Alex is furious with Nick, as she did not get the opportunity based on her own merit, and decides not to go through with the audition.
Nick uses his connections with the arts council to get Alex an audition. Alex and Nick reconcile, and she gains the courage to apply to the Conservatory. After finding out from Jake, Alex quickly goes over and drags her out, much to Jeanie's initial anger until she realizes her terrible life decision.Īfter seeing Nick with a woman at the ballet one night, Alex throws a rock through a window of his house, only to discover that it was his ex-wife ( Belinda Bauer) whom he was meeting for a charity function.
and works for him at Zanzibar as one of his strippers. Discouraged at the fact that most likely will never achieve her dreams, and after Richie has left Pittsburgh to try his luck in Los Angeles, Jeanie begins going out with Johnny C. In a skating competition, Jeanie falls twice during her performance and sits defeated on the ice and has to be helped away. Nick intervenes, and after taking Alex home, the two begin a relationship. Leaving Mawby's one evening, Richie and Alex are assaulted by Johnny C. Alex becomes intimidated by the scope of the application process, which includes listing all prior dance experience and education, and she leaves without applying. ( Lee Ving), who wants Alex to dance at his nearby strip club, Zanzibar.Īfter seeking counsel from her mentor, retired ballerina Hanna Long ( Lilia Skala), Alex attempts to apply to the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance and Repertory. After learning that Alex is one of his employees, Nick begins to pursue her on the job, though Alex turns down his advances at first. One night, Alex catches the eye of customer Nick Hurley ( Michael Nouri), the owner of the steel mill where she works. Heffner), hopes to become a stand-up comic. Jeanie ( Sunny Johnson), a waitress, is training to be a figure skater, while her boyfriend, short-order cook Richie ( Kyle T. Lacking family, Alex forms bonds with her coworkers at Mawby's, some of whom also aspire to greater artistic achievements.
#Flashdance ost professional#
Although she aspires to become a professional dancer, she has no formal dance training and works as a nightly cabaret performer by night at Mawby's, a neighborhood bar and grill. Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri star in FlashdanceĪlexandra "Alex" Owens ( Jennifer Beals) is an eighteen-year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who lives with her dog, Grunt, in a converted warehouse. Flashdance is also often remembered for its film poster featuring Beals sporting a sweatshirt with a large neck hole (according to the actress, her look in the scene came about by accident after she simply cut a large hole at the top of one that had shrunk in the wash). What a Feeling", which was written for the film by Moroder, with lyrics by Keith Forsey and the singer Irene Cara.
The soundtrack, compiled by Giorgio Moroder, spawned several hit songs, including " Maniac" (performed by Michael Sembello), and the Academy Award–winning " Flashdance. Its worldwide box-office gross exceeded $200 million. It was a surprise box-office success, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 1983 in the United States. The film opened to negative reviews by professional critics, including Roger Ebert, who panned it as "great sound and flashdance, signifying nothing" (and eventually placed it on his "most hated" list). Alex's elaborate dance sequences were shot using body doubles (Beals' main double was the uncredited French actress Marine Jahan, while a breakdance move was doubled by the male dancer Crazy Legs). It was also one of Lyne's first major film releases, building on a television commercials. 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. Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer who aspires to become a professional ballerina (Alex), alongside Michael Nouri playing her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.
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