Body Rock (1984)

Director:

Marcelo Epstein

Writers:

Desmond Nakano (screenplay)
Desmond Nakano (story)
(more)

Release Date:

28 September 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Musical

Plot:

Chilly is just a guy from the streets with a talent for break-dancing. When his wicked moves catch the eye of an inustry pro, Chilly finds his dreams of fame and fortune coming true, for better or for worse.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Break Dance | Independent Film

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Lorenzo Lamas	...	Chilly
Vicki Frederick	...	Claire
Cameron Dye	...	E-Z
Michelle Nicastro	...	Darlene
Ray Sharkey	...	Terrence
Seth Kaufman	...	Jama
Rene Elizondo	...	Snake
Adolph 'Oz' Alvarez	...	Ricky Riccardo (as Oz Rock)
Joseph Whipp	...	Donald
Grace Zabriskie	...	Chilly's Mother
Tony Ganios	...	Big Mac
Carol Ita White	...	Unemployed Lady
Ellen Gerstein	...	Secretary
Russ Clark	...	Jay
Robin Menken	...	Jodie
Mark Sellers	...	D.J.
Shawn Patrick Whittington	...	Dwayne
Gino García	...	Kid #1
James Greene	...	Chilly's Friend #2
Jeff Dollison	...	Teammate
Alison Suzanne	...	Girl in Rhythm Nation
Kim 'Popsicle' Delfin	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Ted 'Rock' Devoux	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
T.C. Diamond	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
James 'Jazzy' Everett	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Jimmy 'Bic' Greene	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Charlie 'Heckle' Histake	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Stephan 'Skeeter' Nicholas	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Dane 'Robot' Parker	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Ken Powell	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Anthony 'Bam Bam' Thomas	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Wayne 'Crescendo' Ward	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers (as Wayne C. Ward)
Pete 'Deadrock' Gonzales	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Stewart Foy Wilson	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Don Bernstein	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Kirk Hansen	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Greg Ramos	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Daniel Lorenzo	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Scott Grossman	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Robert S. Brady	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Randy Digrazio	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Joseph Taylor	...	Ghetto Blaster Dancers
Margit Haut	...	Smoothtalker Dancers
Page Leong	...	Smoothtalker Dancers
Nanette Tarpey	...	Smoothtalker Dancers
Donald Devoux	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Richard 'Skate' Diaz	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Ann Williams	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Sabrina García	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Camille Garcia	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Trish Lashmett	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Kevin Foster	...	Additional Finale Dancers
Tricia 'Miss T' Harris	...	Additional Finale Dancers
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
La Ron A. Smith	...	Magick
Shawn 'Little Cagney' Whittington	...	Rhythm Nation and Skeleton Dancers
Cheryl Faye	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Derek M. Fleming	...	Maurice Bizarre (uncredited)
Dark Hoffman	...	Chiily's friend (uncredited)
Helen Kelly	...	Club Dancer (uncredited)
Amelia Kinkade	...	Little Freak (uncredited)
New York City Breakers	...	Breakdancers in Central Park (uncredited)

Directed by
Marcelo Epstein

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Desmond Nakano		screenplay
Desmond Nakano		story
Kimberly Lynn White		story

Produced by
Jon Feltheimer	....	executive producer
Phil Ramone	....	executive producer
Chuck Russell	....	associate producer
Jeff Schechtman	....	producer (as Jeffrey Schechtman)
Charles Weber	....	executive producer (as Charles J. Weber)

Original Music by
Sylvester Levay

Cinematography by
Robby Müller

Film Editing by
Lorenzo DeStefano
Richard Halsey

Casting by
Annette Benson

Production Design by
Guy J. Comtois		(as Guy Comtois)
Craig Stearns

Art Direction by
Craig Stearns

Set Decoration by
Cricket Rowland

Costume Design by
Marlene Stewart

Makeup Department
Timothy D'Arcy	....	hair stylist (as Tim D'Arcy)
Timothy D'Arcy	....	makeup artist (as Tim D'Arcy)
Marleen Marta	....	hair stylist (as Marlene Marta)
Marleen Marta	....	makeup artist (as Marlene Marta)

Production Management
Aaron Barsky	....	unit manager
Don Behrns	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aaron Barsky	....	first assistant director
Leon Dudevoir	....	first assistant director
Jerry Fleck	....	second assistant director (as Gerald Fleck)
Steve Love	....	assistant director: New York unit (as Steven Love)

