Beat Street Page #5

Synopsis: 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 dan
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Stan Lathan
Production: Orion
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG
Year:
1984
105 min
1,194 Views


Check that out.

Hold it.

Tracy, hold it.

Tracy, the tempo on this section

is a little slow...

Yo, Tracy!

Lee! Come on up.

Bring your friends!

That's the guy that I met. The dancer.

He's a fabulous dancer.

Thank you so much. Thank you, too, Tracy.

It's a wonderful idea.

We're going to have a discussion now,

but you're all welcome to stay.

And Tracy knows where to reach you

with tickets for our performance.

I want to check something out.

My brother ain't here

to be in your show, is he?

I'm afraid this performance

is limited to our students.

- How come no one told him that?

- I thought they had.

I made it perfectly clear to Lee.

That's cool. Ain't no big deal.

I've never been on TV before,

so if you just flip on that tape...

I don't think so. Maybe tomorrow,

if you come back, we can...

- But I don't understand.

- We're too busy now.

Wait a minute. He can't see the tape?

After you all check him out

like he's some freak?

- Wait a minute...

- You wait a minute, mister.

Lady, you're showing people

how you down with breakin'...

and that's bullshit,

because you ain't down with nothing.

And you looked so proud.

"I found that little n*gger myself.

Do I get an A, teacher?"

You're like all the biters.

You just take a bite and leave the rest.

- Our tape!

- Let him have it.

Linda.

Little runt.

Carmen!

Ramon!

Where have you been all week?

I missed you.

I had some stuff to take care of.

Yeah, I know.

I've been wanting to talk to you.

- Where's Julian?

- He's in the kitchen.

- I brought a gift for him.

- You did?

Hello, Mrs. Cavarro.

Here's your daddy.

That's a joke.

How can you even look him in the face?

Ramon.

It's so beautiful.

A little T-shirt doesn't make up for anything.

When will you take

some responsibility, Ramon?

- I'll put it on him right now.

- Is everybody deaf?

- Mommy, please don't start.

- I have to know why...

I'm sorry.

You can see how bad it is here.

Take us somewhere.

I got no place to take you.

Please, Ramon.

We'll be together.

- Where?

- Anywhere.

Two more.

Now single count.

Reach left and right,

and left, and right. Come on.

Hold on now. Just four more.

- Yes?

- Is this Lee Kirkland's house?

I'm Lee's mother. What you want him for?

I'd like to talk to him.

Maybe you want to talk to his brother.

I'd like to talk to him, too.

- Come on in.

- Thank you.

This young lady's looking for Lee.

For what?

Could you turn that down a little?

Lee's out right now.

If you want,

I can tell him what you came for.

Exactly what did I come for?

To get your tape back.

Who do you think you are?

You wreck my class with bullshit about me...

taking a bite out of your brother

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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