Established in 1998, Nostalgia Central is your one stop reference guide through five decades of music, movies, television, pop culture and social history

THE CAST

Lydia Grant
Debbie Allen
Bruno Martelli
Lee Curreri
Leroy Johnson
Gene Anthony Ray
Prof. Benjamin Shorofsky
Albert Hague

Director
Alan Parker

Fame (1980)

This celebration of youthful optimism put the New York School for the Performing Arts on the map, sired a television series and briefly made a star out of Irene Cara.

The film was essentially an excuse for lots of limbs and leotards, and catchy music such as the title track sung by Irene Cara.

A successful TV series was spun-off from the movie, with many of the cast reprising their roles for 60 hour-long episodes between 1982 and 1987.