In honor of what an amazing and talented musical artist Prince has become over the years , starting with this film - his movie debut - in which he gives us his best performance ever - this movie was recently released as a 2 disc DVD...Also representing the 20th Anniversary of this movies' original release.
If you are a fan of Princes' music or this film - this DVD set rocks!!!
Packed full of awesome stuff....Some music videos from Prince and his 80's band The Revolution , Morris Day and his 80's band The Time and actress- Prince protege' Apollonia and her band Vanity 6....
Gives us the story of the Minnesota music club where this film is set.
Also the MTV premiere party for the films' release - showing such public personalities as Eddie Murphy , Sheila E , Pee Wee Herman , Wendy & Lisa (from The Revolution) , Little Richard , John Cougar Mellencamp , Weird Al , Anne Wilson (of Heart) and Lionel Richie.
Originally released July 27th.
Filmed in Minnesota and Los Angeles.
Loosely based on Princes' life story.
....The story : The kid is a struggling musician and songwriter , living and working in Minnesota. He lives with his mother and father - whom are torn by the kids' fathers' alcohol abuse. Everynight , the kid and his band - The Revolution - play to many adoring fans in the towns' popular music club - where they want to be noticed by the right people who can make them the next best thing in the music industry - and also
perform their music for their fans - the way they want.
Stars Prince , Apollonia Kotero , Morris Day , Olga Karlatos , Clarence Williams III , Jerome Benton , Billy Sparks , Jill Jones , Brenda Bennett , Wendy Melvorn , Lisa Coleman , Bobby Z , Matt Fink , Brown Mark , Garry Johnson
Directed by Albert Magnoli
Rated R
MUSICAL/DRAMA
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