--- product_id: 87619629 title: "Purple Rain [VHS] [1984]" brand: "princeapollonia koteroalbert magnoli" price: "£19.73" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/87619629-purple-rain-vhs-1984 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Purple Rain [VHS] [1984] **Brand:** princeapollonia koteroalbert magnoli **Price:** £19.73 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Purple Rain [VHS] [1984] by princeapollonia koteroalbert magnoli - **How much does it cost?** £19.73 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/87619629-purple-rain-vhs-1984) ## Best For - princeapollonia koteroalbert magnoli enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted princeapollonia koteroalbert magnoli brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description Prince makes his acting debut in this rock musical. He stars as The Kid, an ambitious and talented young musician from a harsh, poverty-stricken background struggling to win love and musical recognition in Minneapolis. In search of success, he spends his nights performing at the First Avenue Nightclub with his band, The Revolution. When he meets fellow aspiring singer Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero), he is completely smitten - but when he replicates the abusive behaviour of his father (Clarence Williams III), he looks set to lose her forever. Can he win her back from his arch enemy, Morris (Morris Day), who fronts rival group The Time and will he ever find the success he craves? From .co.uk While "rock musical" remains a phrase used by sadistic parents to give their offspring nightmares the genre does occasionally throw up the odd gem, Purple Rain being perhaps the shiniest example. Given the theatricality of Prince's stage shows, it was only a matter of time before the diminutive pop potentate found himself a big-screen vehicle but few could have predicted that Purple Rain would become nothing less than a cultural phenomenon. The story, co-written by one-time Starsky & Hutch scripter William Blinn, may be a somewhat hackneyed tale with His Purpleness overcoming a troubled background and musical rival Morris Day to achieve his dreams of rock stardom. However, the cast, which also includes Prince protegée Appollonia, rises above the clichés to hand in a set of performances which, while never likely to trouble the Oscars, prove that all concerned can at least play a rough approximation of themselves with minimal difficulty. What really helped push the film's box-office receipts through the roof, however, was its soundtrack featuring a clutch of hit singles--notably "When Doves Cry"--and which cemented our pint-sized hero's position as one of the globe's premiere performing artists. Sadly, subsequent attempts to re-bottle this particular brand of lightning with Under a Cherry Moon and Graffiti Bridge would prove substantially less successful but Purple Rain still looks--and, more importantly sounds--rarely less than funktastic. --Clark Collis ## Images ![Purple Rain [VHS] [1984] - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51S4S7JCW9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ He was like the Mozart of pop and that is no exaggeration ... *by M***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 May 2016* This is going to be hard to write a review for.I was very upset by Prince's death. He was like the Mozart of pop and that is no exaggeration of his genius. At the same time he was a difficult man. Our geniuses never needed to be perfect people too. genius really is a burden.Much of Prince comes out in this movie: his mysogyny, his charisma, his genius, his narcissism and his inner damage. It makes you cry but I cried more for the female characters.It really evokes that time and place. The music is brilliant . The style is amazing. The plot is intense. But it is mysogynistic though it explores the cycle of male to female violence and abuse. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prince is a King. *by P***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2020* I originally had the dvd years ago, and lost it somewhere years ago. Having now got it again, I'd forgotten what a good film Purple Rain is. Prince is no Marlon Brando, but this was the role he was born for.After all these years the final scene with the performance of "Purple Rain" still brings a tear to the eye. Well worth the purchase, and the bonus disc with the live concert is Prince and the Revolution at their best. ### ⭐ Awful vanity project *by Z***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2018* A horrendous, misogynistic, regressive and nonsensical plot stretched thinly over a few decent songs. The quality of the acting is sub-soap-opera. For a vanity project, it doesn't even make Prince seem like a particularly heroic or relatable protagonist! 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