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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Watch With Your Teen Movie Release: 1980 DVD Release: 06/03/2003 Format: DVD - Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 13 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 43 Genres: Drama, Musical, Showbiz Drama, Ensemble Film, Dance Film See Also: Fame [Music Edition] [DVD/CD], Fame [with Original CD Soundtrack Sampler] [Blu-ray]

Fame is set at New York's High School of Performing Arts, where talented teens train for show-business careers. The film concentrates on five of the most gifted students: singer Irene Cara, actors Paul McCrane and Barry Miller, dancer Gene Anthony Ray, and musician Lee Currieri. More so than the subsequent TV series Fame, the film emphasizes the importance of keeping up one's academic achievements in this specialized school. The faculty includes no-nonsense English teacher Ann Meara, erudite musical instructor Albert Hague, and martinet dance teacher Debbie Allen. Of the film's cast, Ray, Currieri, Allen and Hague were carried over to the TV version of Fame, which premiered in 1981. The score for the film version of Fame was honored with an Academy Award. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Irene Cara - Coco Hernandez
Paul McCrane - Montgomery MacNeil
Barry Miller - Raul/Ralph Garcia
Gene Anthony Ray - Leroy Johnson
Lee Curreri - Bruno Martelli

Alan Parker's 1980 musical drama Fame comes to DVD from Warner Bros. with a widescreen anamorphic transfer. Audio is offered in a remixed English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound track. Also included is a French-dubbed stereo track and subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. Director Alan Parker provides a feature-length audio-commentary track. Cast members Lee Curreri, Lauren Dean, Gene Anthony Ray, and Maureen Teefy offer commentary in video segments which can be accessed in the branching video feature. The disc also includes the making-of documentaries "On Location With Fame" and "Fame Field Trip," as well as production notes and theatrical trailers. Overall, this is a fairly decent DVD release of a Oscar-winning film. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide