| Directed by Joel Silberg Produced by Allen DeBevoise, producer, and David Zito, producer Yoram Globus (executive producer) Menahem Golan (executive producer) Written by Charles Parker (aka David Zito) and Allen DeBevoise Starring Lucinda Dickey Adolfo Quinones Michael Chambers Music by Michael Boyd Cinematography Hanania Baer Editing by Larry Bock Mark Helfrich Gib Jaffe Vincent Sklena Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA) Cannon Films (non-USA) Release date(s) May 4, 1984 Running time 90 min. Country United States Language English Breakin', released as Breakdance: The Movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg. The film setting was inspired by a German documentary entitled Breakin' and Enterin' set in the Los Angeles multi-racial hip hop club Radiotron, based out of Macarthur Park in Los Angeles. Many of the artists and dancers, including Ice-T (who makes his movie debut as a club MC) and Boogaloo Shrimp, went straight from Breakin' and Enterin' to star in Breakin' Kelly, a struggling young jazz dancer (Lucinda Dickey) meets up with two break dancers, Ozone (Adolfo Quiñones)(known for crazy inversions) and Turbo (Michael Chambers), who have a bitter rivalry with another crew, Electro Rock, consisting of poppers Poppin' Pete (Timothy Solomon), Poppin' Taco (Bruno Falcon) and Lollipop (Ana 'Lollipop' Sánchez). They also struggle to overcome scorn from Kelly's dance instructor, Franco, who disapproves of her hybrid dance style ... |
