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Contents 1 Expansion 2 Cast list 3 Grunt, Alex's dog 4 Locations of Flashdance in Pittsburgh 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Flashdance.jpg 6 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Expansion

The article has been expanded and some images added.--Ianmacm 18:28, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cast list

The cast list was removed because it was way too long. As a general rule, Wikipedia articles do not contain full cast lists of films because they are not of interest to a general reader. This is particularly true for cast members with very small walk-on roles. The best place to find the cast list of a film is on IMDB, and the link to the IMDB article for Flashdance is already given in the infobox of the article.--Ianmacm 19:08, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

A mini edit war has broken out over whether to include the full cast list of the film in the article. It should be restated that it is not standard Wikipedia practice to include full cast lists of films, as this is an area which is already covered by websites such as IMDb and All Movie Guide. The average reader will not want to know who played all the walk-on parts in a film, as there are only about half a dozen major speaking roles in Flashdance. Rather than get involved in a perpetual edit war over this, a page has been created entitled Full cast list of Flashdance which can be accessed from the See also section. Another quick point is that Wikilinks created without a corresponding article will lead to redlinks, which are not very useful as they go nowhere.

Please read these notes and take them on board before making any future revert edits to the page, as Wikipedia is about building consensus between users.--Ianmacm 17:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grunt, Alex's dog

The edit saying that Grunt the dog is a Pit bull terrier was put back in, but could someone confirm that this is correct? Incidentally, some US states now ban pit bull terriers as dangerous dogs.--Ianmacm 21:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Locations of Flashdance in Pittsburgh

I have removed the information about the locations used for some of the scenes in Flashdance pending further research. The claim that the Carnegie Institute at 4615 Forbes Avenue was used for some of the location work comes from IMDb at [1]. An edit on 22 March 2007 says that the building used as the Conservatory of Dance was the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. However, there is still another claim at [2] saying that the Conservatory is the Andrew Carnegie Free Library on Beechwood Avenue. There is a need for some clarification here. There are several indoor and outdoor scenes filmed at the Conservatory, and this may be causing some of the confusion. I am going to do some more research to clear things up, but if anyone could give more information on this it would be appreciated.--Ianmacm 14:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm the one who made the edit changing it to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, so let me try to help. Carnegie Institute is the name of the organization that runs the museums (history museum, attached art museum, and the science center miles away). The physical building is the Museum of Natural History. I removed the part about it being "on the campus of Carnegie Mellon" because it is unrelated to the University and is not part of the campus (it's down the street).

In retrospect, I should have included the Wikipedia link to the history museum instead of an outside link... the Wikipedia page for the history museum has a couple of nice pictures that people can compare to the building in the movie.

If I remember right, the "establishing shots" of the Dance building used the north face of the history museum (see the picture to the right side of the Carnegie Museums page), and I _think_ the final scene is around the corner along the east side of the building. There's also a scene (I think where Alex is running away from the initial dance audition) in the interior of the building that is recognizable as one of the museum galleries but I don't remember which gallery. Hopefully someone who still lives in Pittsburgh can help out. AidanPalmer 01:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I had another look at the DVD of Flashdance. Early on in the film, Alex cycles to the Conservatory and asks for an application form, but runs out when she realises that she lacks formal dance education. The building used in this scene is not the Museum of Natural History (see picture). Somebody with first-hand knowledge of Pittsburgh may be able to sort this out.--Ianmacm 11:59, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Flashdance.jpg

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[edit] WikiProject class rating

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