Alan, 1944- director.
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Barth, Eddie, actor.
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Cara, Irene, 1959- actor.
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Curreri, Lee, actor.
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Dean, Laura, 1963- actor.
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Franceschi, Antonia, actor.
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Gaines, Boyd, actor.
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Hague, Albert, 1920-2001, actor.
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Hughes, Tresa, actor.
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Inwood, Steve, 1947- actor.
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McCrane, Paul, actor.
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Meara, Anne, actor.
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Merlin, Joanna, actor.
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Moody, Jim, 1949- actor.
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Ray, Gene Anthony, actor.
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Teefy, Maureen, actor.
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Allen, Debbie, 1950- actor.
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Seresin, Michael, cinematographer.
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Hambling, Gerry, film editor.
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Gore, Michael, 1951- composer.
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Falco, Louis, choreographer.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container and disc label: Fame, the original movie |
| Added Title |
Fame (Motion picture : 1980)
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| ISBN |
1419880063 |
| Standard No. |
883929063390 |
| Music No. |
1000091943Warner Bros. |
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2000003548 Warner Bros. |
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3000023059 Warner Bros. |
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