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Fame (1980)

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  • Official Trailer

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

Four teenagers must prove their mettle as they begin their journey at the New York High School of Performing Arts. They must navigate through heartbreak, school work, adolescence and challenges.

Cast

  • Eddie Barth
  • Irene Cara
  • Lee Curreri
  • Laura Dean
  • Antonia Franceschi
  • Boyd Gaines
  • Albert Hague
  • Tresa Hughes
  • Steve Inwood
  • Paul McCrane

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Metacritic

88

Fame is a genuine treasure, moving and entertaining, a movie that understands being a teen-ager as well as Breaking Away did, but studies its characters in a completely different milieu.

Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
63

A high school version of A Chorus Line, following a half-dozen talented students at New York High School for the performing arts as they try to become show-biz stars. When the kids perform, the movie sings, but their fictionalized personal stories are melodramatic drivel. [11 July 1980, p.8]

Metacritic review by Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
60

The song and dance scenes are hard to beat in terms of sheer energy and atmosphere, but the dramatic storylines leave several loose ends.

Metacritic review by Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Empire