Fame Page #4

Synopsis: An updated version of the musical Fame (1980), which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director(s): Kevin Tancharoen
Production: MGM
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.0
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
PG
Year:
2009
107 min
$22,429,956
Website
1,432 Views


place for cowards, Malik.

Sometimes I wonder

Where I've been

Who I am

Do I fit in?

Make believin'

Is hard alone

Out here on my own

we're always provin'

Who we are

Always reachin'

For that risin' star

To guide me far

And shine me home

Out here on my own

When I'm down

And feelin' blue

I close my eyes

So I can be with you

Oh, baby, be strong for me

Baby, belong to me

Help me through

Help me need you

Until the morning

sun appears

Making light

of all my fears

I dry the tears

I've never shown

Out here on my own

But when I'm down

and feelin' blue

I close my eyes

so I can be with you

Oh, baby, be strong for me

Baby, belong to me

Help me through

Help me need you

Sometimes I wonder

Where I've been

Who I am

Do I fit in?

I may not win

But I can't be thrown

Out here

On my own

Oh, yeah

Out here

On my own

Attention, students.

After-school rehearsal will be canceled

due to the dance performance class.

Tomorrow, regular scheduled

rehearsals will resume as normal.

Those of you who would

like to see the show,

tickets will be on sale in the

main office starting Thursday.

Yeah?

I know your secret.

What are you

talking about?

Why didn't you tell me

you could sing like that?

Wait, you were in there?

Yeah. And I heard you.

Look, look, just come with

me. I got an idea. Okay?

Hold on, hold on,

calm down. I have class.

Look, just trust me.

Come with me.

All right? It won't

take long. Come on.

Excuse me.

Sorry.

Where are we going?

Me and my man, Victor, is working

on this record that's gonna be huge.

I'm talking about beats you

wouldn't even believe. All right?

Yo. Yo!

What's up?

Listen.

If you think the girls we've

been trying out are good...

Ten times better.

I didn't know

you could sing.

Dogs, this girl

is amazing.

Wait. Hold on.

You guys produce?

Yeah, we produce.

I'm actually working on a track

right now. We still need a singer.

So, what's good?

Will you do it?

I can't.

Come on.

Why not?

My dad. He doesn't like

me to get distracted.

And why, exactly,

would he have to know?

Go ahead,

you know you want it

You'll have no other way

You just want to take us down

Go ahead...

Go ahead,

I'll be your junkie

I'll be deplete you can

heap all rubbish here

Go ahead,

now dump it on me

If I go quiet will the

itch go down with me

Oh, you got to get it

Never mind that it was

never there nowhere

But, oh, no,

not for a minute

For now you'll make your bed

And it will wait, I swear

No way not me what you

got, it's not for me

But you'll find a way

No way not me what you

got, it's not for me

Don't reach too far

You will fall over

Don't be surprised

what you discover

Don't fear your call

Yeah!

...what you got It's not

for me, but you'll find a way

No way not me what you

got, it's not for me

Don't reach too far

You will fall over

Don't be surprised...

Yo, Malik. I just

finished it last night.

Pop it in, man. Let's

see what they think.

Malik, what are you doing?

Why are you playing our song?

What's the problem? Victor

said he finished it last night.

I just wanted to put it in and

see what people thought about it.

But you know

this is our secret.

My parents don't know

about this. I don't...

Just relax. Your

parents aren't even here.

And besides,

they like it. Look.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, yeah!

Yo, give it up for a track

produced by my boy, Victor!

Yeah!

You made that?

And of course,

yours truly.

Let's go!

Let's give it up, y'all!

And on vocals,

give it up for

Anonymous.

And she's drinking.

All right, hurry up before

someone steals my camera.

Are you wasted yet?

I don't know.

I've never been drunk.

What's it feel like?

It feels like that.

Yo, check it out.

This is for my homies.

No, don't waste it.

Check it out.

Mike check, one-two.

Turn my headphones up.

Ooh!

Cruisin' down

the street in my six-fo

Jockin' the b*tches

Slappin' the hoes

went to the park

to get the scoop

Knuckleheads out there

cold shootin' some hoops

A car pulls up,

who can it be

A fresh El Camino

rollin' Kilo G

He rolls down his window

and he started to say

It's all about makin' that GTA

'Cause the boys in the hood

are always hard

You come talkin' that trash

we gonna pull your card

Knowin' nothin' in

life but to be legit

Don't quote me, boy,

'cause I ain't said...

Sh*t.

Well, first of all,

I loved the presentation.

Why, thank you. I mean, it's, you

know... It's totally not ready yet.

But, I mean, it's...

The drunkenness,

however...

I was trying to expand

my life experience.

I've never been

wasted before.

Trust me. I'm not

gonna do it again.

Hey, hey,

Jenny, hold up.

Just a dinner. At my dad's

restaurant. I promise.

If you don't have a good

time, I'll stop asking.

I don't understand.

You keep asking me out

and I keep telling you no.

Why do you keep trying?

I don't know. I feel

like if I keep asking,

maybe one of these times,

you'll actually say yes.

Text me the address.

Really?

Yeah, I'll come.

Okay. I'll see you

later then.

Okay. See you later.

Okay, bye.

So, how's school?

Do you think you'll

get what you need?

Will it be enough to get you

into a professional company?

How am I

supposed to know?

You know, Alice,

Dr. Malamed thinks

that your aloofness

is a sign of subclinical depression.

So, are you depressed?

No, Dad. I'm bored

like I always am.

Alice!

Excuse me, sir.

Huh? Oh, I'm with them.

May I take your hat?

No, no...

Are you sure I

can't take your hat?

Who is that?

The opposite of boring.

Hey, baby. How are you?

What's up?

These your parents?

I know,

I know, it's just that...

I've never had to work

this hard in my entire life.

And they don't really tell

you what it's gonna be like.

I don't know why I'm

telling you all of this.

Everything seems to come

so easily to you.

No, that's not true.

I've just... I've been

performing my whole life.

I mean, as soon as I could,

I was out there singing.

I will tell you this,

no one makes as much in

tips as a first grader.

So, you play

the piano, too?

A little. Yeah.

Okay, I want to hear.

I mean, you see me sing all the

time at school. There's no need to...

Yeah, I want to hear something

different. Come on, Marco.

No. Just 'cause

the piano's there...

Just me, you,

and the restaurant.

You're playing for me.

Jenny...

I told you,

you've already seen this.

No! Go on.

Well, what do you

want me to play?

Uh, anything you want.

And we'll see if I'm willing

to give you a tip at the end.

Okay.

Seriously?

Okay.

How about this one?

If I walk,

would you run?

If I stop,

would you come?

If I say

you're the one

would you believe me?

If I ask you to stay

would you show me the way?

Tell me what to say

So you don't leave me

The world is

catching up to you

while you're running away

To chase your dreams

It's time for us

to make a move

'Cause we are asking

one another to change

And maybe I'm not ready

But I'll try for your love

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Allison Burnett

Allison was born in Ithaca, New York, and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He later moved to Evanston, Illinois, where he attended Evanston Township High School and graduated from Northwestern University. He later studied playwriting as a fellow of The Juilliard School. His debut novel, Christopher, was a finalist for the 2004 PEN Center USA ... more…

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