Alex Owens, a female welder in a large Pittsburgh factory, has had an informal training in dance and desperately wants to win a place at ballet school. Alex also works as a showgirl in a working men's club, performing strenuously erotic disoc numbers while putting up with the unwelcome attentions of regulars at the bar. SShe is attracted to Nick, her work foreman, who nurtures her desire to become a 'serious' dancer.


Books with substantial mentioning of Flashdance

Jürgen Müller
Die besten Filme der 80er
Köln - London - Los Angeles - Madrid - Paris - Tokyo, 2005

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1984, A Survey of 1983 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1984

Articles with substantial mentioning of Flashdance

The 45 greatest rock 'n' roll moments in movie history, in: Empire, nr. 162, 2002 pp. 124-135

Reviews

Joseph Hurley, Flashdance, in: Films in Review, vol. 34, 1983 pp. 366-367


Year: 1983
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0085549