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- Dancer's LifeUnderdogFollow Your DreamAmbitionArtists and ShowbizHopesRivalryCinderella Story
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- DramaMusicRomanceHollywood Tone
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- 20th Century80s
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- Urban Ghetto
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- Date NightGirls' Night
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Flashdance, 1983
English
USA
Profile of Flashdance
Flashdance can be described as stylized and captivating. The plot revolves around dancers, underdogs, and following your dreams. The main genres are drama, romance, and music-oriented. In terms of style, Flashdance has a Hollywood tone and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place in the 1980s. The soundtrack of Flashdance is pop and rock. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic and an Oscar winner. It is well suited for a girls' night and a date night. Note that Flashdance involves brief nudity and profanity.
Summary of Flashdance
In Adrian Lyne's Flashdance, a young woman, Alex (Jennifer Beals), strives to achieve success as a classical dancer, but economic forces require her to work as a welder by day and an exotic dancer by night. Standing in her way is an abundance of profound social obstacles, not the least of which is her boss at the welding factory, Nick (Michael Nouri), who is also her boyfriend. Alex strives to be accepted into a prestigious ballet academy, and she is furious when she realizes that her boyfriend might be pulling strings for her behind the scenes. Along the road to self-discovery and independence, Alex also struggles to accept love, come to terms with her own stubbornness, and find the inner strength to turn her lofty dreams into reality.
Edited for maximum rhythmic impact, Flashdance is full of glistening bodies and metallic surfaces, powered by Giorgio Moroder's throbbing music and one hit song after another: Michael Sembello's "Maniac," Karen Karmen's "Manhunt," and, notably, Irene Cara's Oscar-winning theme song, "Flashdance...What a Feeling." Flashdance marks the first coproduction between Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, who geared the film toward the MTV generation.
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| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 15 April 1983 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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