Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Tracy | |
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Guy Davis | ... | Kenny |
Jon Chardiet | ... | Ramon | |
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Leon W. Grant | ... | Chollie |
Saundra Santiago | ... | Carmen | |
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Robert Taylor | ... | Lee |
Mary Alice | ... | Cora (as Mary Alice Smith) | |
Shawn Elliott | ... | Domingo (as Shawn Elliot) | |
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Jim Borrelli | ... | Monte |
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Dean Elliott | ... | Henry |
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Franc Reyes | ... | Luis |
Tonya Pinkins | ... | Angela | |
Lee Chamberlin | ... | Alicia | |
Antonia Rey | ... | Flora | |
Duane Jones | ... | Robert |
An upbeat, lets-put-on-a-show musical about the wonders of hip-hop music and culture that tells the story of Kenny, a young hip-hop artist living in the rough slums of the Bronx with his younger brother Lee and their mother Cora. Kenny dreams of making it big as a disc jockey and playing in the most swank of Manhattan nightclubs, the Roxy. Into their lives comes Tracy, a composer and assistant choreographer from the City College of New York, who inspires him to try to continue his dream while romance begins to grow between them, despite coming from different neighborhoods and worlds. Meanwhile, Lee is part of a break-dancing crew set on dominating the scene of their street. The rest of their friends include Ramon, a graffiti artist determined to spread his painting to every subway car in the city while dealing with his girlfriend Carmen and Chollie, a fellow disc jockey who becomes Kenny's manager after he lands him a gig at a Bronx club. Many hip-hop groups, electro artists, break ... Written by matt-282
When released in 1984, Beat Street was one of the best hip hop themed films released at the time. The movie gets a 10 just for combining all of the elements of hip hop which are the mc,dj, graff and b-boy. The soundtrack is one of the best I've ever heard.