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Fame

If they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got.

6.4(539)19802h 14m13

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

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Status
Released
Budget
$8.5M
Box office
$42M
Language
Russian
  • new york city
  • dance
  • dance performance
  • musical
  • rivalry
  • audition
  • dancing in the street
  • dance school
  • performing arts

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Alan Parker

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR16 May 1980
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1523 Jul 1980
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM1 Aug 1980
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical121 Nov 1980
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalIMDB7 Jul 1980
    • Physical12 mj.gov.br - Playarte5 Nov 2009
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Digital / OTT15+5 Dec 2002
  • FinlandFI

    • PhysicalK-1616 May 1980
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical121 Aug 1980
    • TVTMC (Tandem. Comédies musicales)25 Nov 2002
    • TVTPArte19 Oct 2014
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1213 Nov 1980
    • TVARD11 Aug 1984
  • GreeceGR

    • PhysicalDVD10 Sept 2003
    • PhysicalBluRay13 Sept 2009
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1523 Jul 1980
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical13 Dec 1980

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Fame was released on 16 May 1980.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    6/20/2026

    7/10

    I think what makes this film work, even now, is that it selected it's stars from a bunch of aspiring and talented individuals whom it was perfectly plausible to believe in. To like and dislike. It has something about it that offers hope, optimism and realism to people from a range of backgrounds whose skills with their feet, their fingers or their voices might well be the only thing saving them from a life of banalit…

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