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Breakin'

'''''Breakin' (also known as Breakdance in the United Kingdom and Break Street '84''''' in other regions) is a 1984 American breakdancing-themed musical film directed by Joel Silberg and written by Charles Parker and Allen DeBevoise based on a story by Parker, DeBevoise and Gerald Scaife about dancer Alysha Williams.

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A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.

Released: 1984-05-0490 minDir: Joel SilbergMusic, Drama, Romance

Cast

Lucinda Dickey as Kelly / Special K
Adolfo Quinones as Ozone
Michael Chambers as Turbo
Ben Lokey as Franco
Christopher McDonald as James
Phineas Newborn III as Adam

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Key facts

Film.name: Breakin'
Film.image: Breakin' movie poster.jpg
Film.caption: Theatrical release poster
Film.director: Joel Silberg
Film.cinematography: Hanania Baer
Film.distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company
Film.runtime: 87 minutes
Film.country: United States
Film.language: English
Film.budget: $1.2 million
Film.gross: $38.7 million

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Key dates

Published: 6 July 1984

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: drama film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Followed by: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Cast member: Lela Rochon
Producer: Yoram Globus
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinematographer: Hanania Baer
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The film's setting was inspired by a 1983 documentary titled ''Breakin' 'n' Enterin', set in the multi-racial hip hop club Radio-Tron, based out of MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Many of the artists and dancers from that documentary, including Ice-T (who makes his film debut as a club MC), and Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers, went straight from Breakin' 'n' Enterin' to star in Breakin'''.