Purple Rain
Purple Rain is a 1984 American rock musical drama film scored by and starring Prince in his acting debut. Developed to showcase his talents, it contains several concert sequences, featuring Prince and his band The Revolution. The film is directed by Albert Magnoli, who later became Prince's manager, from a screenplay by Magnoli and William Blinn. The cast also features Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos and Clarence Williams III.
Plot
The Kid is the talented but troubled frontman of his Minneapolis-based band The Revolution. To escape his difficult home life—his father verbally and physically abuses him and his mother—he spends his days rehearsing and his nights performing at the First Avenue nightclub. The Revolution, the flashy Morris Day and his group the Time, and Dez Dickerson and his group the Modernaires hold the nightclub's three house band slots. Morris, aware that the Revolution's guitarist Wendy and keyboardist Lisa are frustrated that the Kid is unwilling to play their compositions, lobbies Billy Sparks, the club's owner, to replace The Revolution with a girl group which Morris is already forming.
Awards
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author | William Blinn |
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award | Academy Award for Best Original Song Score |
contentLocation | Minnesota |
director | Albert Magnoli |
editor | Albert Magnoli Ken Robinson |
genre | drama romance |
keywords | apollonia 6 aspiring singer baby i\'m a star cassette tape darling nikki dedicate dez dickerson dressing room family life first avenue frontman girl group greet house band i would die 4 u load lurk minneapolis morning physical abuse physically abuses private life purple rain revolution time to compose verbal abuse verbally warn |
musicBy | Prince |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Song Score Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song |
producer | Joseph Ruffalo Robert Cavallo Steven Fargnoli |
productionCompany | Purple Films |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
theme | musical drama neo-noir |