A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.
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- 9 wins & 4 nominations total
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- TriviaA few days before the premiere, Prince had a nightmare that Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert despised the film, with Ebert ripping the film apart. He said, "I dreamed those two guys on the TV were reviewing the movie and that fat guy was tearing me up!" Siskel and Ebert both loved the film in their reviews.
- GoofsWhen Jerome and Morris are walking around the block, discussing the problems with the girls' group, Morris says "That Apollonia babe we saw last night," and his lips don't move in sync with the dialogue. He's actually mouthing "Vanity" instead of "Apollonia", indicating that the scene was filmed before Vanity backed out of the shoot.
- Quotes
Apollonia: Will you help me?
The Kid: No.
Apollonia: Pardon me?
The Kid: Nope... Wanna know why?
Apollonia: Nope.
The Kid: Because you wouldn't pass the initiation.
Apollonia: What initiation?
The Kid: Well, for starters, you have to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.
Apollonia: What?
The Kid: You have to purify yourself in Lake Minnetonka.
[She strips down, and runs towards the lake]
The Kid: Hey! Wait a minute! That's...
[She jumps in. She gets out shivering]
The Kid: Uh, hold it...
Apollonia: What?
The Kid: That ain't Lake Minnetonka.
- Crazy credits"May u live 2 see the dawn"
- Alternate versionsThe 1984 variant of the Warner Bros. Pictures logo is plastered with the 2003 variant in the 20th anniversary DVD and 2007 Blu-ray. Both prints also feature the closing 2003 logo.
- ConnectionsEdited into Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain (1984)
- SoundtracksLet's Go Crazy
Words and Music by Prince
Performed by Prince and The Revolution
© 1984 Controversy Music
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $70,261,052
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,766,201
- Jul 29, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $70,273,498
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1