Wild Style

1982
R
1h 22m

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7.0/10

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Patti Astor, Lady Pink, Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Andrew Witten, and Busy Bee in Wild Style (1982)

South Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.

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South Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.South Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.South Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

3.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Raymond 'Zoro'
(as 'Lee' George Quinones)

Lady Pink

Rose 'Lady Bug'
(as Sandra 'Pink' Fabara)

Fab 5 Freddy

'Phade'
(as Frederick Braithwaite)

Patti Astor

Virginia

Andrew Witten

Z-Roc
(as Zephyr)

Busy Bee

Chief Rocker…

Carlos Morales

Hector

Alfredo Valez

Chico

Niva Kislac

Niva

Glenn O'Brien

Museum Curator

William Rice

Television Producer
(as Bill Rice)

Johnny 'Crash' Matos

Union Crew

Daze

Union Crew
(as Chris 'Daze' Ellis)

Fred 'Caz' Glover

Union Crew

Edwin 'Obe' Ortez

Union Crew

Lisa Lee

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Henrietta Henry

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Trivia
The stick-up guys were cast when Charlie Ahearn saw them hanging around the location. Ahearn offered them a prop gun but they insisted on using their real sawed-off shotgun. All of their lines were improvised.

Goofs
At 6:18 Hector tells Raymond 'Zoro' to take off his do-rag. Then Ray's hair pops back and forth between being flat from the do-rag to a picked out Afro during their conversation.

Quotes
'Phade': Scooby Doo!

Connections
Edited into And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)

Soundtracks
South Bronx Subway Rap
Composed by Fab 5 Freddy and Chris Stein
Performed by Grandmaster Caz

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Good as a rap & graffiti documentary, poor as a movie

I had heard that Blondie was in this movie, but was disappointed to find that they didn't appear, although two Blondie songs were used as background music (including Rapture). Chris Stein also played synthesized guitar for the soundtrack. This film is very good as a documentary of the early days of old school rap (it's fascinating to see Grandmaster Flash & Busy Bee work) & graffiti (we get to see all the ugly subway train car logos we could ask for, & some of the beautiful wall murals), but in reality, the movie is only a pseudo-documentary. Real graffiti artist Lee Quinones (Lee) plays graffiti man Zoro in the movie, & Fab 5 Freddie tries to hook him up with Manhattan art gallery types. As a movie, the plot is childish, the subplot (Lee & Pink's romance) undeveloped, & the acting is, well, adolescent. As a documentary, I give it 8/10; as a movie, I give it 2/10; overall 5/10.