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Flashdance (1983) 5.8
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Metascore: 35/100
Reviews: 113 user | 48 critic | 9 from Metacritic.com A Pittsburgh woman with two jobs as a welder and an exotic dancer wants to get into ballet school. Director:Adrian Lyne |
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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>
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Take your passion... And make it happen! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 April 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Electrodanza See more »Filming Locations:
Bob Hope Patriotic Hall - 1816 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Gross:
$94,900,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Performed by Donna Summer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Music and Lyrics by Pete Bellotte and Sylvester Levay
Produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
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Irene Cara wrote the lyrics to the film's Oscar-winning theme song while riding in a car to the recording studio the day she recorded the song. See more »Goofs
In the opening scene when Alex stops to pet the kitten while on her bicycle going to work, she has a construction helmet on the back of her bicycle. A few seconds later, as she descends down the hill, the helmet is not there. See more »Quotes
Alex Owens: I don't want you buying me anything. I don't want you buying me, period!See more »
Soundtracks
"Romeo"Performed by Donna Summer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Music and Lyrics by Pete Bellotte and Sylvester Levay
Produced by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
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I know how much Flashdance became such a huge hit of the 80's, it defined a whole new generation of clothes, behavior, and dance moves. That's what made Flashdance so special. Now I was born in '85 so I kinda missed out on these things, but I understand it's importance. I just bought this movie yesterday, it was back to back with Footloose, two iconic 80's movies, and I watched Flashdance this afternoon. While this film defined a huge part of the 80's, it was an average film with a simple plot. The acting and story is just pretty average, but it's a cute and fun one.
Alex is a welder by day, but at night she is a sexy exotic dancer who grabs the attention of all the men. But she has big time dreams to become a ballet dancer, she has promised her grandmother that she would apply to the top ballet school and try to get an audition. But Alex is always intimidated by the other "proper looking" dancers with tons more experience than her. She falls in love with a fellow co-worker, Nick, who wants her to make it just as badly. She goes through rough times, but she just wants to make it and will do anything for that chance.
Flashdance is one of those must see movies if you wanna see the important films of the 80's. I just wanted to see what this movie was about since it's such a huge part of film culture. Jennifer Beals actually did a great job as Alex, she was absolutely beautiful and made the character very likable. While this film did not live up to my expectations, it still was a good film. It has an awesome sound track and really is a lot of fun to dance too. Now excuse me, but I wanna try to take my bra off without removing my shirt, lol.
5/10