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Encyclopedia > Fame (movie)

Fame is a movie directed by Alan Parker which was released in 1980. It spawned a successful television show, a chart-topping song, and a hit Broadway musical. It also produced a non-musical play featuring the title song from the film in its lone musical number. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Alan Parker (born February 14, British film director, producer, writer, and actor who created most of his USA. He is also a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Fame was a pop song in the 1980s, made popular as the theme song to the TV series by the same name based on the movie Fame. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...


The main storylines of the film and the series were similar: teenagers were followed through their studies at a New York high school for performing arts (later renamed "The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (http://www.laguardiahs.org/)" ). A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... The performing arts include theater, motion pictures, drama, comedy, music, dance, opera, magic and the marching arts, such as brass bands, etc. ...


At one point in the film, several characters attend a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Waverly Theatre and getting involved in the audience participation aspects of the show. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 1975) is a comedy-horror musical film directed by Jim Sharman from a screenplay by Sharman and Richard OBrien, who also composed the songs. ... Examples of Audience Participation: While the lips are approaching at the beginning of the picture: During the wedding scene, the groom says to Brad,Hey. ...


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