with the success of the 1999 album Prince set his sights on becoming a movie star demonstrating

the type of audacity which fueled his success Prince told his manager Robert Cavallo that he would not

renew his contract unless Cavallo landed him a major Studio film the result co-produced by Robert Cavallo was Purple

Rain Purple Rain is Loosely based on Prince's early life and was filmed primarily in the singers native Minneapolis it

features a song score composed by Prince including several numbers performed by Prince and his band

the revolution in live concert sequences the Purple Rain soundtrack album was released in June of 1984

and the filmed opened in theaters one month later both were wildly successful the movie grossed over

a quarter of the astounding total of 100 million records eventually sold by prince prince

won the Academy Award for original song score for purple rain and the soundtrack album earned Prince

and the revolution a Grammy for Best Rock performance by a duo or group not long before Purple

Rain opened in theaters Prince joke that he was having nightmares in which the popular film critics

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert pant his movie he needn't have worried Siskel and Ebert gave

Purple Rain two thumbs up and put it on their top 10 list for 1984 now

joined by Apollonia Kotero and Morris Day here's Prince at the peak of his powers

in Purple Rain

with the success of the 1999 album Prince set his sights on becoming a movie star demonstrating

the type of audacity which fueled his success Prince told his manager Robert Cavallo that he would not

renew his contract unless Cavallo landed him a major Studio film the result co-produced by Robert Cavallo was Purple

Rain Purple Rain is Loosely based on Prince's early life and was filmed primarily in the singers native Minneapolis it

features a song score composed by Prince including several numbers performed by Prince and his band

the revolution in live concert sequences the Purple Rain soundtrack album was released in June of 1984

and the filmed opened in theaters one month later both were wildly successful the movie grossed over

a quarter of the astounding total of 100 million records eventually sold by prince prince

won the Academy Award for original song score for purple rain and the soundtrack album earned Prince

and the revolution a Grammy for Best Rock performance by a duo or group not long before Purple

Rain opened in theaters Prince joke that he was having nightmares in which the popular film critics

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert pant his movie he needn't have worried Siskel and Ebert gave

Purple Rain two thumbs up and put it on their top 10 list for 1984 now

joined by Apollonia Kotero and Morris Day here's Prince at the peak of his powers

in Purple Rain