Fame
IMDB Rating: 6.30, 5338 votes
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Taglines
- If they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got.
- Remember my name...
- Remember my name...
Storyline
At the New York City High School for the Performing Arts, students get specialized training that often leads to success as actors, singers, etc. This movie follows four students from the time when they audition to get into the school, through graduation. They are the brazen Coco Hernandez, shy Doris Finsecker, sensitive gay Montgomery MacNeil, and brash, abrasive Raul Garcia.
Actors
| Angelo | Eddie Barth |
| Angelo | Eddie Barth |
| Coco | Irene Cara |
| Coco | Irene Cara |
| Bruno | Lee Curreri |
| Bruno | Lee Curreri |
| Lisa | Laura Dean |
| Lisa | Laura Dean |
| Hilary | Antonia Franceschi |
| Hilary | Antonia Franceschi |
| Michael | Boyd Gaines |
| Michael | Boyd Gaines |
| Shorofsky | Albert Hague |
| Shorofsky | Albert Hague |
| Mrs. Finsecker | Tresa Hughes |
| Mrs. Finsecker | Tresa Hughes |
| François Lafete | Steve Inwood |
| François Lafete | Steve Inwood |
| Montgomery | Paul McCrane |
| Montgomery | Paul McCrane |
| Mrs. Sherwood | Anne Meara |
| Mrs. Sherwood | Anne Meara |
| Miss Berg | Joanna Merlin |
| Miss Berg | Joanna Merlin |
| Ralph | Barry Miller |
| Ralph | Barry Miller |
| Farrell | Jim Moody |
| Farrell | Jim Moody |
| Leroy | Gene Anthony Ray |
| Leroy | Gene Anthony Ray |
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Posted in: 1980, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music
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