"Flashdance" is celebrating its 40th anniversary. First released in 1983, the movie follows the story of Alex Owens, an 18-year-old girl working as a welder in a steel mill. Owens has dreams of ...

And he said, ‘That has got to go in the movie!’ ” While “Flashdance” had plenty of fancy footwork scorching up the big screen, there were an entirely different kind of sexy moves ...

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 ...

THR’s review praised the film’s “bounding, upbeat energy and sensational dance sequences,” but other critics were less impressed. Still, Flashdance was an immediate hit when it debuted ...

5. Critics hated the movie — but it won an Oscar. While audiences loved Flashdance, critics weren’t quite so enthusiastic, faulting the movie for having more style than substance. Famed film ...

Movies in honor of the 30th anniversary of "Flashdance." "It’s amazing, and it's because of that movie," Lemberger said, adding, "I did the backslide with the umbrella two years before Michael ...

Launcher of a thousand off-the-shoulder sweatshirts, popularizer of leg warmers: it's "Flashdance" and the film turns 40 this year, just like some of us are or have too. It's hard to believe a ...

If you can complete that sentence, then you’re part of the coveted demographic that “Flashdance the Musical” is aiming for. It’s been 30 years since the hit movie about a blue-collar girl ...

Courtesy of Marc Piasecki/Getty Images While “Flashdance” honors eventually went to Adrian Lyne – resulting in 1983’s third top grossing film – Cronenberg instead delivered the one-two ...

“Flashdance — The Musical”: What a feeling. That’s what fans of the hit film “Flashdance” might be thinking to themselves now that the stage adaptation of the 1983 flick opens Tuesday ...

"Really, I don't know why [they] thought I should do it, and finally I had to say no – I said to them, ‘I will destroy your movie if I direct it!'" While "Flashdance" honors eventually went to ...