Flashdance
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Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a young nightclub dancer who aspires to become a professional ballerina (Alex), alongside Michael Nouri playing her elder suitor and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh. It was the first collaboration of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, and the presentation of some sequences in the style of music videos was an influence on other 1980s films including Footloose, Purple Rain, and Top Gun, Simpson and Bruckheimer's most famous production. It was also one of Lyne's first major film releases, building on a reputation for making popular television commercials.
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- It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown
- List of American films of 1983
- Duquesne Brewery Clock
- Dance, Girl, Dance
- Films of a similar genre in the 1980s
- Fame (1980)
- Staying Alive (1983)
- Footloose (1984)
- Purple Rain (1984)
- Body Rock (1984)
- Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
- The Last Dragon (1985)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
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