Flashdance R

She works in a man's world. She dances in the world of her dreams.
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: January 8, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1983
  • Label: Paramount Catalog

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Directed by
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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1983 - Best Original Song: Giorgio Moroder, Irene Cara & Keith Forsey

Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten34%

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Total Count: 41

Upright61%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 79,108
Rating: 2/5 -- The story doesn't help Miss Beals either, because she's at her least convincing when having to register any emotion other than rapture.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
Rating: 3/5 -- Director Adrian Lyne caught the post-disco visual mood of the time to win over even the most cynical viewer. Full Review
Radio Times
Aug 11, 2014
This spirited rock musical about a young factory worker go-go dancer in Pittsburgh who aspires to be a ballerina is the best kind of adolescent fantasy: colorful, involving and full of leaping, prancing energy. Full Review
People Magazine
Aug 11, 2014
Rating: 1.5/4 -- Jennifer Beals shouldn't feel bad. She is a natural talent, she is fresh and engaging here, and only needs to find an agent with a natural talent for turning down scripts. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Oct 24, 2004
Depressing to think that this was a huge hit on the back of the Irene Cara hit single, since there's absolutely nothing to it. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
Rating: 2/4 -- Flashdance might be considered one of the first signs of Hollywood's Apocalypse. Full Review
ReelViews
Apr 30, 2009
Unlike its grittily romantic predecessors, Flashdance is pure glitz. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Mar 25, 2013

Product Description:

In Adrian Lyne's FLASHDANCE, a young woman, Alex (Jennifer Beals), strives to achieve success as a classical dancer, but economic forces require her to work as a welder by day and an exotic dancer by night. Standing in her way is an abundance of profound social obstacles, not the least of which is her boss at the welding factory, Nick (Michael Nouri), who is also her boyfriend. Alex strives to be accepted into a prestigious ballet academy, and she is furious when she realizes that her boyfriend might be pulling strings for her behind the scenes. Along the road to self-discovery and independence, Alex also struggles to accept love, come to terms with her own stubbornness, and find the inner strength to turn her lofty dreams into reality.

Edited for maximum rhythmic impact, FLASHDANCE is full of glistening bodies and metallic surfaces, powered by Giorgio Moroder's throbbing music and one hit song after another: Michael Sembello's "Maniac," Karen Karmen's "Manhunt," and, notably, Irene Cara's Oscar-winning theme song, "Flashdance...What a Feeling." FLASHDANCE marks the first coproduction between Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, who geared the film toward the MTV generation.

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  • UPC: 883929304479
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