streets of fire

Streets of Fire is a 1984 film, directed by Walter Hill, and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It is described as "a Rock & Roll Fable". The film stars Michael Par, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan,E.G. Daily, and Willem Dafoe. The film was produced by Universal Pictures as their major summer release but was a box office flop (perhaps due in part to its back then unknown cast). In recent years, this movie has achieved somewhat of a cult status, partly due to its soundtrack of established artists and the fake bands that were portrayed by Diane Lane as Ellen Aim and the Attackers. The story is as follows: A local girl (Diane Lane) made good goes back to her roots to give a concert in her home town and in the middle of her song gets kidnapped by Raven (Willem Dafoe), the leader of the bike gang 'The Bombers'. In the audience is the sister of her ex-boyfriend who brings back her brother, played by (Michael Par) to get her back. An ex-army girl assists him, for a price. With the present boyfriend tugging along, the two infiltrates the den of 'The Bombers' and set the singer free. Raven in turn brings his whole gang to get his revenge.

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Two Wagnerian Rock songs written by Jim Steinman made this movie colourful. The songs are Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young and Nowhere Fast, both performed by Fire Inc. with Holly Sherwood as lead vocal. However, they passed by unnoticed unlike his other songs, but his fans usually have a consensus that they are two of his best songs to date http://www.neverlandhotel.dk/toplist.php.

The settings of time and place of the story is somewhat unclear. It shows many elements taken from the 60s and also the 80s simultaneously.

Streets Of Fire

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