Best movies and music of the 80s beat street vs breakin. Breaking, also called breakdancing or bboyingbgirling, is an athletic style of street dance from the united states. Take a trip down memory lane with one of these flicks in no particular order, the 15 best dance movies hollywoods ever made. Released in 1984, the movie breakdance or breakin, as it was named in the states celebrated the rise of bboy culture, based around breakdancing and hiphop. The 15 greatest dance movies of all time new york post.
Breakin 511 movie clip kelly learns to break dance 1984 hd. Center stage 2000 center stage final dance youtube. At the start the gang are in a shop and they steel some spray paint. Before jon cryer became known as the nerdy brother of charlie sheen on two and a half men, he was known as the nerd with a crush on molly ringwald in pretty in pink. If there were ever golden vhs statues handed out, these films would have multiples. It is the story of a jazz dancer who hooks up with 2 breakdancers to do streetdancing.
Lucinda dickey, adolfo quinones, michael chambers, ben lokey, christopher mcdonald, phineas newborn iii, bruno falcon. The moves are brilliant and are still copied even today. Breakin, the dramatic tale of an aspiring dancer who finds her true self in the moves of the street. Breakdancing in the 80s breakdancing in the 80s was found in films and advertising, with breakdancing gear and clothes hitting stores. This movie is like a time capsule of the 80s, with hints of the future. Breakin also known as breakdance in the united kingdom and break street 84 in other regions is a 1984 american breakdancingthemed comedydrama film directed by joel silberg, written by charles parker and allen debevoise, based on a story by parker, debevoise and gerald scaife. Yet, in spite of these shortcomings, the movie is still catchy, sincere, and engrossing. The coolest movie characters of the 80s a list of 40 images created 1 week ago 1980s street kids movies a list of 24 titles created 3 weeks ago films for candi to watch a list of 37 titles created 11 jan 2016 watched list a list of 35 titles created 7 months ago. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Breakdance the movie aka breakin tko practice for the end gig.
Featuring the dance movements top superstars with a special appearance by rap icon icet, breakin paved the way for countless urban hiphop films to come. A how to breakdance video came out about the same time as the movie, called breakdance you can do it. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement. Vin diesel how to break dance video original youtube. Sfida a colpi di breakdance nellunderground di una metropoli americana degli anni 80. Aint nobody video clip from the breakin soundtrack. The missing songs from the movie such as kraftwerks tourdefrance, art of noises beatbox and more are found in the album spider which is a rare find. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing drum breaks, especially in hiphop, funk, soul music and. Unfortunately as good as widescreen sounds the edges of.
Vin diesel goes viral for breakdancing in the 80s video the wrap. Fast and furious star vin diesel break dancing in breaking in the usa. Breakin also known as breakdance in the united kingdom and break street 84 in other regions is a 1984 american breakdancing themed comedydrama film directed by joel silberg, written by charles parker and allen debevoise, based on a story by parker, debevoise and gerald scaife. Posts about top 100 breakdance songs written by alltoptunessongs. As the title suggests, the focus in this dance film was on breakdancing. Discogs groups breakdance mixes the 80s oldschool music. Jul 12, 2012 break dance movies of the 80s another favorite have to love the 80s boy do i feel old stay safe and healthy. Back to the early 80 s massive old skool breakdance mix extended. A group of young street dancers are forced to breakdance in order to try and stop the.
Poitier has actually directed many films including uptown saturday night, hanky panky, stir crazy and ghost dad. Back to the early 80s massive old skool breakdance mix. Breakin soundtrack and movie music the 80s movies rewind. What was the name of the a breakdance movie i saw in the 80s. The movie is pure unintentional comedy, the best kind of comedy in my humble opinion. Breakin is a 1984 american breakdancingthemed comedydrama film directed by joel silberg. Joe shrapnel and anna waterhouse in talks to write new gi joe movie. I saw a screening of, the breakdance kid at the austin film festival and could not stop laughing through the entire movie.
In 1984 there was a wave of breakdance themed films including breakin, breakin 2. From the 1984 movie breakin song performed by rufus and chaka khan. Sure there are movies with great dancing out there, but as far as battles were concerned, you really didnt see all that much of that until you got served. With lucinda dickey, adolfo quinones, michael chambers, susie coelho. It is about a group of chorus line type dancers that move to ny to make it big but they realize they have no experience in street dancing and so they learn and put a big show on at the end and kick all the street. The movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancingthemed film directed by joel silberg. The dialog is cheesy, the acting cheesier, but the dancing is hype. Youll notice i favoured breakin as thats by far my favorite sorry lol. Breakdance mixes the 80s oldschool music started by cdinfo over 7 years ago, 5 replies. The music raced up the charts at the time and helped bring rap and hip hop into the mainstream. However, i had never seen the original so i was really excited when i found it on dvd. Back to the early 80s massive old skool breakdance mix by scott lee snell. How to break dance by vin diesel the breakdance master. The characters are very memorable and the filmmaker pinpointed the 80s genre right on.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. They then cross the road by forming a line and doing breakdance movies in front of the cars. Unfortunately as good as widescreen sounds the edges of the picture gets cut off and believe me when you watch a movie about dancing you like to see the position and movement of. It has clips from the breakin movie and is hosted by north american breakdance legend odis medley. If you grew up in the 80s and were into breakdancing then this is the movie to have in your collection. See more ideas about hip hop, street dance and hip hop dance. Here he is trying to show that white boys can somewhat dance but they are horrible at lip syncing. Thats because of the talented stars who really love what they do, namely, breakdancing and poppin and lockin, along with the stimulating, getonyourfeet dance music.
The genre of dance movies truly peaked in the 80s with films like. The first major breakdancing film, breakin stars lucinda dickey as a dancing student who dislikes the hidebound regimen of her demanding. I am looking for one of them as i cant find its name or anything about it. Hello i am trying to find a name of a movie from the 80s. Even though it was pretty unreal having a breakdance crew dancing in pittsburgh, you had to agree that the rock steady crew who dance in the movie were tight. Breakdance the movie is a true 80s cult classic which inspired the breakdancing craze in the 1980s. Pop culture was never the same after breakin erupted onto movie screens across the globe, exposing the mainstream world to the raw energy and intensity of pop locking and breakdancing. I had the golden chance to see and listen to some of it during the breakdance seasons in the 80s. Unfortunately as good as widescreen sounds the edges of the picture gets cut off and believe me when you watch a movie about dancing you like to see the position and movement of every part of the dancers body in. You really need to watch this hilariously bad 80s breakdancing movie. Hiphopdx breaks down the best 80s hip hop movies since they rarely get love from the academy awards. Starting off with this, the most sophisticated in the genre.
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