Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri
This early effort by director Alan Parker is lively but jagged as it follows four students through their years in the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Rather predictably, the kids fa...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004
Stats: 1,306 reviews
Fame is an odd film. It's a four year montage of the most hateful people on earth, young performers. It was the coolest thing before puberty but now nearly 30 years on, I'm not sure why? 80?s fun I guess but not great, that said, the new remake feels me with absolute dread! The o...( read more)
At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco ...( read more)
I've always liked the song Fame. It took me 28 years to see the movie. I enjoyed the music and dancing. As a film I thought it was mediocre.
I prefer the stage production that is an ACTUAL musical. This one's an "80's musical", that means no singing: just dancing and a couple of songs in the background, like "Flashdance" or "Footloose". But it's not bad. Just... 80-ish...
bean...es bien realistica! lo que no entiendo es porque era tan famosa
Alan Parker's film, though prone to melodrama, is possibly the grittiest & most truthful major musical ever made. Songs really work, too.
just didn't do it for me. The last 1/4 of the movie was great, but the problem is that you had to sit through the first 3/4 to get there. Trying to cover a group of people over four years of high school I guess can be difficult, so either don't do it or find a way to do it that...( read more)
A delightful, absorbing story with a great deal of characters we learn to care about, and it is told with much fluidness in loosely organized fragments and never loses pace thanks to the great editing.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE. EXCELLENT!
LEE CURRERI = GREAT!
GENE ANTHONY RAY = UNBELIEVEABLE!
IRENE CARA = STUNNING!
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