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Purple Rain (1984)
Directed by Albert Magnoli
“Before he created the music, he lived every bit of it.”
Drama, Music, Romance · 1h 51m
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.
Cast
Prince
Apollonia Kotero
Morris Day
Jerome Benton
Olga Karlatos
Clarence Williams III
Billy Sparks
Wendy Melvoin
Lisa Coleman
Bobby Z
Brown Mark
Crew
- Director
- Albert Magnoli
- Writer
- William Blinn, Albert Magnoli
- Director of Photography
- Donald E. Thorin
- Original Music Composer
- Michel Colombier
- Editor
- Ken Robinson, Albert Magnoli
- Producer
- Steven Fargnoli, Robert Cavallo, Joseph Ruffalo
Details
- Release date
- 1984-07-27
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, German
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Water, Purple Films
- Budget
- $7,200,000
- Box office
- $68,392,977