One of the biggest dance movies of the 1980s, "Flashdance," which follows Alex Owens on her journey to stardom, turned 40 on Saturday. Here is what the cast is up to today.

The silent-film throwback of “Flashdance” is Malcolm Danare, who played Cecil, the hapless henchman of Johnny C. (Lee Ving), owner of Mawby’s Bar’s topless rival club.

Its soundtrack dominated, its fashion invaded closets, and its montage sequences became gospel for every aspirational sports, ...

At the 56th Academy Awards, “Flashdance” made it into four categories — Best Original Song for “Flashdance…What a Feeling,” Best Original Song for “Maniac,” Best Film Editing and ...

Jennifer Beals went from wide-eyed acting newcomer to movie star and 1980s fashion icon in "Flashdance" 40 years ago.. Audiences were swept up in Beals' performance as Pittsburgh steel mill welder ...

Jerry Bruckheimer, Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri discuss memories from Adrian Lyne's 1983 film, ... Flashdance was an immediate hit when it debuted April 15, 1983, collecting $92.9 million ...

“Flashdance” was one of those lightning-in-a-bottle movies that somehow perfectly captured its moment. Directed by Adrian Lyne, the movie’s atmospheric, neon-saturated style, brisk pacing ...

"Flashdance" was star Jennifer Beals' breakthrough role, responsible for her winning an NAACP Image Award and receiving a Golden Globe nomination, and the movie stayed with us: the character of ...

Flashdance didn’t invent movie/music synergy, but it perfected the formula for the MTV generation. MTV, after all, wasn’t even two years old when Flashdance premiered in the spring of 1983.

David Cronenberg Doesn’t Regret Turning Down ‘Flashdance’ Producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson: ‘I Told Them, I Will Destroy Your Movie If I Direct It’ ...

But Flashdance changed things.It changed the idea of what a movie musical is, and it changed the way films were marketed. Paramount, which had Staying Alive set for summer release in 1983, tied ...

While "Flashdance" honors eventually went to Adrian Lyne – resulting in 1983's third top grossing film – Cronenberg instead delivered the one-two punch of "The Dead Zone" and "Videodrome" that ...