Beat Street

Beat Street
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStan Lathan
Written by
Story byRichard Lee Sisco
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Priestley Jr.
Edited by
Music byArthur Baker
Production
company
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1984 (1984-06-08)[1][2]
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.5 million
Box office$16.6 million

Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s. Set in the South Bronx, the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends, all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip hop culture, including breakdancing, DJing and graffiti.

  1. ^ "Beat Street". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Beat Street (1984) - Financial Information". Retrieved November 22, 2017.

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