Flashdance (1983)

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95 min - Drama | Romance | Music - 15 April 1983 (USA)

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Ratings: 5.7/10 from 15,792 users Metascore: 35/100
Reviews: 107 user | 45 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com

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

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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

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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>

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What a feeling. See more »

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Drama | Romance | Music

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 1983 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Electrodanza See more »

Filming Locations:

Bob Hope Patriotic Hall - 1816 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

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Gross:

$94,900,000 (USA)

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Paramount Pictures, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

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

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Then-struggling actor Kevin Costner auditioned for the part of Nick Hurley but lost out to Michael Nouri. He was the runner-up for the part. 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: When you give up your dream, you die.
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Referenced in "The Cinema Snob: Maniac (#3.35)" (2011) See more »

Soundtracks

"Imagination"
Performed by Laura Branigan
Courtesy of Atlantic Records
Music by Michael Boddicker, Jerry Hey and Phil Ramone
Lyrics by Michael Sembello
Produced by Phil Ramone See more »

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