Fame

Fame (1980)

Timing: 2:14 (134 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

1980-05-16

Country

United States

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre

Drama, Music

Budget

$8 500 000

Revenue

$21 202 829

Website

http://alanparker.com/film/fame

Director

Alan Parker

Actors

Irene Cara, Barry Miller, Maureen Teefy, Paul McCrane, Lee Curreri, Gene Anthony Ray, Antonia Franceschi, Laura Dean, Boyd Gaines, Albert Hague
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Scenario

Producer

Alan Marshall, David De Silva

Operator

Michael Seresin

Composer

Michael Gore

Artist

Audition

Howard Feuer, Jeremy Ritzer

Editing

Gerry Hambling
All team (38)

• Albert Hayg was working as a teacher when he was invited to play Shorofsky. After his role in this film, his acting career took off again.
• Debbie Allen said in an interview that initially the role of Lydia was much more significant, with this character constantly competing with the heroine of Irene Cara. The role was significantly reduced so that Allen wouldn't overshadow Cara and the other students. As a result, Allen played a judge at the audition, who only appears on screen at the beginning of the film. However, Lydia became the heroine of the television version of the film, released in 1982.
• Initially, the film was going to be titled "Hot Lunch," but one day, director Alan Parker was walking past a cinema on 42nd Street specializing in pornography, and they were showing a film called "Hot Breakfast" starring "Al Parker." The director decided to change the title.