Purple Rain
Warner Bros. (1984)
Drama, Music, Musical
In Collection
#324
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Seen ItYes
085391139829
111 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   R (Restricted)
Apollonia Kotero Apollonia
Prince The Kid
Morris Day Morris
Olga Karlatos Mother
Clarence Williams III Father
Jerome Benton Jerome
Billy Sparks Billy
Jill Jones Jill
Charles Huntsberry Chick
Dez Dickerson Dez
Director Albert Magnoli
Producer Robert Cavallo
Steven Fargnoli
Writer Albert Magnoli
William Blinn
Cinematography Donald E. Thorin
Musician Prince
Michel Colombier
John L. Nelson

Purple Rain stars the Kid (Prince) and also features Appelonia Kotero, and Morris Day and the Time. The Kid is a young musician trying to make it on the Minneapolis music scene. The Kidfalls in love with Appelonia's characher, a young woman wearing mostly just lingerie all around town. There are a lot of good scenes involving the Kid and Appelonia's characher riding around on the Kid's motorcycle. This is a story of rivalry and seduction. It is a love story and a story about overcoming obstacles using ambition. Prince is trying to keep it together, but he must overcome him poor home life with his violent father and suffer the slings and arrows of band rivalry.
Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Release Date 8/22/1997
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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