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Flashdance (1983)

R  95 min  -  Drama | Romance | Music   -  15 April 1983 (USA)
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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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Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations See more awards »
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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

Taglines:

Take your passion... And make it happen! 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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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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Trivia

Director Adrian Lyne turned down the project twice. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Alex gets home from getting her friend out of the strip club her and nick get into a fight and when she starts slapping his face she hits the window blind causing it to roll up but in the next scene it is down again. See more »

Quotes

Nick: I'll bring him a doggy bag if you'll have dinner with me.
Alex Owens: I told you, I don't think it's a good idea to go out with the boss.
Nick: OK. Have it your way. You're fired. I'll pick you up tomorrow at eight.
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Connections

Referenced in "Dance Your Ass Off: Lights, Camera, Dance! (#1.5)" (2009) See more »

Soundtracks

"Adagio for Strings"
By Tomaso Albinoni (as Albinoni)
Arranged and Conducted by Lee Holdridge
Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Varèse Sarabande Records See more »