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Warner Home Video
Fame
Director
Alan Parker
Classification
R
Genres
Classic, Drama, Musical
DVD Relese Date
1980
Description
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.
Cast
Debbie Allen, Eddie Barth, Irene Cara
Fun Film Info
Four of the film's stars - Gene Anthony Ray, Lee Curreri, Albert Hague and Debbie Allen - went on to reprise their roles in the follow-up smash hit TV series of the same name, "Fame" (1982). Albert Hague was an actual teacher at Laguardia when he was hired almost on a whim by the producers to play Benjamin Shorofsky, a role that resurrected his acting career. Director 'Alan Parker' wanted a scene that showed Doris overcoming her fear and becoming an actress. He heard of the audience participation at the local screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and went to check it out. He loved it so much that he not only decided to use it in the film, he had many of the "cast" from the local screenings appear in the film, as the people doing the time-warp on stage when Doris runs up and joins them.
Quotes
Doris Finsecker: I'm about as flamboyant as a bagel. Montgomery McNeil: Never being happy isn't the same as being unhappy. Is it? Miss Berg: Where's the sweat, Lisa? Lisa Monroe: I'm working on it.