Art Department
Jim Beinke	....	construction of giant ghetto blaster
Lynda Burbank	....	props
Cynthia Carr	....	set dresser
J. Rae Fox	....	props
'Brim' Fuentes	....	graffiti artist (as Brim)
Randy Moore	....	set designer (as Charles R. Moore)
Brad Frost	....	production design of 'skelebot suits' (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kevin F. Cleary	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean DeFeaver	....	sound
David Dockendorf	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tony Gonzalez	....	sound
David W. Gray	....	consultant: Dolby (as David Gray)
Carl Mahakian	....	sound editor
Hoppy Mehterian	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Post	....	sound editor
Cristie Roberts	....	assistant sound editor
William L. Stevenson	....	supervising sound editor (as William Stevenson)

Stunts
Chuck Gaylord	....	stunts
Stuart F. Wilson	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Anderson	....	first assistant camera
Jonathan Bell	....	assistant camera (as Johnathan Bell)
John Cassidy	....	grip
Mike Connors	....	grip (as Michael Connors)
Mitch Dubin	....	assistant camera
David Gasperik	....	assistant camera
Michael E. Gips	....	second assistant camera
Ned Hallick	....	electrician
Frieder Hocheim	....	gaffer (as Frieder Hochheim)
David Knox	....	camera operator: New York (as Dave Knox)
Edward Lachman	....	additional photographer (as Ed Lachman)
David W. Nims	....	grip (as David Nins)
Eddie Pie	....	assistant camera
Christopher Porter	....	best boy
Joe-Joe Presson	....	best boy grip (as Joe Presson)
John Savka	....	key grip
Adam Swica	....	rigging gaffer
Bryan Unger	....	grip
Burleigh Wartes	....	additional photographer
Tony Whitman	....	grip
Zachary Winestine	....	assistant camera (as Zachery Winestein)
Oliver Wood	....	camera operator: New York

Casting Department
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting
Isabelle Kramer	....	extras casting (as Isabelle Cramer)
Nancy Mott	....	extras casting
Lauren Roman	....	casting assistant
Rebecca Stewart	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cynthia Flynt	....	wardrobe (as Cindy Flynt)
Tracy Keegan	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Holly Austin	....	negative cutter
John Penney	....	assistant editor
Andrew Silver	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor (as Jim Hendrikson)
Gaylon J. Horton	....	music supervisor (as Gaylon Horton)
Phil Ramone	....	soundtrack supervisor
Michael Tronick	....	music editor (as Mike Tronick)

Other crew
Leslie Bega	....	dancer
Jamie Cohen	....	liaison: EMI America
Joe D'Ambrosio	....	project coordinator (as Joseph D'Ambrosio)
Joanne DiVito	....	choreographer
Al Ebner	....	unit publicist
Susan Fazekas	....	location manager
David Freitag	....	production assistant
Amy Friedman	....	production assistant
Rebecca Greeley	....	production assistant
Steve Haberman	....	pictorial consultant
David B. Householter	....	production assistant (as David Hausholter)
David Howes	....	production assistant
Whitney R. Hunter	....	production assistant (as Whitney Hunter)
Kerry Johnson	....	production assistant (as Kerry F. Johnson)
Jonathan Kaufman	....	location manager
Harry Mastrogeorge	....	creative consultant
Kerry Lyn McKissick	....	script supervisor
Richard Muessel	....	production assistant
Desmond Nakano	....	associate director
John Orlebeck	....	production assistant
Susan Scanlan	....	choreographer
Craig Simmons	....	production assistant
Michael Thomas Slifkin	....	talent coordinator
Skip Van Marten	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• New World Pictures

Distributors

• New World Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical)
• Succéfilm AB (1984) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (video)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

New World Pictures

Trivia:

This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John WIlson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the spray paint cans lids are being removed at the beginning of the film, there are no visible nozzles on the cans, thus making it impossible for them to expel any paint.

Movie Connections:

References Romancing the Stone (1984)

Soundtrack:

Smooth Talker

Body rock

The best part of the movie for me was watching the new york city breakers. Why did they choose Lorenzo Lamas for the lead i will never know. You can not beat style wars or beat street. The title track was okay for that time but the rest of the film and it's scripts was absolute garbage. Although from 1980-1985 their were quite a few hip hop movies about but this for me is still at the back of the stack. Lorenzo's best roles were in Grease as the nerd(to bad his brains are in his biceps) and of course Falcons Crest. I do not know what he is doing these days but good luck to him. PS Lorenzo Lamas and Lucinda Dickey of the Breakdance movies would have made a great team!

Gurpreet Sehmbi