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Fame [videorecording] / Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents ; written by Christopher Gore ; produced by David De Silva and Alan Marshall ; directed by Alan Parker.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 3000023059 | Warner Bros.Language: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2009.Description: 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 1419880063
  • 9781419880063
Other title:
  • Title on container and disc label: Fame, the original movie
Uniform titles:
  • Fame (Motion picture : 1980).
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
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).
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Michael Seresin ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; original music, Michael Gore ; choreography, Louis Falco.
Awards:
  • Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song, 1980
  • Golden Globe for Best Original Song, 1980
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), Barry Miller.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."
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Fame Available 33111006681163
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Seven classes a day and a hot lunch. That's what New York City's High School for the Performing Arts guarantees. Stardom? That's something the school's teenage musicians, actors, dancers, and dreamers strive for. It sings the body electric, celebrating the growing-up process of honing talent, confronting realities, finding love, living life.

Accompanied by original soundtrack compact disc.

DVD release of the 1980 motion picture.

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.

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).

Director of photography, Michael Seresin ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; original music, Michael Gore ; choreography, Louis Falco.

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), Barry Miller.

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."

Rated R.

DVD.

Closed-captioned; English (5.1 surround) or French (surround stereo.) soundtracks; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles.

Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song, 1980

Golden Globe for Best Original Song, 1980

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