Fame

Another musical like dancing film staring Irene Cara. Fame has that one song that people learn (being the main tune) and spends time focusing on the performing arts. In many ways it is similar to Flashdance, with the focus on the performing arts school, one could even see fame as the sequel to Flashdance. Even though that doesn't entirely make sense because the character is clearly older in Flashdance, having spent the film dancing and trying to work up the courage to audition for a dancing school in Fame they actually all get in to performing arts school and spend four years there learning to dance, sing/ play music or act.

Fame highlights what can happen when you get famous, the bad things about being famous- people only wanting you to be in films if you take your clothes off or letting the pressure get to you, hurting everyone, doing things that you don't like and in the end ruining your career. It's a dated film and for the most part there aren't any standout performers in it- Irene Cara is Irene Cara-singer/dancer/performer and that's that. She wasn't the sole main character in this film so there was a lot less focus on her.

The standout scene, the scene you will remember from watching this film is the Fame scene, where the music is blaring out of the taxi and everyone is dancing. The music is good, the song is great and the dancing is great but that's mostly all that you will remember from this movie. Remember the tune and the name and just watch that scene.