Purple rain

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The Resource Purple rain

Label: Purple rain

Statement of responsibility: directed by Albert Magnoli ; written by Albert Magnoli & William Blinn ; produced by Robert Cavallo, Joseph Ruffalo, Steven Fargnoli ; Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli present ; a Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli production ; Purple Films Company & Warner Bros. Inc

Contributor

Actor

Cinematographer

Thorin, Donald E.

Costume designer

Editor of moving image work

Magnoli, Albert

Film director

Magnoli, Albert

Film distributor

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Performer

Producer

Production company

Production designer

Preston, Ward

Screenwriter

Magnoli, Albert

Subject

Genre

Language

Summary: A young man 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, and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues

Awards note

Academy Award for Best Original Score, 1984.
National Film Registry, 2019.

Cataloging source: TEFMT

Characteristic: videorecording

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Credits note: Director of photography, Donald E. Thorin ; production designer, Ward Preston ; film editor, Albert Magnoli ; original songs composed and produced by Prince ; clothes by Louis and Vaughn, Marie-France ; music score, Michel Colombier

Dewey number: 791.43/72

Intended audience: MPAA rating: R

Language note: English or French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number: PN1995.9.M86

LC item number: P877 1984

PerformerNote: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Benton, Billy Sparks, Jill Jones, Charles Huntsberry, Dez Dickerson, Brenda Bennett, Susan Moonsie (as Susan), Sandra Claire Gershman, Kim Upsher, Wendy Melvoin (as Wendy), Bobby 'Z' Rivkin (as Bobby Z.), Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, Brown Mark ; The Time (Jerome Benton, Jellybean Johnson, Mark Cardenas, Gerald E. Hubbard Jr., Paul Peterson, Jesse Johnson)

Runtime: 111

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Target audience: adult

Technique: live action

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The work Purple rain represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.