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Fame (1980)

Director: Alan Parker

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From Time Out Film Guide

A British-directed, New-York based musical which follows the heartbreak-and-success story of a group of youngsters as they're put through their paces at the High School of Performing Arts. The main characters, all lightly sketched in, offer a brief showcase for just about every kind of performing talent from classical ballet to stand-up comedy; the song'n'dance numbers are edited to an unstoppable disco beat; and the brazen jokes (Jews, blacks, women, gays, etc.) keep coming to show that we're all part of the same pie in the sky. It's a crack at the American Dream which carries all the exhilaration and depth of a 133-minute commercial break.

Author: HM

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roger rabbit said...

Posted on Sep 26 2009 20:48 Yet another bleedin remake from the film studios !!!! 1st one was bad enough . Could count remakes on one hand that merit being really good & this is not one of them. Free pass wasted again this wk ! think ill take up knitting

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Ian said...

Posted on Sep 09 2007 23:11 There is talk of this film being re-made. What fool decided this would be a good idea??? It is an award winning classic!!!! It was made when it was meant too be, leave it alone. Try instead re-making some little known box office disaster and maybe you can give that some credibility instead. You can only destroy a classic. If I were Alan Parker I would not let you within smelling distance of the title "Fame", let alone re-make the film!

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