Fame: The Original Movie
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- Common Sense Age 16+
- Critics Consensus 84%
- HD
- CC
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- Drama
- 2 Hours 13 Minutes
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4.2 • 119 Ratings
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Follow the heartaches and triumphs of a group of talented students as they struggle to graduate from New York's prestigious High School for the Performing Arts. A box office smash, this feature spawned a hit soundtrack and TV series, received six Academy Award nominations, and won Oscars for Best Score and Best Song for its title song, "Fame." The dynamic ensemble cast features Irene Cara, Anne Meara ("Awakenings"), Debbie Allen, and actor/comedian Richard Belzer (TV's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," TV's "Homicide: Life on the Street"). Directed by Oscar-nominee Alan Parker ("Evita," "The Commitments").
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Follow the heartaches and triumphs of a group of talented students as they struggle to graduate from New York's prestigious High School for the Performing Arts. A box office smash, this feature spawned a hit soundtrack and TV series, received six Academy Award nominations, and won Oscars for Best Score and Best Song for its title song, "Fame." The dynamic ensemble cast features Irene Cara, Anne Meara ("Awakenings"), Debbie Allen, and actor/comedian Richard Belzer (TV's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," TV's "Homicide: Life on the Street"). Directed by Oscar-nominee Alan Parker ("Evita," "The Commitments").
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $5.99
Trailers
Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: Just because Fame is a well-acted musical doesn't mean it flinches against its surprisingly heavy topics.
Raw look at teen life more shocking than you might recall.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Tresa Hughes
- Albert Hague
- Boyd Gaines
- Antonia Franceschi
- Laura Dean
- Lee Curreri
- Irene Cara
- Eddie Barth
- Gennadi Filimonov
- Mbewe Escobar
- Nora Cotrone
- Cindy Canuelas
- Nicholas Bunin
- Eric Brockington
- Bill Britten
- Richard Belzer
- Frank Bongiorno
- Debbie Allen
- Maureen Teefy
- Gene Anthony Ray
- Jim Moody
- Barry Miller
- Joanna Merlin
- Anne Meara
- Paul McCrane
- Steve Inwood
- Victor Fischbarg
- Penny Frank
- Willie Henry Jr.
- Steve Hollander
- Sang Kim
- Darrell Kirkman
- Judith L'Heureux
- Ted Lambert
- Nancy Lee
- Sarah Malament
- James Manis
- Carol Massenburg
- Isaac Mizrahi
- Raquel Mondin
- Alba Oms
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Producers
- Alan Marshall
- David De Silva
Information
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © (c) 1980 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, Dolby 5.1)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.