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Fame

Episode Number: 0    Season Num: n/a    First Aired: Friday May 16, 1980    Prod Code: n/a
This movie is basically about the lessons of show-biz success that eight kids learn for four years in The New York School for the Performing Arts.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Christopher Gore
Director: Alan Parker
Star: Debbie Allen (Lydia Grant),  Gene Anthony Ray (Leroy Johnson),  Lee Curreri (Bruno Martelli),  Albert Hague (Benjamin Shorofsky)
Recurring Role: Michael DeLorenzo (Dancer)
Guest Star: Eddie Barth (Angelo),  James Manis (Bruno's Uncle),  Sarah Malament (Ballet Assistant),  Nancy Lee (Asian Student),  Ted Lambert (Acting Student #2),  Judith L'Heureux (Nurse),  Darrell Kirkman (Richard III),  Sang Kim (Korean Violinist),  Steve Hollander (Acting Student),  Willie Henry, Jr. (Student),  Penny Frank (Dancer),  Victor Fischbarg (Harvey Finsecker),  Gennadi Filimonov (Violinist),  Mbewe Escobar (Phenecia),  Carol Massenburg (Shirley Mulhullen),  Isaac Mizrahi (Touchstone),  Frank X. Vitolo (Frankie),  Yvette Torres (Ralph's Little Sister),  Jonathan Strasser (Conductor),  Dawn Steinberg (Control on Staircase),  Ilse Sass (Mrs. Tossoff),  Loris Sallahian (Acting Student),  Ray Ramirez (Pater Morales),  Lesley Quickley (Sheila),  Sal Piro (Rocky Horror Announcer),  Traci Parnell (Hawaiian Dancer),  Frank Oteri (Schlepstein),  Alba Oms (Ralph's Mother),  Raquel Mondin (Ralph's Sister),  Nora Catrone (Dancer),  Cindy Canuelas (Cindy),  Nicholas Bunin (Bunsky),  Irene Cara (Coco Hernandez),  Laura Dean (Liza Monroe),  Antonia Franceschi (Hilary Van Doren),  Eric Brockington (Fat Eric),  Bill Britten (Mr. England),  Frank Bongiorno (Truck Driver),  Richard Belzer (Comedy Club Emcee),  Maureen Teefy (Doris Finsecker),  Jim Moody (Farrell),  Barry Miller (Raul/ Ralph Garcia),  Joanna Merlin (Miss Berg),  Anne Meara (Mrs. Sherwood),  Paul McCrane (Montgomery MacNeil),  Steve Inwood (Francois Lafete),  Tresa Hughes (Mrs. Finsecker)

Notes

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Received 8 nominations (Oscar, Eddie, Bafta, César, Golden Globe, Grammy, WGA Award, Young Artist Award), won 4 awards (Oscar, Bafta, Anthony Asquith Award, Golden Globe, Gold). (edit)
The movie runs 134 minutes. (edit)
Only Lee Curreri (Bruno Martelli (season 1-3)), Gene Anthony Ray (Leroy Johnson), Debbie Allen (Lydia Grant) and Albert Hague (Benjamin Shorofsky) appear in this episode, of all the series cast. Other characters were played by different actors than the ones in the TV series. (edit)

Quotes

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Hilary: (about Leroy) Son derriere noir... c'est formidable!
Lisa: Wow, I love your accent. What did you say?
Hilary: I dig his black ass. (edit)
Miss Berg: (to Lisa) Less lip, Monroe, more sweat!
Dancer: (about Miss Berg) She's just a bitch. (edit)
Doris: I hate Ralph Garci! I must remember this feeling and use it in my acting! (edit)
Leroy: I's young, I's single, and I loves to mingle! (edit)
-Shorofsky: No! No! No! Hold the bow like this! Not like this! This isn't your dick you're holding! It's a violin bow! Hold it with respect, like...
Bruno: ...Your dick? (edit)

Trivia

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GOOF: When Mrs. Sherwood is arguing with Leroy about his homework, she wads up the same sheets of paper twice. (edit)
TRIVIA: Madonna screen-tested for a role. She later did the same for the TV series version of the film. (edit)

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