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Director:
Charlie Ahearn
Writer:
Charlie Ahearn (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary | Drama | Music See more »
Tagline:
Break Dancing Graffiti Rap See more »
Plot:
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Rappers Turned Actors
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Cast

 
Easy A.D. ... Cold Crush Brothers
A.J. ... Himself (as DJ AJ)
Almighty K.G. ... Cold Crush Brothers
Patti Astor ... Virginia
Busy Bee ... Himself
Grandmaster Caz ... Cold Crush Brothers
Lil' Rodney Cee ... Double Trouble
Charlie Chase ... Cold Crush Brothers
Ruby Dee ... Fantastic Freaks
Dot-a-Rock ... Fantastic Freaks
Grand Mixer DXT ... Himself (as Grandmixer D.St)

Fab 5 Freddy ... Fab Five Freddy
Sandra Fabara ... Rose

Grandmaster Flash ... Himself
Frosty Freeze ... Rock Steady Crew
Mr. Freeze ... Rock Steady Crew
J.D.L. ... Cold Crush Brothers
Kevie Kev ... Fantastic Freaks
Lisa Lee ... Herself
Crazy Legs ... Rock Steady Crew
Carlos Morales ... Raymond's brother
Glenn O'Brien ... Museum Curator
'Lee' George Quinones ... Raymond 'Zoro'
Rammellzee ... Himself
Master Rob ... Fantastic Freaks
K.K. Rockwell ... Double Trouble
Prince Ken Swift ... Rock Steady Crew
Grand Wizard Theodore ... Fantastic Freaks
Tony Tone ... Cold Crush Brothers
Prince Whipper Whip ... Fantastic Freaks
Dondi White ... Himself
Andrew Witten ... Zroc (as Andrew 'Zephyr' Witten)
Lamar Hill ... Himself (uncredited)
Kool Moe Dee ... Himself (uncredited)
William Rice ... Art Gallery Party Guest (uncredited)
Kara Vallow ... Dancer (uncredited)
Mr. Wiggles ... Himself (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charlie Ahearn 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Charlie Ahearn  writer

Produced by
Charlie Ahearn .... producer
 
Original Music by
Fab 5 Freddy 
Chris Stein 
 
Cinematography by
Clive Davidson 
John Foster 
 
Film Editing by
Steven C. Brown 
 
Production Management
Carol Turley Cohen .... production manager
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Martha Cooper .... still photographer
Stanford Singer .... assistant camera
 
Animation Department
Joey Ahlbum .... animator
B. High .... animation assistant
 
Music Department
Chris Stein .... musician: guitar
 
Other crew
Jorge Pupo .... production assistant
 

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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:PG | USA:R | UK:15
Company:
Wild StyleSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Most of the footage was filmed during the late fall of 1981 into early 1982. It took the producers almost a year to get it released.See more »
Movie Connections:
Edited into "And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop" (2004)See more »
Soundtrack:
God Made Me FunkySee more »

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The rites-of-passage of hip hop turning from a boy to a man, 18 April 2004
Author: repo136 from Hampshire, England

The likes of a film such as Wild Style will never, unfortunately, be made again. Mainly because this was the culture of hip hop in a form of infancy, still naive to the ways of Hollywood and the music industry.

I first saw this when I was 16 years old - although it had been released 5 years prior, though not to my knowledge in the UK - and it has remained stamped in my memory ever since. Who cares if the actors weren't actors or if the camerawork was slightly dodgy in places ("look at the cinematography on the motherf****r!" - Chris Rock). It was a snapshot of a time and a place and that counts for than a thousand over-processed, overdone Hollywood versions of hip hop (Beat Street? C'mon!!)

In it's most basic essence, the director Charlie Ahearn just let the 'actors' improvise their lines with a few plotlines to guide them. These were real people. PHADE is actually FAB 5 FREDDY who DID promote shows and WAS actually an ex-graffiti writer. ZORO WAS a top writer and is played by graffiti legend LEE QUINONES. The 2 rap crews, COLD CRUSH and FANTASTIC 5 were vicious rivals in real life (although to my knowledge never actually participated in any basketball throwdowns ;)

I fully recommend this to any hip hop fan and try to steer New-Schoolers to it too.

Buy the Region 1 dvd version for the great FAB 5 FREDDY/CHARLIE AHEARN commentary track.

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