--- title: 'Fame (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Alan Parker' released: '1980-05-16' runtime_minutes: 132 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Music' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fame-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080716/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Fame (1980) 1980 · 132 min · Drama, Music · United States ## Synopsis Fame is a 1980 American teen musical drama film directed by Alan Parker and written by Christopher Gore. Set in New York City, it chronicles the lives and hardships of students attending The High School of Performing Arts, from their auditions to their freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years. ## Credits - **Director:** [Alan Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-parker) - **Screenplay:** [Christopher Gore](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-gore) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Gore](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gore) - **Producer:** [Alan Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-marshall) - **Director of Photography:** [Michael Seresin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-seresin) - **Editor:** [Gerry Hambling](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-hambling) ## Cast - [Joanna Merlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-merlin) - [Paul McCrane](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mccrane) - [Jim Moody](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-moody) - [Barry Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-miller) - [Meg Tilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/meg-tilly) - [Antonia Franceschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonia-franceschi) - [Susan Sarandon](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-sarandon) - [Laura Dean](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-dean) - [Lee Curreri](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-curreri) - [Albert Hague](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-hague) - [Maureen Teefy](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-teefy) - [Boyd Gaines](https://cinepixo.com/people/boyd-gaines) - [Anne Meara](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-meara) - [Irene Cara](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-cara) - [Eddie Barth](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-barth) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fame-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1351911); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.