Purple Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Purple Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Albert Magnoli

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Actor: Apollonia Kotero, Clarence Williams III, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Prince
Director: Albert Magnoli
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Movie Reviews of Purple Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Movie Review: A knockout rock soundtrack
Summary: 4 Stars

Contrary to Tom Keogh's review at the top of the page, Albert Magnoli was very much alive when I spoke to him at the end of last year. His direction and editing for the musical portions of this film are perfect. But the plot that serves as the backdrop is somewhat weak and fragmented. Morris Day is supposed to be Prince's romantic rival for Apolonia, but in a scene where they are drunk and showing affection for each other in back of the night club, he doesn't even try to hug her before Prince sweeps her away on his motorcycle. The film's musical numbers are not to be missed, Take Me With You and Computer Blue being my favorites.

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Summary of Purple Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)

A young man (Prince) with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer Apollonia and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day) and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.Running Time: 111 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085393353322

When Prince's dazzling and dynamic Purple Rain (movie and soundtrack album) and the hypnotic hit single "When Doves Cry" exploded onto the pop-culture scene in 1984, it seemed there was nothing the purple one couldn't do. The film is basically a feature-length music video, but no musician has ever had a better big-screen showcase for his many talents. The plot is really just a theme (about the son of an abusive father struggling not to continue the pattern) upon which to hang some of Prince's most dazzling songs (including "Let's Go Crazy" and the title tune), and some sizzling live-concert numbers. Apollonia Kotero is ravishing as the romantic interest, and Morris Day and the Time provide some terrific musical competition. Purple Rain is an essential artifact of the mid-'80s pop Zeitgeist. Prince took home an Oscar for the song score. --Jim Emerson

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