Streets of Fire (1984)

tremendous film

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I actually watched this a bunch when I was a kid.

Decent music, kind of stupid plot, interesting cinematography with a retro feel to the sets, costumes, and props.

Willem Dafoe is in it along with a much younger Diane Lane. I kind of liked Michael Pare (from Eddie & the Cruisers) when I was younger, but he's really not a very good actor. Still worth watching, IMO.

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Yeah. I like Michael Pare. He's pretty synonymous with the '80s. Plus, Walter Hill, one of the best directors of his generation, directed the film.

I love how Rick Moranis gets higher billing than Willem Dafoe (who is not billed at all) in the trailer.

Very very good

Love me some Ellen Aim

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Am I going to be disappointed?

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Don't think so. If nothing else it's interesting.

Kind of an Escape From New York meets a dumbed-down Johnny Mnemonic with music. Or Warriors interrupting Strange Days.

Enjoy!

I really like Streets of Fire. Funny, I just found out in the past week or so that it was a white guy (Dan Hartman) who sang "I Can Dream About You" and not those 4 black guys in the movie. I love that song, and everytime I've heard over the years I've visualized those guys in the movie singing it. But they were lip synching to Dan Hartman's voice. That's kinda weird for me now.

I found this out because I recently saw David Naughton in a tv show and thought he sang "Instant Replay" in the 70's. Well, after a quick search I found it was Dan Hartman who sang Instant Replay, and that's when I found out Hartman also sang "I Can Dream About You".

I remember this movie fondly, not sure how it would hold up now. Though, ya gotta love a 19 year old Diane Lane!

Haven't seen it in awhile. Looked it up on imdb and was surprised by all the names I recognized in the cast. For example, one of the back up guys in the Sorels, would later tell Forrest Gump he wanted to go home.

I love this movie. A Rock n Roll fable!

I was the same about the Dan hartman discovery. I also have always loved Diane lane since the outsiders and streets of fire.

Useless trivia: Diane Lane turned down Darryl Hannah's role in Splash in order to make Streets of Fire.

I love the big musical numbers at the beginning and the end. It's exactly what would've happened if Bonnie Tyler ever made a rock opera. Also the Stevie Nicks-written "Sorcerer" somewhere in the middle of the film.

Also - The blonde bimbo chick "biggest fan" (not the mechanic, obviously) is the voice of a couple of the Rugrats.