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Breakin'
Sign in to save'''''Breakin' (also known as Breakdance in the United Kingdom and Break Street '84''''' in other regions) is a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film directed by Joel Silberg and written by Charles Parker and Allen DeBevoise based on a story by Parker, DeBevoise and Gerald Scaife about dancer Alysha Williams.
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Breakin' is a 1984 American musical comedy drama film directed by Joel Silberg. The movie features cast members Lucinda Dickey, Shabba-Doo, Michael Chambers, and Christopher McDonald. It was produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, with Golan serving as executive producer. The production companies involved were Golan-Globus Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and The Cannon Group.
Filming took place in Los Angeles, which also serves as the narrative location. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, with a release date of May 4, 1984. It has a runtime of 90 minutes according to one source and 87 minutes according to another. The original language is English. A soundtrack album was released in 1984. The film was followed by Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.
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6.7A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
Cast
- Lucinda Dickey as Kelly / Special K
- Adolfo Quinones as Ozone
- Michael Chambers as Turbo
- Ben Lokey as Franco
- Christopher McDonald as James
- Phineas Newborn III as Adam
Themes
- dancing
- rap music
- hip-hop
- street gang
- breakdance
- ghetto
- dance battle
- spandex
- breakdancing
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Breakin'
- Film.image
- Breakin' movie poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Joel Silberg
- Film.cinematography
- Hanania Baer
- Film.distributor
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- Film.runtime
- 87 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $1.2 million
- Film.gross
- $38.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Cast member
- Lela Rochon
- Producer
- Yoram Globus
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Hanania Baer
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 578078
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1984-07-06
- title
- Breakin'
- executive producer
- Yoram Globus
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 33%
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Music
- Soundtrack
- Track listing
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Release
- Home media
- Reception
- Box office
- Critical response
- In popular culture
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''''Breakin' (also known as Breakdance in the United Kingdom and Break Street '84''''' in other regions) is a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film directed by Joel Silberg and written by Charles Parker and Allen DeBevoise based on a story by Parker, DeBevoise and Gerald Scaife about dancer Alysha Williams.
The film's setting was inspired by a 1983 documentary titled ''Breakin' 'n' Enterin', set in the multi-racial hip hop club Radio-Tron, based out of MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Many of the artists and dancers from that documentary, including Ice-T (who makes his film debut as a club MC), and Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers, went straight from Breakin' 'n' Enterin' to star in Breakin'''.
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