PURPLE RAIN
Prince, Morris Day, Jerome Benton
Warner Bros.; Directed by Albert Magnoli
Rated R; 104 minutes; 1984
, VHS
Dynamic rock star Prince is "The Kid," a young musician struggling to make it on the Minneapolis rock club circuit. Exciting concert performances by Prince and the Revolution, Morris Day and the Time and Appollonia Six are highlighted; featuring the hit songs "When Doves Cry," "Let’s Go Crazy," and the title song from Prince’s gold-selling soundtrack album.
Reviews
"Stunning! Not since the Beatles burst off the screen in A HARD DAY’S NIGHT has the sense of a new generation’s arrival on the pop scene been so vividly and excitingly conveyed."
- Kurt Loder, ROLLING STONE
"Hot, jagged, garish. PURPLE RAIN uses an old story and works it over with a blowtorch . . . You don't have to be 19 to have uninhibited fun at PURPLE RAIN."
- Sheila Benson, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The new Prince of Hollywood. As a movie star, he’s unprecedented. Prince may find himself anointed as the screen’s newest and most singular idol. Prince is one of the handful of performers who've restored the urgency and danger—and the beat—to the rock scene. And PURPLE RAIN gets that excitement on the screen."
- David Ansen, NEWSWEEK