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Purple Rain
Director: Albert Magnoli
Writers: William Blinn (written by) Albert Magnoli (written by)
Release Date: 27 July 1984 (USA)
Genre: Drama / Music
Plot Summary: A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer…
Awards: Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations
Cast: Prince The Kid, Apollonia-Kotero Apollonia, Morris Day-Morris , Olga Karlatos-Mother, Clarence Williams III-Father, Jerome Benton-Jerome, Billy Sparks-Billy
Best quotes from movie:
Morris: Your lips would make a lollipop too happy.
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.
[Watching his girl group rehearse a dance routine]
Morris: Oh, Lord. Cut! Cut!
[pause]
Morris: You ladies don’t seem to realize how valuable my time is. You’re going to make my boys look bad!
Jill: Why don’t you let us come up with our own steps?
[Jerome shakes his head violently]
Morris: We tried that, remember? Now, you’re in the best possible position you could be in. So what’s the matter? Your shoes on too tight or something?
[Claps]
Morris: Let’s have some action! Let’s have some asses wigglin’… I want some perfection!
[Cackles, cues music]
Morris: [Girls start dancing again, seductively]
Morris: [watching; sotto to Jerome] I think I’m gonna need a drink.
[after jumping in cold water, Apollonia is getting dressed and The Kid rides up to her]
The Kid: Come on, let’s go.
Apollonia: I’m not going anywhere, that was a rotten thing to do.
The Kid: I’m sorry. I tried to stop you.
[She looks at him]
Apollonia: I must have looked pretty ridiculous.
The Kid: No, no! You looked great. That took some nerve, I wouldn’t have got in that water. Come on.
[She attempts to get on the motorcycle, he drives away]
Apollonia: Hey!
The Kid: Come on.
[She attempts to get on the motorcycle again, he drives away again]
Apollonia: COME ON!
The Kid: OK, ok.
[She gets on]
The Kid: Don’t get my seat all wet.
Matt Fink-The Revolution: God got Wendy’s periods reversed. About every 28 days she starts acting nice. Lasts about a weekend.
Morris: [after Prince’s dad shoots himself] Bang, bang!
Morris: Okay. What’s the password?
Jerome: You got it.
Morris: Got what?
Jerome: The password.
Morris: The password is what?
Jerome: Exactly.
Morris: The password is exactly?
Jerome: No, it’s okay.
Morris: The password is okay?
Jerome: Far as I’m concerned.
Morris: Damn it, say the password!
Jerome: What.
Morris: Say the password, sperm breath!
Jerome: The password is what?
Morris: [frustrated] That’s what I’m asking you!
Jerome: [ frustrated] It’s the password!
Morris: The password is it?
Jerome: [exasperated] Ahhhhh! The password is what!
Morris: It! You just said so!
Jerome: The password isn’t it! The password is?
Morris: ?what?
Jerome: Got it!
Morris: I got it?
Jerome: Right.
Morris: It or right?
Billy: Nobody digs your music but yourself!
Jill: [after Apollonia knocks Jill’s coffee over] What are you? Stupid or something? Why don’t you watch where you’re going?
Wendy-The Revolution: [Playing ironically the melody of “Let’s Go Crazy” on the guitar] You like that ? Is that better?
The Kid: [Vexed] Where is everybody?
Lisa-The Revolution: You’re late. They left.
The Kid: So what are you doing here?
Lisa-The Revolution: [Parodying the Kid’s speech at the beginning of “Let’s Go Crazy”] “But I’m here to tell you, there’s something else”… Our music.
Apollonia: [Attempting to lift off the Kid’s shirt] King Kong ?
The Kid: [Repelling her attempt] Stop it!
[the Kid tries the same thing with her]
Apollonia: No.
The Kid: Is that yours?
Father: Of course it’s mine. I’ve got lots of ‘em. And they’re all different too.
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