A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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Irene Cara
Coco Hernandez
Barry Miller
Ralph Garci/Raul Garcia
Maureen Teefy
Doris Finsecker
Paul McCrane
Montgomery MacNeil
Lee Curreri
Bruno Martelli
Gene Anthony Ray
Leroy Johnson
Antonia Franceschi
Hilary Van Doren
Laura Dean
Lisa Monroe
Boyd Gaines
Michael
Albert Hague
Mr. Shorofsky
Director
Alan Parker
Tagline
"If they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$8,500,000
Revenue
$42,000,000
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
CinemaSerf
June 20, 2026
I think what makes this film work, even now, is that it selected it's stars from a bunch of aspiring and talented individuals whom it was perfectly plausible to believe in. To like and dislike. It has something about it that offers hope, optimism and realism to people from a range of backgrounds whose skills with their feet, their fingers or their voices might well be the only thing saving them fr...
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