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A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Adolfo Quinones
- Ozone
- (as Adolfo 'Shabba-Doo' Quinones)
Michael Chambers
- Turbo
- (as Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers)
Bruno Falcon
- Electro Rock 1
- (as Bruno 'Pop N' Taco' Falcon)
Popin Pete
- Electro Rock 2
- (as Timothy 'Poppin' Pete' Solomon)
Ana Sánchez
- Electro Rock 3
- (as Ana 'Lollipop' Sanchez)
Ice-T
- Rap Talker
- (as Ice T)
Teresa Kelly
- Vicky
- (as T.C. Laughlin)
Ric Mancino
- Joe the Cook
- (as Ric Mancini)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the first "street dancing" scene, in which Kelly accompanies Ozone and Turbo to the beach, the audience watching the dancing is comprised of surfers and beach bums. A man in a black singlet claps with the music. It's Jean-Claude Van Damme in his first on-screen appearance. According to Van Damme, he tried hard to draw attention to himself by jumping in the air and doing flips, but they were not included in the film.
- GoofsIn the second dance battle scene in the club, Ice-T can clearly be seen rapping/talking into the microphone in the background yet we do not hear him at all. All that can be heard is music and the main characters dialog.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Breakin'/Firestarter/Hardbodies/Sugar Cane Alley (1984)
- SoundtracksTibetan Jam
Written by Chris The Glove Taylor (as Chris "The Glove" Taylor)
Rap by Ice-T (as Ice T)
Produced by Chris The Glove Taylor (as Chris "The Glove" Taylor)
Featured review
Cheesy
Formula dance movie with the distinctly '80s flavor of break dancing added to it. Aspiring jazz dancer Kelly (Lucinda Dickey) teams up with two street dancers, Ozone (Adolfo Quinones) and Turbo (Michael Chambers). They prepare for the inevitable "big audition," as well as dealing with Kelly's villainous former dance instructor and a rival street dance crew. The tension with the rival crew named Electro Rock provides for the movie's most unintentionally hilarious scenes. It's hard to take that crap seriously. Several dangling plot lines are left unresolved, which shows you how much attention was paid to the script. Turbo has a dance number with a broom where you can see the wires attached to the broom handle, which shows how much attention was paid to direction. Objectively, it's a bad movie but not without its charms. Corny in the extreme but some genuinely entertaining moments, as well as some laughs to be had at its expense.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Breakdance
- Filming locations
- 4323 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA(Interior and exterior. Boogaloo shrimp's broom dance sequence in front of convenience store.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,682,707
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,047,686
- May 6, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $38,682,707
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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