Flashdance (1983)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writers:

Thomas Hedley Jr. (screenplay) and
Joe Eszterhas (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 April 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Music

Tagline:

Every day, she works in a man's world. Every night, she dances through the universe that is her dream.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Dancer | Steel Worker | Dance | Ballet School | Dreams

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Beals	...	Alex Owens
Michael Nouri	...	Nick Hurley
Lilia Skala	...	Hanna Long
Sunny Johnson	...	Jeanie Szabo
Kyle T. Heffner	...	Richie
Lee Ving	...	Johnny C.
Ron Karabatsos	...	Jake Mawby
Belinda Bauer	...	Katie Hurley
Malcolm Danare	...	Cecil
Philip Bruns	...	Frank Szabo (as Phil Bruns)
Micole Mercurio	...	Rosemary Szabo
Lucy Lee Flippin	...	Secretary
Don Brockett	...	Pete
Cynthia Rhodes	...	Tina Tech
Durga McBroom	...	Heels

Also Known As:

Flashdance (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Flashdance (France) [fr]
Flashdance (Finland) [fi]
Flashdance (Greece) [el]
Flashdance (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Flashdance - Em Ritmo de Embalo (Brazil) [pt]
Le feu de la danse (Canada: French title) [fr]

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

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

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:6 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Carnegie Institute - 4615 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Director Adrian Lyne decided that Alex's back story included her having been molested when she was a child. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas was horrified, saying it would "sink the entire story", and fought furiously with Lyne. The producers later sided with Eszterhas and Lyne gave up on the idea.

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.

Quotes:

Nick: When I was a kid all I wanted was to be able to afford to eat in restaurants like this.
Alex Owens: Were you poor?
Nick: I was so poor I had hand-me-down lunches.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Love Theme From Flashdance

80s flash and trash

Sure, Flashdance will never make the AFI's Top 100, but it has an infectious charm. Jennifer Beals is really only so-so in the leading role, and her leading man Michael Nouri is no better off, but it doesn't matter. What does matter here is the great music! Really, the whole film is played like a 90-minute ad for MTV! Laugh at the dopey plot and listen to the great tunes. Great film to earmark the 80s.