- Actors: Eddie Barth, Irene Cara
- Directors: Alan Parker, Mark Schneider
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Warner
- Release Date: Jun 1 2004
- Run Time: 133 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00008WJBF
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#15,702 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #78 in DVD > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals > Drama
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This early effort by director Alan Parker is lively but jagged as it follows four students through their years in the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Rather predictably, the kids fall into four clearly defined stereotypes: brazen, gay and hypersensitive, prickly, shy. Fame makes up for a disjointed presentation with a lot of heart and a great soundtrack (for which it won two Academy Awards). The hopes and disappointments, failures and successes of these teens are fodder for emotional scenes and exuberant dancing in the streets. It also turned out to be the first of many imitators and spawned a popular television series. (It was the breakout film for the short-lived feature-film career of Irene Cara, who sang the title song.) --Rochelle O'Gorman
Additional Features
Fame scores all over again on DVD with its widescreen format and a thumping soundtrack: the moment when the kids burst out onto the street and stop the traffic is a bit of 1980s cinema magic. Alan Parker leads the class-reunion commentary track, helped by many of the cast. The film is clearly still important to them all. Other extras include a visit to today's school (hardly changed in philosophy or the passion of its real-life students), a vintage featurette, and face-to-face interviews that basically recycle the commentary. --Piers Ford
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A brilliant but unsatisfying film!!!,
This review is from: Fame (DVD)
From the opening credits, Fame seemed extremely promising. Here is a musical about the trials and tribulations of the talented kids at a New York City High School for Performing Arts. I mean, you can't go wrong. This just screams masterpiece. And even after the credits began to roll, that promise was still there.So why didn't Fame hold up to that promise? Maybe because it tried to tell too many stories in too short a time and never fully developed them. Maybe there were to many primary characters. Or maybe because none of the individual stories resolved themselves and the film seemed unfinished, ending too soon and too fast, despite it's lengthy running time. We follow eight of the accepted students through three years of their education. They grapple with discipline, praise, disappointment, growth, friendship, love, sex, competition, and initiation into the world of entertainment where there are more failures than successes. As in his two previous movies, director Parker demonstrates his gift for working with youth and drawing out their best performances, which greatly benefits the film. Barry Miller is Ralph, a fast-talking Puerto Rican whose hero is Freddie Prinze and whose hip comic sense hides a painful personal life. Irene Cara plays Coco, an ambitious singer whose longing for fame leads her to the seamy side of showbiz. Gene Anthony Ray is a tough black ghetto youth who dances like a leopard and resists the disciplinary strictures of one of his teachers (Anne Meara). Maureen Teefy is very convincing as a Brooklyn girl who must free herself from a domineering mother in order to express her artistic sensibilities. Lee Curreri plays a synthesizer enthusiast whose single-minded genius is the source of pride for his taxicab-driving father. Also featured are Paul McCrane as a homosexual acting student, Antonia Fransceschi as a rich ballerina, and Laura Dean as a lackadaisical dance student. Fame is an emotionally involving and exuberant movie. It contains many moments of cinematic poetry. For every clichéd portrait of teenage anxiety there is a matching character revelation of depth. But in the end, it all seems unsatisfying and that's a shame. With all these great qualities going for it, I try not to think about what could have been. It's definitely a motion picture experience worth taking, but it should have been a lot more satisfying!!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Fame (DVD)
Fame is classic movie from the 80's about students attending a theater/arts school in NYC. This is one of my very favorite movies because of the charm that is interwoven into it. The Fame move from 1980 makes me think of the classic Degrassi High show that was on television in the 90's with the trials and tribulations that high school students go through while growing up. It covers issues around racism, abortion, homosexuality, upper vs. lower class citizens, etc done with that classic 80's flair that is so unique and artsy. I would highly recommend this movie because of the messages that it sends and the excellent story told.People that do not like this movie are missing the message and the simplicity that characterizes this masterpeice. I would encourage you to try it and give it a try.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not what I expected.,
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This review is from: Fame (DVD)
I honestly expected more! I know it's an older movie, but I was a little disappointed. I'm sorry but it just doesn't compare to some of the newer movie musicals. Great theme song though! Very catchy..."Fame!"
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