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Purple Rain (1984)
Purple Rain marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as The Kid, a Minneapolis club musician as alienated as he is talented.Director: Albert Magnoli
Year of Copyright: 1984
Year of Production: 1983
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:Filmographies
Production Notes
Theatrical Trailer (1:30) -
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with director Albert Magnoli, cinematographer Donald Thorin, and co-producer Bob Cavallo
Trailers for "Purple Rain", "Under the Cherry Moon", and "Graffiti Bridge"
DISC TWO
3 Part Documentary
- "First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty" (12:15)
- "Purple Rain: Backstage Pass" (29:35)
- "Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution : The Impact and Influence Of Purple Rain" (9:55)
"MTV Premiere Party" featurette (27:48)
Music videos:
- Prince: "Let's Go Crazy" (4:04)
- Prince: "Take Me With U" (4:53)
- Prince: "When Doves Cry" (5:58)
- Prince: "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star" (17:49)
- Prince: "Purple Rain" (7:07)
- The Time: "Jungle Love" (3:26)
- The Time: "The Bird" (3:48)
- Apollonia 6: "Sex Shooter" (4:39) -
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 1.0 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with director Albert Magnoli, cinematographer Donald Thorin, and co-producer Bob Cavallo
Trailers for "Purple Rain", "Under the Cherry Moon", and "Graffiti Bridge" (4:25)
DISC TWO
3 Part Documentary
- "First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty" (12:22)
- "Purple Rain: Backstage Pass" (29:44)
- "Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution : The Impact and Influence Of Purple Rain" (10:00)
"MTV Premiere Party" featurette (27:51)
Music videos:
- Prince: "Let's Go Crazy" (4:04)
- Prince: "Take Me With U" (4:53)
- Prince: "When Doves Cry" (5:58)
- Prince: "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star" (17:49)
- Prince: "Purple Rain" (7:07)
- The Time: "Jungle Love" (3:26)
- The Time: "The Bird" (3:48)
- Apollonia 6: "Sex Shooter" (4:39) -
Subtitles:Croatian, Czech, Danish, English, English HoH, Finnish, German, German HoH, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanishm, Swedish, Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DISC ONE coded regions 2/5.
DISC TWO coded regions 2/4/5. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with director Albert Magnoli, cinematographer Donald Thorin, and co-producer Bob Cavallo
Trailers for "Purple Rain", "Under the Cherry Moon", and "Graffiti Bridge" (4:25)
DISC TWO
3 Part Documentary
- "First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty" (12:22)
- "Purple Rain: Backstage Pass" (29:44)
- "Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution : The Impact and Influence Of Purple Rain" (10:00)
"MTV Premiere Party" featurette (27:51)
Music videos:
- Prince: "Let's Go Crazy" (4:04)
- Prince: "Take Me With U" (4:53)
- Prince: "When Doves Cry" (5:58)
- Prince: "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star" (17:49)
- Prince: "Purple Rain" (7:07)
- The Time: "Jungle Love" (3:26)
- The Time: "The Bird" (3:48)
- Apollonia 6: "Sex Shooter" (4:39) -
Subtitles:Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, Italian, Italian HoH, Romanian
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DISC ONE coded regions 2/4.
DISC TWO coded regions 2/4/5. -
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Subtitles:Arabic, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, Italian, Italian HoH, Portuguese, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1 (48kHz, 384Kbps)
French Dolby Digital 5.1 (48kHz, 384Kbps) -
Case type:Keep Case
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UPC Number:7321900113984
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Subtitles:Arabic, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, Italian, Italian HoH, Portuguese, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with director Albert Magnoli, cinematographer Donald Thorin, and co-producer Bob Cavallo
Trailers for "Purple Rain", "Under the Cherry Moon", and "Graffiti Bridge" (4:25)
DISC TWO
3 Part Documentary
- "First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty" (12:22)
- "Purple Rain: Backstage Pass" (29:44)
- "Riffs, Ruffles and a Revolution : The Impact and Influence Of Purple Rain" (10:00)
"MTV Premiere Party" featurette (27:51)
Music videos:
- Prince: "Let's Go Crazy" (4:04)
- Prince: "Take Me With U" (4:53)
- Prince: "When Doves Cry" (5:58)
- Prince: "I Would Die 4 U/Baby I'm a Star" (17:49)
- Prince: "Purple Rain" (7:07)
- The Time: "Jungle Love" (3:26)
- The Time: "The Bird" (3:48)
- Apollonia 6: "Sex Shooter" (4:39) -
Subtitles:Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, English HoH, French, Italian, Italian HoH, Romanian
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Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DISC ONE coded regions 2/4.
DISC TWO coded regions 2/4/5. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The Special Edition releases for the extras. Only minor language differences between releases.
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Warner Home Video - No cuts (111:10 NTSC).
- R1 Special Edition America- Warner Home Video - No cuts (111:03 NTSC).
- R2 Special Edition Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts (106:39 PAL).
- R2 Special Edition Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts (106:39 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts (106:42 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (106:42 PAL).
- R4 Special Edition Australia- Warner Home Video - No cuts (106:39 PAL).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 21/04/16
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 22/12/23UPDATE LOG:
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