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

Joe Eszterhas

Don Simpson

Charles Rosen

Michael Kaplan

Donald Peterman

Gretchen Rennell

Marvin March

Adrian Lyne

Jerry Bruckheimer

Thomas Hedley Jr.

Giorgio Moroder

Conrad E. Palmisano

Sylvester Levay

Louis L. Edemann

Robert 'Buzz' Knudson

Michael Lantieri

Jeffrey Hornaday

Cecelia Hall

George Watters II

Richard Alderete

Bud S. Smith

Robert L. Stevenson

Julie Selzer

Robert Glass

Don Digirolamo

Ken Topolsky

Mark Wade

Kal Manning

Robert Lederman

Joe Dunne

Walt Hadfield

M. Scott Smith

Matt Casella

Clay H. Wilson

Mitchell Sinoway

John R. Woodward

Calvin Sterry

David W. Gray

Joel Marrow

Jim Henrikson

Dickson P. Sorensen

Adam Fields

John R. Shannon

Paula Cain

Joanie Blum

Phil Ramone

Christine Forsyth-Peters

Casey Silver

Tom Jacobson

John Robotham

Donna M. Belajac

Albert M. Shapiro

Victor Paul

George Fisher

Rita Clarke Holt

Ted Grossman

John J. Connor

Louie Elias

Marty P. Ewing

James E. Webb

George Robotham

Lynda Obst

Keith Forsey

Walt Mulconery

Jon Peters

Peter Guber

Rick Sharp

Victoria Vanderkloot

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Romance

Flashdance

Paramount Pictures

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Guber/Peters Company

Polygram Pictures

United States of America

English

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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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