Flashdance [Special Collector's Edition]

Director: Adrian Lyne, Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson

Overview

Jennifer Beals stars as Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day, and bar dancer by night. Harboring dreams of a career in ballet, she is given financial support in this endeavor by her boss Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri) and moral support by demanding but big-hearted instructor Hanna Long (Lilia Skala). The film's signature scene is, of course, Alex's water-drenched dance audition, largely performed in long shot by her dance double Marine Jahan. Essentially an old-fashioned backstage yarn, Flashdance was given a contemporary spin by its pulsating, musical score featuring the Oscar-winning Best Song, Flashdance...What a Feeling, (music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara).

Product Details

Release Date:	08/03/2010
UPC:	0097360747546
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	R
Source:	Paramount
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00

Special Features

"The History of Flashdance","The look of Flashdance","Flashdance: music and songs","Flashdance: the choreography","Releasing the Flashdance phenomenon","Teaser trailer","Theatrical trailer"

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jennifer Beals	Actor
Michael Nouri	Actor
Belinda Bauer	Actor
Lilia Skala	Actor
Sunny Johnson	Jeanie Szabo
Kyle T. Heffner	Richie
Lee Ving	Johnny C
Ron Karabatsos	Jake Mawby
Malcolm Danare	Cecil
Philip Bruns	Frank Szabo,Actor
Micole Mercurio	Rosemary Szabo
Lucy Lee Flippin	Secretary
Don Brockett	Pete
Cynthia Rhodes	Tina Tech
Durga McBroom	Heels,Actor
Stacey Pickren	Margo
Liz Sagal	Sunny
Norman Scott	Normski
Marc Lemberger	Mr. Freeze
Wayne Frost	Frosty Freeze
Kenneth Gabbert	Prince Ken Swift
Robert Wuhl	Mawby's Regular
Richard Colon	Crazy Legs
Larry John Meyers	Welder
David Dimanna	Welder
Helen Dexter	Dancers at Repertory
Mark Anthony Moschello	Dancers at Repertory
Debra Gordon	Dancers at Repertory
Erika Leslie	Blonde Skater
Jim McCardle	Ice-Rink Official
Deirdre L. Cowden	Stripper #2
Ernie Tate	Ice-Rink Official
Bettina Birnbaum	Stripper
Deidre Cowden	Stripper
Colin Hamilton	Maitre d'
Tony De Santis	Waiter
Marjean Dennis	Woman in Restaurant
Bob Harks	Priest
Ann Muffly	Woman at Hanna Long's
Hank Crowell	Racquetball Player
Frank Tomasello	Harry
Marine Jahan	Dancer for Beals
Giorgio Moroder	Composer
Ron Karabastos	Actor
Mr. Freeze	monsieur Freeze
Frosty Freeze	Frosty Freeze
Prince Ken Swift	le prince Ken Swift
Steve Price	le r?gulier de Mawby
Matt Landers	le r?gulier de Mawby
Darren Roy	le r?gulier de Mawby
Frank Pesce	le r?gulier de Mawby
Dennis Matkosky	Composer
Michael Boddicker	Composer
Umberto Tozzi	Composer
Crazy Legs	Crazy Legs
Skala Lila	Actor
Gretchen Rennell	Actor

Technical Credits

Thomas Hedley

Joe Eszterhas

Thomas Hedley Jr.

Thomas Hedley	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Joe Eszterhas	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Jim Webb	Sound Mixer
Don Simpson	Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer	Producer
Jon Peters	Executive Producer
Peter Guber	Executive Producer
Thomas Hedley Jr.	Screenwriter
Don Digirolamo	Sound Effects
Louis L. Edemann	Sound Effects
Robert Glass	Sound Effects
David W. Gray	Sound Effects
Cecelia Hall	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Flashdance
1. Opening Titles [3:51]
2. Making a Living [7:39]
3. You Must Addition [8:43]
4. Working Out [4:20]
5. Break Dancing [1:20]
6. I'm Just the Cook [3:38]
7. Manhunt [3:31]
8. Ice Dancing [6:23]
9. See the Music [4:52]
10. I Can't See the Audience [3:31]
11. Imagination [:05]
12. Who's the Blonde? [4:00]
13. How's the Lobster? [3:18]
14. I Need a Favor [6:55]
15. Dancing At the Zanzibar [3:45]
16. Hanna's Death [4:33]
17. The Audition [3:49]
18. Credits [4:06]

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Special Features
The History of Flashdance
The Look of Flashdance
Flashdance Music and Songs
Flashdance the Choreography
Releasing the Flashdance Phenomenon
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
Previews
Scene Selection

Editorial Reviews

The sleeper hit Flashdance had surprising crossover appeal for a movie that featured strippers and X-rated footsie under the dinner table. In part because of its soundtrack, which became a pop sensation on the strength of Irene Cara's "What a Feeling" and Michael Sembello's "Maniac," the R-rated Flashdance was seen by an untold number of viewers under 17. The glimpses of nudity may have been partly to blame, but more than that, the transformation of Alex Owens from blue-collar welder to legitimate ballet hopeful was the stuff of dreams for teenage girls. Factor in the subplot about a friend trying to make it in ice skating, and this film seems tailor made to be teen wish fulfillment, except for all the time it spends in the nudie bars. Flashdance turned Jennifer Beals into an overnight sensation, her tough cookie with sex appeal image quickly assuming iconic status. Its nearly 95-million-dollar domestic take, steadily buoyed by word-of-mouth during a months-long theatrical engagement, was almost unheard of for an R-rated movie, ranking it the third highest grosser of 1983. The project also became the first hit in the notorious careers of screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The kind of film that's so aggressively formulaic that it bowls over any objections, Flashdance has become fodder for numerous parodies and spawned countless imitators. For whatever reason, it struck a chord, and indeed produced quite a feeling.