Flashdance

UPC: 097360747546

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity]

Summary: Jennifer Beals stars as Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day, and bar dancer by night. Harboring dreams of a career in ballet, she is given financial support in this endeavor by her boss Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri) and moral support by demanding but big-hearted instructor Hanna Long (Lilia Skala). The film's signature scene is, of course, Alex's water-drenched dance audition, largely performed in long shot by her dance double Marine Jahan. Essentially an old-fashioned backstage yarn, Flashdance was given a contemporary spin by its pulsating, musical score featuring the Oscar-winning Best Song, Flashdance...What a Feeling, (music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Original Score – null Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Original Song – null Best Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Song – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Editing – British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Features: The History of Flashdance
The look of Flashdance
Flashdance: music and songs
Flashdance: the choreography
Releasing the Flashdance phenomenon
Teaser trailer
Theatrical trailer

Flashdance

Format: DVD

Release Date: 08/03/2010

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 94 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish,Portuguese

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Flashdance
1. Opening Titles [3:51]
2. Making a Living [7:39]
3. You Must Addition [8:43]
4. Working Out [4:20]
5. Break Dancing [1:20]
6. I'm Just the Cook [3:38]
7. Manhunt [3:31]
8. Ice Dancing [6:23]
9. See the Music [4:52]
10. I Can't See the Audience [3:31]
11. Imagination [:05]
12. Who's the Blonde? [4:00]
13. How's the Lobster? [3:18]
14. I Need a Favor [6:55]
15. Dancing At the Zanzibar [3:45]
16. Hanna's Death [4:33]
17. The Audition [3:49]
18. Credits [4:06]

Derek Armstrong

The sleeper hit Flashdance had surprising crossover appeal for a movie that featured strippers and X-rated footsie under the dinner table. In part because of its soundtrack, which became a pop sensation on the strength of Irene Cara's "What a Feeling" and Michael Sembello's "Maniac," the R-rated Flashdance was seen by an untold number of viewers under 17. The glimpses of nudity may have been partly to blame, but more than that, the transformation of Alex Owens from blue-collar welder to legitimate ballet hopeful was the stuff of dreams for teenage girls. Factor in the subplot about a friend trying to make it in ice skating, and this film seems tailor made to be teen wish fulfillment, except for all the time it spends in the nudie bars. Flashdance turned Jennifer Beals into an overnight sensation, her tough cookie with sex appeal image quickly assuming iconic status. Its nearly 95-million-dollar domestic take, steadily buoyed by word-of-mouth during a months-long theatrical engagement, was almost unheard of for an R-rated movie, ranking it the third highest grosser of 1983. The project also became the first hit in the notorious careers of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The kind of film that's so aggressively formulaic that it bowls over any objections, Flashdance has become fodder for numerous parodies and spawned countless imitators. For whatever reason, it struck a chord, and indeed produced quite a feeling. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Larry John Meyers  Actor 
Ernie Tate  Actor 
Don Brockett  Actor 
Frank Pesce  Actor 
Deirdre L. Cowden  Actor 
Matt Landers  Actor 
Cynthia Rhodes  Actor 
Marc Lemberger  Actor 
Tony de Santis  Actor 
Jim McCardle  Actor 
Norman Scott  Actor 
Colin Hamilton  Actor 
Durga McBroom  Actor 
Liz Sagal  Actor 
Steve Price  Actor 
Stacey Pickren  Actor 
Debra Gordon  Actor 
Bettina Birnbaum  Actor 
Marine Jahan  Actor 
Robert Wuhl  Actor 
Lucy Lee Flippin  Actor 
Wayne Frost  Actor 
Jerry Bruckheimer  Producer 
Joe Eszterhas  Screenwriter 
Peter Guber  Executive Producer 
Adrian Lyne  Director 
Giorgio Moroder  Composer (Music Score) 
Jon Peters  Executive Producer 
Michael Sembello  Composer (Music Score) 
Don Simpson  Producer 
Tom Hedley  Screenwriter 
Jennifer Beals  Actor 
Michael Nouri  Actor 
Lilia Skala  Actor 
Sunny Johnson  Actor 
Kyle Heffner  Actor 
Lee Ving  Actor 
Belinda Bauer  Actor 
Ron Karabatsos  Actor 
Malcom Danare  Actor 
Philip Bruns  Actor 
Micole Mercurio  Actor 

Country: USA