Jennifer Beals
Irene Cara is best known as a singer of movie themes, though she worked as an actress since childhood. Raised in New York City, she appeared on Broadway in 1967 in the musical Maggie Flynn at age eight and can be heard on the cast album for the show The Me Nobody Knows. From the age of 16, she was turning up on television and in films, including a part in the TV mini-series Roots 2 in 1979. In 1980, she was catapulted into stardom and a singing career by her appearance in the film Fame, for which she sang the title song, an Oscar-winning Top Ten hit. Also from the film was her Top 40 hit «Out Here on My Own.» In 1983, she topped the charts with «Flashdance...What a Feelin» from the movie Flashdance, a song she co-wrote that won another Oscar, and Cara won a couple of Grammys for her contributions to the soundtrack. Her What a Feelin album included the hits «Why Me?» and «Breakdance,» and she also made the Top 40 with a third movie theme, «The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream),» from DC Cab. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Jennifer Beals stars as Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day, and bar dancer by night. Harboring dreams of a career in ballet, she is given financial support in this endeavor by her boss Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri) and moral support by demanding but big-hearted instructor Hanna Long (Lilia Skala). The films signature scene is, of course, Alexs water-drenched dance audition, largely performed in long shot by her dance double Marine Jahan. Essentially an old-fashioned backstage yarn, Flashdance was given a contemporary spin by its pulsating, musical score featuring the Oscar-winning Best Song, Flashdance...What a Feeling, (music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara).
Similar Works
Fame (1980, Alan Parker)
Saturday Night Fever (1977, John Badham)
Footloose (1984, Herbert Ross)
Center Stage (2000, Nicholas Hytner)
Save the Last Dance (2001, Thomas Carter)
Dirty Dancing (1987, Emile Ardolino)
Over the Top (1986, Menahem Golan)
8 Mile (2002, Curtis Hanson)
Honey (2003, Bille Woodruff)
Brave New Girl (2004, Bobby Roth)
Other Related Works
Is featured in: The Full Monty (1997, Peter Cattaneo)
Is related to: Dance with Me (1998, Randa Haines)
Influenced: Sunset Strip (1991, Paul G. Volk)
Make It Happen (2008, Darren Grant)
01 — Roxanne 00:00
02 — Cant Stand Losing You 03:09
03 — So Lonely 06:07
04 — Message In A Bottle 10:55
05 — Walking On The Moon 15:46
06 — The Beds Too Big Without You 20:50
07 — Dont Stand So Close To Me 25:11
08 — De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 29:08
09 — Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 33:15
10 — Invisible Sun 37:38
11 — Spirits In The Material World 41:20
12 — Synchronicity II 44:18
13 — Every Breath You Take 49:19
14 — King Of Pain 53:30
15 — Wrapped Around Your Finger 58:28
16 — Tea In The Sahara 1:03:42
Producer: Bill Ham
Guitar, Vocals: Billy Gibbons
Bass Guitar: Dusty Hill
Vocals: Dusty Hill
Drums, Percussion: Frank Beard
Engineer: Robin Brian
Engineer: Terry Manning
Writer: Billy Gibbons
Writer: Dusty Hill
Writer: Frank Beard
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Engineer: Bruce Botnick
Producer: Bruce Botnick
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax
Bass Guitar: Jerry Scheff
Percussion: Jim Morrison
Producer: Jim Morrison
Lead Vocals: Jim Morrison
Drums: John Densmore
Producer: John Densmore
Fender Rhodes Piano: Ray Manzarek
Producer: Ray Manzarek
Guitar: Robby Krieger
Producer: Robby Krieger
Writer: Jim Morrison
Writer: John Densmore
Writer: Ray Manzarek
Writer: Robby Krieger
