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Flashdance is a 1983 movie that was produced by Adrian Lyne. It stars Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri.

Flashdance tells the story of blue collar worker Alex (played by Beals), a girl who dreams of joining an upscale dancing school, while working as a dancer in a gentlemen's club at night, and in a construction site as a builder during the day.

Alex meets her construction company boss, played by Nouri, and they quickly fall in love. Meanwhile, she keeps practicing hard, waiting for her opportunity to join a school to come up. When it finally does, she is rejected, but she refuses to give up, and, with the help of her boyfriend, she is given a second chance.

Alex trains even harder, and then, she is given a second chance, and after a long dancing routine, she gets accepted to the school, marking what would be be beginning of a successful career in non sensual dancing.

This movie has been considered a 1980s Hollywood classic by many.

It's soundtrack included Giorgio Moroder's smash hit Flashdance... What a Feeling (sung by Irene Cara), as well as other hits, such as Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky's She's A Maniac.

Soundtrack Highlights

  • Flashdance... What a Feeling (Giorgio Moroder)
  • Imagination (Michael Boddicker, Jerry Hey, Phil Ramone)
  • I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is (Kim Carnes)
  • Lady, Lady, Lady (Giorgio Moroder)
  • Maniac (Dennis Matkosky, Michael Sembello)
  • Seduce Me Tonight (Giorgio Moroder)