Irene Cara
Also Known As: Irene T. Escalera, Irene Cara Escalera, Айрин Кара, Ирен Кара
Biography: Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 - November 25, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song Flashdance... What a Feeling from the film Flashdance. She won an Oscar for Best Original Song as a co writer. Cara rose to fame as Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame, and the hit song "Fame" spawned from the movie.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Deathday: November 25, 2022
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Fame
Overview: A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-16
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Sparkle
Overview: Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-07
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Happily Ever After
Overview: The Wicked Queen is dead but her brother, Lord Maliss, seeks for revenge. Using the Magic Mirror to locate Snow White and the Prince, he transforms into a dragon and attacks. Maliss takes the Prince to the Realm of Doom. Snow White, with the aid of the Seven Dwarfesses, cousins of the Sevens Dwarves, must embark on a quest to save her true love.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-30
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City Heat
Overview: Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-07
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Bring Back... Fame
Overview: Justin Lee Collins attempts to track down the cast of Fame, both the film and the TV series.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-27
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Certain Fury
Overview: Teenage prostitute Scarlet and minor offender Tracy end up on the run together in the wake of a courtroom shoot-out.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Busted Up
Overview: Prolific actor-stuntman Conrad Palmisano directed this average action-thriller about the owner of an inner-city gym. Earl (Paul Coufos) happens to also be a skilled fighter, and when he is pressured by real-estate developers to close the gym, he fights in order to save it.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-09-10
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Aaron Loves Angela
Overview: Aaron and Angela, two young adults living in the Harlem ghetto of New York City, are deeply in love with each other. The only thing standing in the way of their love is their families. Aaron is black, while Angela is Puerto Rican, and neither family wants one of their own to associate with the others. As the pair rebel against the prejudices of their families, they soon find the conflict spreading out to their friends and neighbors, until the hatred threatens to spiral out of control.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-25
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Caged in Paradiso
Overview: A prisoner's wife joins him on an island where a killer satellite and shark-infested waters keep inmates in check.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-01
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D.C. Cab
Overview: The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-16
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
Overview: This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-22
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Disco Explosion - Flash Back
Overview: Faixas: 01. That´s The Way I Like It 02. Rock Your Baby 03. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 04. Mr. Big Stuff 05. Le Freak 06. Ain´t No Stopping Now 07. Rock The Boat 08. Best Of My Love 09. We Are Family 10. Boogie Shoes 11. It´s Raining Men 12. Disco Inferno 13. I Will Survive 14. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel 15. 25 Miles 16. December, 1963 "Oh, What a Night" 17. If Can´t Have You 18. More Than a Woman 19. Fhashdance...What a Feeling 20. Get Down Tonight
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-09
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On Location with: FAME
Overview: A short film about the making of the movie "Fame" (1980)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Style Wars
Overview: Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-23
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The Magic Voyage
Overview: Christopher Columbus decides to go on a journey to prove that the Earth is not flat. His companion is a smart wood worm who's on a quest of his own: to save a beautiful fairy princess from the evil lord Swarm and his insect army.
Genres: Family Fantasy Animation Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-04-09
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Sister, Sister
Overview: Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-07
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The Jungle King
Overview: A reluctant lion king has his paws full trying to save his jungle kingdom in this marvellous animated, song-filled classic for the entire family!
Genres: Music Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Beauty and the Beast
Overview: A young, beautiful girl awaits the day she will be killed after having asked for a most humble gift.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-04
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Killing 'em Softly
Overview: The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion - Vol. 1
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-10
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Apple Pie
Overview: Gangster Jacques Blinbaum spins the tale of how he began his life of crime, beginning when he faked his own kidnapping in order to scam his father out of the ransom money. From there, Blinbaum moonlights as a costumed crusader, wandering the rooftops of Manhattan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-08
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