Fame (DVD)

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    In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limi
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    In Alan Parker's FAME, teenagers selected for New York City's High School for the Performing Arts push their talents to the limit to make it big in show business. This episodic tale follows savvy Coco (Irene Cara), timid Doris (Maureen Teefy), gay Montgomery (Paul McCrane), macho Raul (Barry Miller), soulful Bruno (Lee Curreri), and others as they struggle to achieve their dreams of stardom while coping with the universal teenage problems of loneliness, insecurity, and embattled, mercurial identity.

    Cara, electric as the budding songstress Coco, shines brightest in the infectiously exuberant young cast. The film, which won Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song, overflows at each corner of its loosely unfolding narrative with inspired music and dance numbers that seem to burst forth spontaneously out of sheer irrepressible emotion. With FAME (later developed into a hit television series), Parker finds a happy medium between the wildly diverging tones of his previous two features, the goofy kids-as-gangsters musical BUGSY MALONE and the harrowing prison thriller MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, and in doing so creates an enjoyable, glittering portrait of guileless teenage ambition.

    Includes audio commentary by Alan Parker.
 

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Overall Rating: 4.2

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Fame

alydriscoll from Tampa, Nov 17, 2009

This movie is fun and a great movie to watch with your teenager since it was a "precursor" to all the High School Musical films and TV shows.

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A Gift from the Past

woo6000 from Arizona, Jul 3, 2008

I purchased "Fame" as a gift for a friend who has worn down her VHS version of the movie down to nothing. Since the movie is tough to find in a store, I decided to look on Overstock, and sure enough, they had it...and at a great price, too. Thanks again, Overstock!

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   Rating: 4.33 out of 5.00
   Would recommend?: Yes 3 out of 3
 

 

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