film follow a bunch of student in the nyc high school of the performing art . there coco ( irene cara ) a black singer who will make it to the top despite everything . she help by bruno ( lee curren ) a white musician . then there doris ( maureen teefy ) who want to be an actress but she shy and scar . she become friend with motgomery ( paul mccrane ) purportedly the only gay student in the school and be romance by raul ( barry miller ) . then there leroy ( gene anthony ray who sadly die in 2003 ) who homeless and a great dancer but can not read . then there various teacher ( albert hague and anne meara stand out ) try to teach the kid . the song be great ( the title tune and out here on my own be nominate for best song fame win ) and the dance be energetic and the young cast show plenty of ambition and talent . but this film miss the boat in the drama department . many plot line be bring up and completely leave open end by the end of the movie . why do coco do a porno . do doris and raul remain together afterwords . do either make it . how about montgomery what happen to him . and do leroy ever graduate and how . there be too many long speech ( raul have two ) and moment that just lead to nothing . i be assume there be cut in the script i can not believe the movie just leave all this open . still and it worth see for the acting and and again and the music . there basically not one bad song and the dance go full force ( and at one point stop traffic literally . ) . my favorite be fame and out here . and i sing the body electric which be a great closing song . so i recommend it but can only give it a 7 the script really need to tie up loose end and it do not . trivia represent they want to shoot this film at the actual school for perform art but couldn not get permission . the dean of the school read the script and say there be way too much swearing in the film . that be true there be a lot of foul language but that how high school kid talk . avoid the tv version which abysmally overdubs it .