Anxious about his future after high school, a 19 year old Italian American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
Director:
John Badham
Stars:
John Travolta,
Karen Lynn Gorney,
Barry Miller
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>
When Alex is filling out the application for the dance school, her parents' names are listed on it as "Alfred Owens" and "Jeanne Therese Anderson". The real-life parents of Jennifer Beals, who is playing Alex, are named Alfred Beals, and Jeanne Therese Anderson Beals. See more »
Goofs
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
[first lines]
Nick:
l'll tell you what. l'll give you the Cowboys and three.
Pete:
Three and a half.
Nick:
Take three, be happy.
Pete:
Three and a half. l'm ecstatic.
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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.
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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.