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Flashdance is a 1983 American romance, musical, drama, and dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Joe Eszterhas. The production was led by producers Don Simpson, Peter Guber, and others, with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Don Simpson serving as production companies. Paramount Pictures and Netflix distributed the movie, which was filmed in Pittsburgh, the same city where the narrative is set.
The cast includes Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, and Belinda Bauer. Donald Peterman served as director of photography, with Charles Rosen as production designer and Michael Kaplan as costume designer. Giorgio Moroder composed the score, and the soundtrack was released as *Flashdance – Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture*.
The film has a runtime of 95 minutes and a budget of 7,000,000. It grossed 201,521,203 in revenue. Critical reception includes a TMDb average vote of 6.488 from 1,601 votes and an IMDb rating of 6.2 from 64,279 votes. It received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay.
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6.5Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
Cast
- Jennifer Beals as Alex Owens
- Michael Nouri as Nick Hurley
- Sunny Johnson as Jeanie Szabo
- Kyle T. Heffner as Richie
- Cynthia Rhodes as Tina Tech
- Lee Ving as Johnny C.
Themes
- dancing
- dance
- locksmith
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Flashdance
- Film.image
- Flashdanceposter.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Adrian Lyne
- Film.story
- Tom Hedley
- Film.music
- Giorgio Moroder
- Film.cinematography
- Donald Peterman
- Film.studio
- PolyGram Pictures
- Film.distributor
- Paramount Pictures
- Film.runtime
- 97 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $7 million
- Film.gross
- $201.5 million
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