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Fame

Production Year: 1980
Tagline: Remember my name...
Plot Outline: At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.
Runtime: 134 min
Country: USA
Language: English / Spanish / French

Cast

Irene Cara ... Coco Hernandez
Lee Curreri ... Bruno Martelli
Laura Dean ... Lisa Monroe
Antonia Franceschi ... Hilary van Doren
Boyd Gaines ... Michael
Albert Hague ... Benjamin Shorofsky
Tresa Hughes ... Mrs. Naomi Finsecker
Steve Inwood ... François Lafete
Paul McCrane ... Montgomery MacNeil
Anne Meara ... Mrs. Elizabeth Sherwood
Joanna Merlin ... Miss Berg
Barry Miller ... Ralph Garcey (Raúl García)
Jim Moody ... Mr. Farrell
Gene Anthony Ray ... Leroy Johnson
Maureen Teefy ... Doris Finsecker

Awards

Best Sound (win) - Michael J. Kohut - 1980 British Academy Awards
Best Sound (win) - Jay M. Harding - 1980 British Academy Awards
Best Sound (win) - Chris Newman - 1980 British Academy Awards
Best Sound (win) - Aaron Rochin - 1980 British Academy Awards
Best Picture - Musical or Comedy (nom) - - 1980 Golden Globe
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy (nom) - Irene Cara - 1980 Golden Globe
Best Original Score (nom) - Michael Gore - 1980 Golden Globe
Best Original Song (win) - Michael Gore - 1980 Golden Globe
Best Original Song (win) - Dean Pitchford - 1980 Golden Globe
Best Editing (nom) - Gerry Hambling - 1980 Academy
Best Original Screenplay (nom) - Christopher Gore - 1980 Academy
Best Original Score (win) - Michael Gore - 1980 Academy
Best Song (win) - Michael Gore - 1980 Academy
Best Song (nom) - Michael Gore - 1980 Academy
Best Song (win) - Dean Pitchford - 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) - Aaron Rochin - 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) - Jay M. Harding - 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) - Chris Newman - 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) - Michael J. Kohut - 1980 Academy

Soundtrack

Fame (Irene Cara)
Out Here On My Own (Irene Cara)
Hot Lunch Jam (Irene Cara)
Dogs In The Yard (Paul McCrane)
Red Light (Linda Clifford)
Is It Okay If I Call You Mine? (Paul McCrane)
Never Alone (Contemporary Gospel Chorus Of The High School of Music and Art)
Ralph And Monty (Dressing Room Piano)
I Sing The Body Electric (L. Dean/I. Cara/P. McCrane/T. Parnell/T. Bockington)