Streets of Fire
Streets of Fire is a 1984 American action crime neo-noir film directed by Walter Hill, from a screenplay by Hill and Larry Gross. Described on the poster and in the opening credits as "A Rock & Roll Fable", the film combines elements of the automobile culture and music from the 1950s with the fashion style and sociology of the 1980s. Starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, E.G. Daily, and Bill Paxton, the film follows ex-soldiers Tom Cody (Paré) and McCoy (Madigan) as they embark on a mission to rescue Cody's ex-girlfriend Ellen Aim (Lane), who was kidnapped by Raven Shaddock (Dafoe), the leader of an outlaw motorcycle gang called The Bombers.
Plot
In Richmond, a city district in a near future dystopian time period that resembles the 1950s (labelled "another time, another place"), Ellen Aim, lead singer of the rock band Ellen Aim and the Attackers, has returned home for a concert. The Bombers, a biker gang from another part of town called the Battery, led by Raven Shaddock, crash the concert and kidnap Ellen.
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| author | Larry Gross Walter Hill |
|---|---|
| award | Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award |
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Walter Hill |
| editor | Freeman A. Davies James Coblentz Michael Ripps Michael Tronick |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | ambush change of heart cut gang member greaser ithaca model 37 lead singer marlin model 336 near future police department police officer revolver rock rock band ruger redhawk shoot tie up tour bus |
| musicBy | Ry Cooder |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress |
| producer | Joel Silver Lawrence Gordon |
| productionCompany | Hill-Gordon-Silver Productions RKO Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Chicago Los Angeles |
| theme | musical neo-noir outlaw biker vigilante |