Fame (2009 film)

Fame is a 2009 remake of the dance movie Fame released - The road to fame, which was completed in 1980, directed by Alan Parker.

At the main plot of the recast director Kevin Tancharoen has not changed much, but the characters were rewritten. The film describes an ensemble of young actors, singers, dancers and musicians who are struggling at the New York School of Performing Arts with passion to fulfill their dreams. The structure of the original - a division of the film into five acts - was retained.

  • 2.1 genesis
  • 2.2 Publication
  • 2.3 soundtrack

Action

First Act: The selection process

Like every year, examines the New York School of Performing Arts in a rigorous selection process for suitable students who are seeking a career in the fields of drama, music or dance. Among the few chosen ones that are selected for the four years of elite training of thousands of participants, including Malik, Joy, Jenny, Neil, Kevin, Marco, Denise and Victor - eight teenagers, as they could not be more different, what character strengths, weaknesses, talents and origin are concerned.

Act Two: First School Year

In their tightly organized everyday the students do not only put their artistic achievements demonstrate, but also to school. In the first year of training the highest standards are imposed on the young talents. Jenny find it always difficult to go out a little from what seem to like the somewhat reckless Marco. Malik gets constantly with his mother to each other, which has no great understanding of his acting dreams. And Denise needs before their parents always justify that she wants to be a singer, even though it was trimmed for classical piano since early childhood on. Also, Alice has been sent as a 5 -year-olds from their parents on special education. The consequence is that it is arrogant and very sure of himself. But not only they themselves, even Victor holds for the best dancer of the school. Marco has nowhere problems - except for Jenny, who evades his advances persistently.

Act Three: Second school year

In the second year all the protagonists have to go to their limits, it was Kevin who messes up while dancing, or Victor, which it continues to be difficult for the classical compositions from Bach to apply the same passion as for his own. He and the blonde Alice come just as closer as Marco and Jenny. Malik wants to take any advice from a teacher in terms of his acting. But he discovered Denise's singing talent. She begins to work with him and Victor together in his compositions, but lives constantly worried that her parents might discover it. In the first year they had the chance to play the background music at a performance of the musical Chicago, but her father forbade her because it did not meet the classic style of music. Her mother makes no effort to support Denise. Since then, Denise exerts her preferred music secretly.

Act Four: Third year

In the third year at the New York School of Performing Arts team up for the first students to career opportunities. But they must also insert first defeats. Neil meets a sponsor who is interested in his short film, but eventually disappears with Neil's hard zusammengekratztem money, Joy will be invited to auditions for TV roles and eventually receives a fixed, but mediocre job at Sesame Street and Jenny, who has blossomed literally, gets a Invitation to the set of a TV series, but this turns out to be a flop. The main character of this TV series only had a personal interest in her. Marco is about so outraged that he breaks up with Jenny. Meanwhile, Victor, Malik and Denise can inspire a renowned producer of her music. The joy is short-lived on: the producer wants to take Denise under contract exclusively, but she refuses, so as not to offend their friends and finish school. Since the teachers want to slowly prepare their students for the careers, they take them for public appearances, including a karaoke bar. There also the singing voice of her music teacher comes to the fore. Following this, she tells her life story.

Act Five: Final year

In the fourth school year finally focussing on the long-awaited financial statements closer. Alice has made her breakthrough. She throws the school and goes with a famous troupe on a world tour. Unlucky Victor separates from her. Kevin needs to hear from his teacher that his skill is not sufficient for the career of the dancer. After he got over his despondency about it, he decides to quit anyway and then take over his mother's dance studio as a dance teacher the year. Joy but do not get her degree. Your grade point average has fallen too low by constant absence. Malik finally deals with his past and includes his own emotions from his acting out. He has, together with Denise made ​​an appearance, the see their parents. Her father wants to take then angry from school, but her mother finally speaks a word of power: Denise may be a singer. Jenny and Marco venture a new beginning. At the closing ceremony, not everyone arrived at the spot he had four years previously planned, but they are willing to apply their learning to the world outside the school.

Background

Genesis

The original film from 1980 was not only the audience successfully, he won six Oscar nominations and two, to the best music and for "Best Song." As a result, the television series originated Fame - The way to glory with six seasons, a globally successful musical Fame - The road to fame and a TV reality show.

Fame is the first feature film directed by Kevin Tancharoen. Until then Tancharoen mainly worked as a dancer and choreographer, including for Madonna and the Pussycat Dolls, as well as a TV producer. His first rotation experiences heard Onyx Hotel - Live In Miami, a live concert of Britney Spears, which was released in October 2009 on DVD. As Alan Parker in the original film Tancharoen also chose mainly newcomers to authentically represent their struggle for the career. Characteristic of the new version is the composition of dance, drama and music like hip -hop, modern dance and jazz, mixed with new forms of representation such as slam poetry and freestyle.

Fame City was filmed in Los Angeles and New York. Filming began in December 2008. The budget of the film is estimated at around 18 million U.S. dollars.

Publication

On September 23, 2009, the film premiered in Los Angeles.

While the film in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom already published on 25 September 2009, it Universum Film launched on 7 October 2009 in Switzerland, 24 December 2009 a day in Germany in theaters and in Austria later. The DVD was released in Germany by Universum Film GmbH on May 14, 2010.

The film played on the opening weekend in the U.S., over 10 million U.S. dollars, making him the third most successful movie this weekend. Overall, the film in the United States played a nearly 22.5 million and came on revenues of more than 54.7 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack with 19 songs was released on August 25, 2009 by Lakeshore Entertainment in digital stores and on the North American market. It contains mostly new songs. From the original film remained only the ballad " Out here on my own" and the Oscar-winning hit " Fame " by Michael Gore, became famous with the Irene Cara. However, this was rearranged and provided with modern elements.

Criticism

The remake received so far mainly negative reviews. So the Tomatometer from Rotten Tomatoes shows 28 % positive at 101 reviews, with the consensus that the film is cut and chopped the characters are incomplete, and the whole film is aligned to overall fans of High School Musical and similar products. Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times, nevertheless praised the choreographed by Tancharoen dance scenes that would enliven the only the movie. In addition, she picked Naturi Naughton, Kherington Payne, Collins Pennie and Asher Book out from the mass of otherwise "forgotten values ​​" performer.

Andy Webster of the New York Times called the film desaturated and criticized the fact that the young people in the remake hardly real problems or rebellions would still go through. Roger Ebert awarded two stars out of five. He suspected that director Tancharoen did not understand what constituted the charm of the original film, and that because of this lack of understanding out the superficial, shallow remake of an originally moving film was developed. The hirer of the Film Awards Golden Raspberry designated Fame as the worst new movie of the week and indicated his intention to nominate the film for the upcoming ceremony in the spring of 2010.

2009 in film Screenplay Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg Film score Mark Isham Asher Monroe Chicago (Musical) Hip hop music Freestyle music
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