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Flashdance (1983)

R 95 min  -  Drama | Romance | Music  -   15 April 1983 (USA)
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Ratings: 5.7/10 from 17,290 users   Metascore: 35/100 
Reviews: 109 user | 46 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com

A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school.

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

Thomas Hedley Jr. (screenplay), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Beals ...
Michael Nouri ...
Lilia Skala ...
Sunny Johnson Sunny Johnson ...
Kyle T. Heffner ...
Lee Ving Lee Ving ...
Ron Karabatsos Ron Karabatsos ...
Belinda Bauer ...
Malcolm Danare Malcolm Danare ...
Philip Bruns Philip Bruns ...
Frank Szabo (as Phil Bruns)
Micole Mercurio ...
Lucy Lee Flippin Lucy Lee Flippin ...
Secretary
Don Brockett Don Brockett ...
Cynthia Rhodes Cynthia Rhodes ...
Durga McBroom Durga McBroom ...
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Storyline

Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel worker by day, exotic dancer by night. Her dream is to get into a real dance company, though, and with encouragement from her boss/boyfriend, she may get her chance. The city of Pittsburgh co-stars. What a feeling! Written by Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Dancer | Ballet School | Steel Worker | Dance | Audition  | See more »

Taglines:

What a feeling. See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Electrodanza See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$94,900,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Earlier drafts of the screenplay included Alex having a gay man for a best friend. Director Adrian Lyne liked this story because it was rare at that time for films to show straight women having close friendships with gay men. But the storyline was cut from the final script. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Near the end of the "Imagination" (strobe light) dance sequence, some of the black tape used to create squares on the "rice paper" backdrop alternates between untouched and torn and drooping. See more »

Quotes

Nick: What was he before he was a dog?
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Connections

Featured in "Breakfast: Episode dated 20 October 2010" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"Romeo"
Performed by Donna Summer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Music and Lyrics by Pete Bellotte and Sylvester Levay
Produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte See more »