Purple Rain details
Movie Details:
- Director: Albert Magnoli
- Produced By: Warner Brothers
- Year: 1984
- Run Time: 113 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Drama, Romance
- Filmed In: Color
- Key Cast: Prince, Apollonia, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Benton, Billy Sparks, Paul Peterson, Full Credits
- Awards: Best Original Song (Hollywood Foreign Press Association 1984), Best Original Song Score (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie 1984), Full Awards
Purple Rain, the first starring film for Prince, is the story of an arrogant, young black singer, born and raised in Minneapolis, who reaches the pinnacle of stardom. The dramatic complications include "The Kid's" (Prince) miserable home life, where he suffers the brutalities of his father (well played by Clarence Williams III) and the youth's efforts to win the love of the beautiful Apollonia. Despite the misogynistic undercurrents in Purple Rain, the film's biggest fans were young women. Gorgeously photographed by Donald Thorin, Purple Rain is essentially a glorified music video, highlighted by a catalogue of Prince's hits, including I Would Die 4 U, When Doves Cry and Let's Go Crazy; the score deservedly won an Academy Award and a Grammy. by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Keywords:
- fame
- father
- love-triangle
- music
- rival
- singer
- musician
Themes:
- Ladder to the Top
- Musician's Life
