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Directed by | Stan Lathan |
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Story by | Richard Lee Sisco |
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Cinematography | Tom Priestley Jr. |
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Music by | Arthur Baker |
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Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.