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British Filmmaker Sir Alan Parker Dies Aged 76

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The Evacuees, Parker made his feature film directorial debut proper with Bugsy Malone, the kids classic musical that combined the milieu of the ‘30s mobster tale with an all-child cast, complete with splurge-guns and custard pie fights.

He followed it up with the incredibly controversial prison drama Midnight Express, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Director, a Best Picture nod, and a nomination for the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Parker then returned to the musical genre to direct 1980 hit Fame, telling the story of young performers coming up through the High School Of Performing Arts in New York City.

If its vibrant titular number by Irene Cara is an upbeat retro mainstay, Parker’s film itself dealt with plenty of hard-hitting.

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