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Flashdance

Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.

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Box office
$201.5 million
Budget
$7 million
Cinematography
Donald Peterman
Country
United States
Directed by
Adrian Lyne
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures

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Music

Release

Reception

Legacy

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Flashdance

Nodes166
Edges165
Triples167
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012048
Components1

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Flashdance

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related to Music · 26
Flashdance → Academy Award, Alex, Another, Best Original Song, Billboard Hot, Cara, Dennis Matkosky, Despite, DVD, Fame, Feeling, Giorgio Moroder, Golden Globe Award, Irene Cara, It, Just, Keith Forsey, Like, Maniac, May
related to Critical response · 20
Flashdance → All, Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert, Giorgio Moroder, If Flashdance, In, Janet Maslin, Jennifer Beals, Metacritic, MTV, On Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert, Saturday Night Fever, She, The, The New York Times, Variety, Virtually, Watching Flashdance, With
related to Crew · 17
Flashdance → Adventures, Babysitting, Beverly Hills Cop, Don Simpson, Eszterhas, Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal, Jerry Bruckheimer, Lolita, Lynda Obst, Lyne, Seattle, Sleepless, The, The Fisher King, Top Gun, Weeks
related to Home media · 17
Flashdance → August, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, Filmmakers Focus, It, Laserdisc, May, October, Paramount Home Entertainment DVD, Paramount Presents, Special Collector's Edition DVD, The, The Choreography, The History, The Look, VHS, Warner Bros
related to Suit against the filmmakers · 16
Flashdance → Appeals, Court, December, Gimlets, In June, Like Alex Owens, Marder, Marder's, Maureen Marder, Ninth Circuit, Paramount Pictures, San Francisco, The, Though, Tom Hedley, Toronto
related to Legacy · 14
Flashdance → Arlene Phillips, Beals, Broadway, England, Flashdance The Musical, Giorgio Moroder, I've, In July, In March, Plymouth, The, Theatre Royal, There, Tom Hedley
related to Suit against Jennifer Lopez and filmmakers over music video · 10
Flashdance → Although Lopez, David LaChapelle, I'm Glad, In, Jennifer Lopez, Lopez, Marder, Paramount, Sony, Sony Corporation
related to Release · 8
Flashdance → April, It, On April, Pittsburgh, Several, United States, Warner Centre, Warner Theater
related to Accolades · 7
Flashdance → AFI's, American Film Institute, Feeling, Songs, The, What, Years
related to Connection to MTV · 5
Flashdance → By, In, Its, MTV, Music Television

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film alex dance paramount beals music release jennifer one 1983 also pittsburgh first michael story moroder nick dancer including pictures

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FlashdanceBox office$201.5 million1.00infobox
FlashdanceBudget$7 million1.00infobox
FlashdanceCinematographyDonald Peterman1.00infobox
FlashdanceCountryUnited States1.00infobox
FlashdanceDirected byAdrian Lyne1.00infobox
FlashdanceDistributed byParamount Pictures1.00infobox
FlashdanceEdited byWalt Mulconery1.00infobox
FlashdanceEdited byBud Smith1.00infobox
FlashdanceLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
FlashdanceMusic byGiorgio Moroder1.00infobox
FlashdanceProduced byDon Simpson1.00infobox
FlashdanceProduced byJerry Bruckheimer1.00infobox
FlashdanceProduction companyPolyGram Pictures1.00infobox
FlashdanceRelease datesApril 14, 1983 (1983-04-14) (Warner Theater)1.00infobox
FlashdanceRelease datesApril 15, 1983 (1983-04-15) (United States)1.00infobox
FlashdanceRunning time97 minutes1.00infobox
FlashdanceScreenplay byTom Hedley1.00infobox
FlashdanceScreenplay byJoe Eszterhas1.00infobox
FlashdanceStarringJennifer Beals1.00infobox
FlashdanceStarringMichael Nouri1.00infobox
FlashdanceStory byTom Hedley1.00infobox
Flashdanceis a1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer0.90text

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