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"Fame"
OST - "Fame" (1980)

Directed by Alan Parker
Produced by David De Silva and Alan Marshall
Written by Christopher Gore

Starring:
Irene Cara
Debbie Allen
Maureen Teefy
Gene Anthony Ray
Lee Curreri
Laura Dean
Paul McCrane
Barry Miller
Antonia Franceschi

Music by Michael Gore
Cinematography by Michael Seresin
Editing by Gerry Hambling
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by United Artists (USA)
CIC (non-USA)
Release date(s): May 16, 1980
Running time: 134 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

Wikipedia: "Fame is a 1980 American musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva, directed by Alan Parker, and written by Christopher Gore. The film follows a group of students through their studies at the New York High School of Performing Arts (which later merged with the High School of Music and Art to become the current Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts).

The film is split into sections corresponding to auditions, freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years. The film ranked number 42 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "50 Best High School Movies"."