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Wild Style

Play trailer Poster for Wild Style R,  1983,  1h 22m,  Musical Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 90% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 87% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
90% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 87% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
South Bronx graffiti artist Shy Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a rap/break-dance concert.

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Sara Cardace New York Magazine/Vulture Nov 10, 2008
Charlie Ahearn's groundbreaking film about hip-hop, graffiti, break dancing, and rap in eighties New York celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new 35-mm. print. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Aug 10, 2007
2/5
A poorly-acted shambles. Go to Full Review
Sukhdev Sandhu Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 10, 2007
It's great to see again this bolt of ghetto joy, a kind of updated West Side Story, that shows hip-hop as a living, breathing expression of cultural resistance rather than a crunky, cheerless set of cruddy grunts and boasts from which to make money. Go to Full Review
Farah Cheded A Good Movie To Watch Dec 2, 2023
Brilliantly capturing the freewheeling spirit of NYC’s hip-hop scene, this is a time capsule that never feels dusty thanks to the appropriately off-the-cuff filmmaking. Go to Full Review
Sabrina McFarland Common Sense Media Aug 14, 2023
4/5
Director Charlie Ahearn shares a feel-good collaboration of the early days of hip-hop and graffiti artistry in New York City. Go to Full Review
Sean Burns WBUR’s Arts & Culture Jul 24, 2021
Few films are blessed with the sense of discovery captured in these ramshackle reels. Go to Full Review
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Finn W Jun 8, 2017 This is a classic look at early rap, graffiti and breakdance culture in NYC, told from a slightly fictionalized perspective. We follow actual graffiti artist Lee Quinones as Zoro, who spends his nights creating art on the sides of subway cars and his issues with friends who want to make art for *gasp* ACTUAL MONEY instead of just passion. Great stuff and well worth the wait, I'm pleased to cross this one off the list of shame. Recommended. See more
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Charlie Ahearn

Director

"Lee" George Quinones

Raymond

Lady Pink

Rose

Grandmaster Flash

Self

Patti Astor

Virginia

Andrew Witten

Z-Roc

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Movie Info

Synopsis South Bronx graffiti artist Shy Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a rap/break-dance concert.
Director
Charlie Ahearn
Producer
Charlie Ahearn
Screenwriter
Charlie Ahearn
Distributor
First Run, Rhino Entertainment Company [us]
Production Co
Wild Style
Rating
R
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 16, 1983, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 22m
Sound Mix
Mono
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