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Purple Rain Details

1984

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Starring	Prince, Morris Day, Clarence Williams, Olga Karlatos
Director	Albert Magnoli
Genres	Music/Musical

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Purple Rain

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.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Starring	Prince, Morris Day, Clarence Williams, Olga Karlatos, Apollonia Kotero
Director	Albert Magnoli
Studio	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 47 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 47 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 47 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Language	DVD: English HD DVD: English Blu-ray: English
Dubbed	French
Hearing-impaired	English, Italian
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Released	Production year: 1984 To Rent: DVD: 24 May 1999 HD DVD: not available Blu-ray: 20 Aug 2007 HD DVD: 20 Aug 2007

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- "...An impressive feature film....[The concerts] are splendidly realized musicvid-type affairs, awash in purple-hued smoky lighting atmosphere and right-on camera work..."
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- - Variety
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  Must see.
  
  Feel good trashy film. Prince is dynamic and sexy in this. Thought I was too cool for this film but I am now a fully renewed Prince fan!
  
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  - east sussex
  - 31 Jan 2004 at 21:42
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  love this film!
  
  I absolutely love this film it takes me back to my childhood :) because used to watch it all the time. Prince is gorgeous and even though storyline not too good... read more »
  
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  - liverpool
  - 21 Feb 2011 at 20:33
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  never mind...
  
  this rental was more for nostalgic purposes than anything else, yes its 80's to the hilt, and a little cheesy but the musics good
  
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  - oxford
  - 30 Oct 2010 at 17:28
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  Purple Rain
  
  A very good film which portrays the talents of Prince as a very good actor as well as a musician.A simple,yet effective story.
  
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  - 17 Aug 2010 at 15:49
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  A brilliant, talented young musician struggles for success even as a rival musician threatens to supplant him, both professionally and romantically. PURPLE RAIN features Prince, in his own inimitable style, performing many of his hits, including 'Purple Rain', 'When Doves Cry', and 'Let's Go Crazy'....

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  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 ...