Fame (1980)

Drama, General Film, Music

Director: Alan Parker

Writer(s): Christopher Gore

Starring: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Antonia Franceschi, Boyd Gaines, Albert Hague, Tresa Hughes, Steve Inwood, Paul McCrane, Anne Meara, Joanna Merlin, Barry Miller, Jim Moody, Gene Anthony Ray, Maureen Teefy, Debbie Allen, Richard Belzer, Frank Bongiorno, Bill Britten, Eric Brockington, Nicholas Bunin, Cindy Canuelas, Nora Cotrone, Mbewe Escobar, Gennadi Filimonov, Victor of Aquitaine, Penny Frank, Willie Henry Jr., Steve Hollander, Sang Kim, Darrell Kirkman, Judith L’Heureux, Ted Lambert, Nancy Eng, Sarah Malament, James Manis, Carol Massenburg, Isaac Mizrahi, Raquel Mondin, Alba Oms, Frank Oteri, Traci Parnell, Sal Piro, Lesley Quickley, Ray Ramirez, Loris Diran, Ilse Sass, Dawn Steinberg, Jonathan Strasser, Yvette Torres, F.X. Vitolo, Stefanie Zimmerman, Tracy Burnett, Greg De Jean, Laura Delano, Michael DeLorenzo, Aaron Dugger, Neisha Folkes-LeMelle, Karen Ford, Robin Gray, Hazel Green, Eva Grubler, Patrick King, Cynthia Lochard, Julian Montenaire, Holly Reeve, Kate Snyder, Meg Tilly, Louis Venosta, Philip Wright, Ranko Yokoyana, Adam Abeshouse, Yvette D. Carrington, Fima Ephron, Anthony Evans, Crystal Garner, Lisa Herman, Thais Hockaday, Karen Hoppe, Frankie Laino, April Lang, Richard Latimer, Lisa Lowell, Ann Marie McDermott, Kerry McDermott, Maureen McDermott, Josh Melville, Peter Rafelson, Ann Roboff, Boris Slutsky, Alan Vetter, Evan Weinstein, Perry Bedden, Christopher Biggins, Judith Blaylock, Barry Bostwick, Gaye Brown, Diana Brownstone, Gregory Buchalter, Ishaq Bux, Stephen Calcutt, Jeanne Carr, Hugh Cecil, Imogen Claire, Julie Cohen, Rufus Collins, Sadie Corre, Guido Corte, Tony Cowan, Donna Edge-Rachell, Fran Fullenwider, Nancy Gilliam, Charles Gray, Lindsay Ingram, Peggy Ledger, Annabel Leventon, Anthony Milner, Richard O’Brien, Pamela Obermeyer, Patricia Quinn, Douglas Rowan, Karen Starr, Holland Taylor, Tony Then, Kimi Wong

Synopsis: At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows eight students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. Among these are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Ralph Garcy.

Release Date: May 16, 1980 (USA) | Length: 134 min | Genre: Drama, Music | Certificate: R

Note: Currently not able to identify most of the people in this film.