Beat Street
by Stan Lathan
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Actor: Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Saundra SantiagoDirector: Stan Lathan
Brand: Sony
Producer: David V. Picker
Producer: Harry Belafonte
Producer: Mel Howard
Writer: Andrew Davis
Writer: David Gilbert
Writer: Paul Golding
Writer: Steven Hager
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Beat Street
Movie Review: to many out of town clowns, brooklyn in the house
Summary: 5 Stars
You know I like how this movie was getting good reviews, and then one cat from the BRONX tells it like it is and then all these cornball, albino skined, suburban living, MTV wathing I know about HIPHOP suckers, have something to say. yeah okay! listen I am from brooklyn new york, east new york, and after they cleaned up the south bronx, right now is the current hell hole in the city, I am 40 years old, not 14, GET IT, and I was in my teens when this movie came out. Every hard rock in the hood loved this movie, it was real in what it was trying to do and that was show hip hop in 1984. I hear all this !@#@# some white dude played ramo, so what!! Scarface now sucks because Al Pacino played a cuban, wow the Gogfather sucks too now that james cann is really a JEW, marlon brando is not Italian, Cornballs who are you to say BEAT STREET is not real!!!, the Italians love the Godfather because of what it tried to capture, no movie is real, but it did capture the MOB in the 1940's and BEAT STREET captured HIPHOP in the 1980's KID!!. The graffiti is fake ha ha ha, please it looked real to me and I TAG to this day, and have a FAT black book, the graffiti should pass my test not yours suburban child!!, YOU GUYs ARE NOW TALKING BAD ABOUT THIS MOVIE BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WERE NOT THERE AND WHEN SOMEONE SPOKE UP THAT WAS, IT MADE YOU FEEL LIKE @#@#. I was there too, I can even tell you what avenue in the Bronx Rock Steady called home and that is Cortona Ave, and that's because I had to go to the BX to see them battle the TWIN PARK BOYZ. WHO ARE YOU!!! This movie did a great job taking a picture of NEW YORK HIP HOP IN 1984!! That movie BREAKIN, WAS SO FAKE, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUNG EVERYBODY IN THE HOOD WAS LIKE THAT WAS SOME BULL$$@$% RIGHT. I remember going to the record release party for BLACK ROB, some years back and heard Puffy, Black Rob and other cats talking about krush groove, wildstyle, and they said BEAT STREET WAS THE BEST OF THEM ALL CLASSIC. I love this movie because it goes back back into
PS.speaking of CAP ONE MPC AND SEEN UA, WOW man you out of towners have lots of guts to act like you know what your talking about, guess you knows CAP ONE (ME) MY MAN IS ABOUT 6'5 WITH RED HAIR THAT'S RIGHT RED HAIR LOOKS LIKE A MALE RAGGEDY ANN AND RIGHT NOW ANT DOING NOTHING WITH HIS LIFE HANGING OUT IN BRONX PARK EAST PARK DRUNKING BEER LOOKING INTO THE SKY THINKING ABOUT HIS HEYDAY WITH THE MORRIS PARK CREW, SEEN HAS A TATTOO SHOP AND HAS DONE WORK ON MY ARM FOR ME ,HE COOLING. AND THEY BOTH LEARNED THERE @#@$$ FROM BLACKS AND PUERTO RICANS.
Summary of Beat Street
BEAT STREET - DVD MovieA slightly dated but nonetheless fascinating snapshot of musical history, Beat Street is an urban musical detailing the roots of hip-hop. Set in early-1980s New York, the film focuses on the lives of a small group of young people setting their experiences against the larger backdrop of the city's burgeoning music scene. The story of up-and-coming DJ Kenny (Guy Davis) and his relationship with jazz musician Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong) may only be a device, but it's surprisingly effective, as is the ultimately tragic tale of graffiti artist Ramon (Jon Chardiet). The movie's real raison d'être, however, is to showcase the sounds of the street, so it's full of some of hip-hop's most influential names--Melle Mel, Doug E Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, the Rocksteady Crew, Jazzy Jeff, and Arthur Baker. And while the combination of electro and rapping may sound a little crude to modern ears, there can be no doubt that Beat Street is the sight and sound of history being made. --Phil Udell
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