| Description |
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, English stereo. surround, Spanish mono. |
| Cast |
Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Robert Taylor, Jon Chardiet, Sandra Santiago ; cameo appearances by Us Girls, The Treacherous Three, The System, Rock Steady Crew, Soul Sonic Force & Shango, The Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Furious Five, Tina B., Afrika Bambaataa, Johnny B. Bad, and others. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Tom Priestley, Jr. ; editors, Dov Hoenig, Kevin Lee ; music, Arthur Baker, Harry Belafonte, Webster Lewis. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. |
| Audience |
Rated PG. |
| Note |
Includes cameo appearances by Us Girls, The Treacherous Three, The System, Rock Steady Crew, Soul Sonic Force & Shango, The Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Furious Five, Tina B., Afrika Bambaataa, Johnny B. Bad, and others. |
| Summary |
"The story of Kenny, a young hip-hop artist living in the rough slums of the Bronx with his younger brother Lee and their mother Cora. Kenny dreams of making it big as a disk jockey and playing in the most swank of Manhattan nightclubs, The Roxy. Into their lives comes Tracy, a composer and assistant choreographer from New York College who inspires him to try to continue his dream while romance begins to grow between them despite coming from different neighborhoods and worlds. Meanwhile, Lee is part of a break-dancing gang set on dominating the scene of their street. The rest of their friends include Ramon, a graffiti artist determined to spread his painting to every subway car in the city while dealing with his girlfriend Carmen. Chollie is a fellow rapper who becomes Kenny's manager after he lands him a gig at a Bronx club as the DJ."--Matt Patay, www.imdb.com. |
| Contents |
Standard (full screen) version -- Widescreen version. |
| Language |
English or Spanish language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, Spanish and French; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hip-hop -- Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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African American youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Break dancing -- Drama.
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Break dancers -- Drama.
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Rap (Music) -- Drama.
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Rap musicians -- Drama.
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African American disc jockeys -- Drama.
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Popular music -- 1981-1990 -- Drama.
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Brothers -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- New York (State) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Picker, David V.
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
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Lathan, Stan.
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Davis, Andrew, 1946-
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Gilbert, David, 1929-2008.
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Golding, Paul.
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Hager, Steven.
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Chong, Rae Dawn.
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Davis, Guy, 1952-
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Orion Pictures.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN |
0792855191 |
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9780792855194 |
| Standard No. |
027616884572 |
| Music No. |
DVD 1004378 MGM Home Entertainment |
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