PURPLE RAIN (FILM)

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'''Purple Rain''' is a 1984 feature film directed by Albert Magnoli and written by Magnoli and William Blinn. Prince stars in this movie, which was developed to showcase his particular talents. The film was very successful earning nearly US$70 million at the box office.
The film is tied into the album of the same name, which spawned three chart-topping singles: the opening number "Let's Go Crazy", "Purple Rain", and "When Doves Cry." The movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. Much of the movie's cinematography, by Donald Thorin, is closer to that of 1980s music videos than a conventional film.
Prince plays "The Kid", an aspiring Minneapolis musician with a difficult home life. He meets singer Apollonia Kotero, and they become involved in an untidy romance. The plot centers on Prince trying not to repeat the pattern of his abusive father (Clarence Williams III) and keep his band, The Revolution, and his relationship with his girlfriend, together. His main antagonist is fellow musician Morris Day and his group The Time. Excluding Prince and his on-screen parents, almost every actor in the movie uses his/her actual name for his/her character.
The movie idea was apparently developed by Prince during his "Triple Threat" tour. Initially the script was to be darker and more coherent. One early idea he had was for his character to be a musician with a drug addiction. Prince intended to play opposite his girlfriend Vanity until their relationship ended. Her role was initially offered to Jennifer Beals (who turned it down because she wanted to concentrate on college) before going to Apollonia.
A sequel of sorts to ''Purple Rain'', titled ''Graffiti Bridge'', was released in 1990.

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★ An episode of ''Martin'' had Martin trying to get back in his girlfriend Gina's good side after a long absence, where he shows up at her apartment with a clean haircut and a copy of ''Purple Rain'', which he says he remembers is her favorite film. Gina corrects him by saying "''Purple Rain'' is not my favorite movie; ''The Color Purple'' is!" Martin then says "At least I got the purple part right!" Martin is further annoyed by the appearance of his nemesis Pam who barges into their date and says "Hey, ''Purple Rain''! This is my favorite movie!"

★ In the film ''The Goonies'', the character Mouth is seen wearing a ''Purple Rain'' T-shirt.

★ In the 1987 film ''Maid to Order'', Ally Sheedy's character, Jessie Montgomery, sports a ''Purple Rain'' t-shirt as she works as a maid for the Starkey family.

★ On the episode of ''American Dad'' where Stan uses illegal immigrants to make holiday themed teddy bears, one of the illegal immigrants is wearing a white T-shirt depicting Prince on a purple motorcycle, just like the one he rode in the movie.

★ ''Mad Magazine'' did a parody of the film titled ''Purple Acid Rain'', which lampooned Prince's androgyny, feminine clothing style, and sexually suggestive music more than the actual film.

★ In the movie ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'', the characters Jay and Silent Bob are presented as being fans of The Time, who appeared in ''Purple Rain''.

★ In the PC game ''Jazz Jackrabbit'', Jazz, the main character, appeared as Prince in the ''Purple Rain'' picture.

★ In an episode of ''The Golden Girls'', Sophia listens to ''Purple Rain'' on a Walkman, playing air drums and singing along.

★ In an episode of ''Friends'', Chandler makes fun of Ross for wanting to have dinner at the Hard Rock Café because of the ''Purple Rain'' display.

★ In the popular arcade game ''Mortal Kombat'' Trilogy, Rain is a playable character. He is a purple ninja and this was originally a joke by the creators of the game.

★ In the ''X-Files'', Agent Mulder said that ''Purple Rain'' was a great album, but deeply flawed movie.

★ In the Dave Chappelle show