Wild Style (1983)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Charlie Ahearn

Writer:

Charlie Ahearn (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama | Music

Tagline:

Break Dancing Graffiti Rap

Plot:

Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer...

Plot Keywords:

Graffiti | Break Dance | Hip Hop | Independent Film

Cast

Easy A.D.	...	Cold Crush Brothers
A.J.	...	Himself (as DJ AJ)
Almighty K.G.	...	Cold Crush Brothers
Patti Astor	...	Virginia
Busy Bee	...	Himself
Grandmaster Caz	...	Cold Crush Brothers
Lil' Rodney Cee	...	Double Trouble
Charlie Chase	...	Cold Crush Brothers
Ruby Dee	...	Fantastic Freaks
Dot-a-Rock	...	Fantastic Freaks
Grand Mixer DXT	...	Himself (as Grandmixer D.St)
Fab 5 Freddy	...	Fab Five Freddy
Sandra Fabara	...	Rose
Grandmaster Flash	...	Himself
Frosty Freeze	...	Rock Steady Crew
Mr. Freeze	...	Rock Steady Crew
J.D.L.	...	Cold Crush Brothers
Kevie Kev	...	Fantastic Freaks
Lisa Lee	...	Herself
Crazy Legs	...	Rock Steady Crew
Carlos Morales	...	Raymond's brother
Glenn O'Brien	...	Museum Curator
'Lee' George Quinones	...	Raymond 'Zoro'
Rammellzee	...	Himself
Master Rob	...	Fantastic Freaks
K.K. Rockwell	...	Double Trouble
Prince Ken Swift	...	Rock Steady Crew
Grand Wizard Theodore	...	Fantastic Freaks
Tony Tone	...	Cold Crush Brothers
Prince Whipper Whip	...	Fantastic Freaks
Dondi White	...	Himself
Andrew Witten	...	Zroc (as Andrew 'Zephyr' Witten)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:R | UK:15

Company:

Wild Style

Trivia:

One of the trains that was being painted in the film was actually a mock-up display train that was set up and filmed in a studio.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

Soundtrack:

Limo Rap

The ultimate docu-rama on the hip hop phenomenon

Featuring some of the biggest names in hip hop, Wildstyle is the seminal docu-rama on this lifestlye. B-boys and b-girls, graf artists, DJs, MCs and larger than life characters are feature in this flick that is, ultimately, a real-life documentary on the early movers and shakers of the hip hop movement.

Anyone who listens to rap, wears fat laces, loves the 'old-skool' look, spins bits of plastic on two (or more) turntables, or is just curious about hip hop should have watched this film at least five times! A to the K? What acting there is in this film is weak, but it's made up for by appearances from Grandmaster Flash, Double Trouble, Crazy Legs and gang, as well as a whole host of graf artists including Lady Pink and Lee. There is a loose plot-line but you soon realise that this isn't really important to what is captured on film. What is captured is the vitality and energy that is hip hop and no other film (including Beat Street and Style Wars) comes close.