Jennifer Beals

Michael Nouri

Sunny Johnson

Kyle T. Heffner

Cynthia Rhodes

Lee Ving

Ron Karabatsos

Lilia Skala

Philip Bruns

Micole Mercurio

Malcolm Danare

Belinda Bauer

Lucy Lee Flippin

Durga McBroom

Liz Sagal

Stacey Pickren

Robert Wuhl

Matt Landers

Steve Price

Frank Pesce

Don Brockett

Marc Lemberger

Wayne 'Frosty Freeze' Frost

Debra Gordon

Tony De Santis

Ann Muffly

Monique Gabrielle

Donald Peterman

Adrian Lyne

Jerry Bruckheimer

Don Simpson

Giorgio Moroder

Charles Rosen

Marvin March

Thomas Hedley Jr.

Joe Eszterhas

Gretchen Rennell

Michael Kaplan

Conrad E. Palmisano

John R. Woodward

Sylvester Levay

Robert 'Buzz' Knudson

Louis L. Edemann

Bud S. Smith

Mark Wade

Richard Alderete

Robert L. Stevenson

Jeffrey Hornaday

Cecelia Hall

Robert Glass

Don Digirolamo

George Watters II

David W. Gray

Kal Manning

Walt Hadfield

Ken Topolsky

Joe Dunne

Michael Lantieri

Mitchell Sinoway

Robert Lederman

M. Scott Smith

Matt Casella

Julie Selzer

Calvin Sterry

Clay H. Wilson

Paula Cain

Adam Fields

John R. Shannon

Dickson P. Sorensen

Joel Marrow

Joanie Blum

Jim Henrikson

Phil Ramone

Christine Forsyth-Peters

Casey Silver

Victor Paul

George Fisher

Ted Grossman

Lynda Obst

Tom Jacobson

John Robotham

Donna M. Belajac

John J. Connor

Rita Clarke Holt

Albert M. Shapiro

Marty P. Ewing

Louie Elias

George Robotham

James E. Webb

Keith Forsey

Walt Mulconery

Peter Guber

Rick Sharp

Jon Peters

Victoria Vanderkloot

Joe Esposito

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Romance

Flashdance

Paramount Pictures

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

The Guber-Peters Company

Polygram Pictures

United States of America

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Entertaining drama with an amazing soundtrack and great performance from Jennifer Beals. Not the strongest story at times but still was enthralled through its reasonable 90-minute running time. **3.75/5**

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Aside from the toe-tapper that was Irene Cara's title song, the rest of this film is really only notable because it shows the sheer determination of a young woman - "Alex" (Jennifer Beals) to make it. Initially, in a man's world as a welder more than holding her own, whilst at the same time she wants to swap her night-time dancing pole for a ballet school bar and prove that she has what it takes to become a top dancer too. Fortunately, her wealthy boss is also her boyfriend, and "Nick" (Michael Nouri) is keen to help her along - sometimes a little too keen, which can lead to the odd bit of tension as she finds herself with an audition that could change everything. It is a very positive-looking film with an upbeat theme and that helps carry what is otherwise a really rather poorly acted affair with some clunky dialogue and a narrative that follows a fairly predictable pattern - before the ending that we just know is coming. Laura Branigan and Giorgio Moroder had a hand in the rest of the soundtrack, which when you watch this film again after all but forty years proves remarkably memorable (if not great). Like it or not, this was a groundbreaking piece of cinema that though it struggles to exude much punch now, certainly did quite a lot - cinematically speaking - back then. Benefits from big screen audio, and is still worth a watch if you are of a certain age.

40th Anniversary Spot

Flashdance (1983) Original Trailer [FHD]

Flashdance - Trailer

Flashdance( 1983)

Something happens when she hears the music... it's her freedom. It's her fire. It's her life.

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Written by JPV852 on Wed May 06 2020

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