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Fame

1980 · 134 min · Director: Alan Parker ★ IMDb 6.6 · 26,782 ratings

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A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

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Emotional fingerprint

Fame (1980) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Inspiration 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor15%
  2. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Inspiration, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Music. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Hope
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Hope
Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHopeEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy35 %15 %28 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension35 %15 %25 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Humor39 %21 %21 %8 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Hope44 %26 %19 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Humor45 %18 %25 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Empathy48 %13 %38 %25 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Tension45 %19 %34 %21 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Hope39 %20 %27 %14 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Empathy43 %21 %38 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Hope51 %26 %46 %29 %
52.5 %≈ 70′Sadness56 %23 %49 %40 %
57.5 %≈ 77′Empathy54 %21 %46 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Sadness51 %24 %44 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 90′Empathy54 %21 %46 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 97′Sadness55 %23 %38 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 104′Humor54 %28 %25 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Hope56 %25 %36 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 117′Empathy63 %21 %55 %45 %
92.5 %≈ 124′Empathy63 %38 %46 %35 %
97.5 %≈ 131′Hope62 %57 %27 %13 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MT
Maureen Teefy

PM
Paul McCrane

PM
Paul McCrane

Montgomery MacNeil

LC
Lee Curreri

GA
Gene Anthony Ray

AF
Antonia Franceschi

LD
Laura Dean

BG
Boyd Gaines

BG
Boyd Gaines

Michael

AH
Albert Hague

TH
Tresa Hughes

Mrs. Finsecker

AM
Anne Meara

Mrs. Sherwood

JM
Joanna Merlin

Miss Berg

JM
Jim Moody

Farrell

DA
Debbie Allen

Lydia

RB
Richard Belzer

M.C. at Catch a Rising Star club

EB
Eddie Barth

Angelo Martelli, Bruno's father

SI
Steve Inwood

Francois Lafete

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Frank Bongiorno

Truck Driver

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Eric Brockington

Plump Eric

Details

Directed by
Alan Parker
Written by
Christopher Gore
Type
Movies
Released
1980
Runtime
134 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 26,782 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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