10 Things You Didn’t Know About Streets of Fire
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- Enjoy this short Retrospective Documentary about one of the most underrated films of the 1980s, Streets of Fire, Directed by Walter Hill and starring Michael Pare (Tom Cody), Diane Lane (Ellen Aim), Willem Dafoe (Raven Shaddock), Rick Moranis (Billy Fish), Amy Madigan (McCoy), Deborah Van Valkebburgh (Reva Cody), and Bill Paxton (Clyde the Bartender)
Released: June 1, 1984
Director: Walter Hill
Music composed by: Ry Cooder
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Box Office: $8.1 million
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00:58 A Planned Trilogy
04:10 Rise of The Anti-Hero
05:59 RAD TRIVIA MOMENT
06:17 Unexpected Side-Kick
07:27 A Young Diane Lane
08:41 Who is Billy Fish?
09:33 The Bikers
10:14 Street Aesthetic
11:36 Final Beatdown
12:58 RAD TRIVIA MOMENT
13:26 The Power of Sound
14:08 HART of The Film - บันเทิง
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According to Walter Hill, the film's origins came out of a desire to make what he thought was a perfect film when he was a teenager and put in all of the things that he thought were "great then and which I still have great affection for: custom cars, kissing in the rain, neon, trains in the night, high-speed pursuit, rumbles, rock stars, motorcycles, jokes in tough situations, leather jackets and questions of honor". I believe Hill did a great job of including all of these elements into Streets of Fire - How about you? What's your favorite aspect of this film?
Jim Steinman's music, by a long shot.
"Let the revels begin, let the fires be started; we're dancing for the restless and the broken hearted."
Michael Pare & the soundtrack
Love it!! @@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
Wish Michael Pare was in more films, he was so great in Eddie and The Cruisers and The Philadelphia Experiement!@@samanthab1923
Jim Steinman wrote "Tonight is What It Means To Be Young" in THREE days. RIP to one of the most talented songwriter of our generation.
that song is epic.
I taught aerobic dance in the 1980's. Other than a cover of "One Night Only" from the musical Dreamgirls, all songs for the aerobic part were Jim Steinman, but I didn't realize it! I had the two Fire Inc. songs from Streets of Fire and Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For A Hero" from the Footloose movie soundtrack. I wanted one more song but needed something that would be as dramatic as the other 3 Steinmans. If I'd only known that Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album was Steinman, I could have found another song. I still listen to Streets of Fire when I'm on the elliptical.
Always loved Steinman's other song from the soundtrack, Nowhere Fast.
"Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" should have been a hit song and after all of these years, I STILL ENJOY listening to this song!!!. The vocals on this song blows me away!!!
One of the best movies to come out of the 80s with one of the best soundtracks out there.
I’ve always wondered why this film wasn’t also a Broadway musical? Seems like all the pieces are there. It could also be a fantastic midnight show that involves the audience with costumes, sing alongs, and live interaction.
This is a really good idea
Very much agreed, it would make for an excellent musical.
I’ll be the first one there👍🏼😏
Good point ! 🤔
One of the best movie soundtracks of all time. A Rock and Roll Fable. "Tonight is what it means to be young"!
I never knew there were supposed to be 2 more films and now I feel cheated. I loved this movie and really would've loved a trilogy
Almost 40 years later and I still love this film! Still jam the soundtrack to this day.
SOF is a very re-watchable gem with Dafoe and Madigan’s characters icing on this 1980’s cake. The hammer fight finale is a classic.
lets not forget bill paxton as brief as his time was in this movie and rick moranis in a very early role.
I haven't seen the film since it came out. I suppose it's time for a re-watch as a middle-aged man with teens, who was a teen when it came out...
@@michaelautrey6641 A lot of people even to this day are unaware that Paxton had a small, yet pivatol role early in The Terminator as one of the three punks in the park at night when a naked Schwarzenegger approached them.
I named my son "Cody" because I admired the character in the movie so much ...
Me too. Well, his middle name.
One of my very favorite movies ever - and the soundtrack is incredible! ❤
I’ve turned so many friends onto this soundtrack over the years
The best soundtrack ever produced!
Fire Inc’s songs are still in my workout list.
I may have to rewatch this film. When I saw it, when it was released, I thought it kinda a silly premise for a movie. The song "I Can Dream About You" was the highlight for me. So much so that I bought the :45.
@@jmad627Good song but Fire Inc is soooo much better
Streets of Fire, and Michael Pare, are so under rated! Both are among some of my favorite things to come out of the 80's!
I watched them shoot the elevated train scene in my neighborhood. I fell in love with this movie immediately and have watched it dozens of times since. I still get emotional at the very end when she's singing on stage and he's walking away.
Jim Steinman's music (performed by Fire inc)was incredible as well
9ne of my favorites. Great story, great casting, great music and great cinematographry.
Usually I don't watch movies more than once, this and Blues brothers are the only ones I have seen over twenty times and this is the only one I have seen over thirty times. It's in my top ten overall favourite movies.
I love this movie. I would have happily gone to see 2 more movies with these characters.
Pare didn't sing on the Eddie and the Cruisers sound track, that was John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band.
Back when I was 21, I had dinner with John Cafferty and Tunes (who played Wendell in the movie) before a show they performed. They were awesome. When I asked what my crush Michael Pare was really like, Tunes said, "He really loves brunettes", to me, a brunette. When I mentioned Pare kept marrying blondes, Tunes replied, "He really loves them too." 😂😂 Cafferty sang my favorite song, "Tender Years" to me, so a great memory.
Thank you for clearing that up. I knew there was something to that?
Missed one important cast member: Lee Ving as Greer. Actual punk rocker, frontman for Fear and later for Range War. Adds real credibility to the dystopian punk flavor of this film.
Just saw FEAR last year for the 2nd time in my life & 75 year old Lee Ving STILL brings it on stage!!!
He was the guy from Flashdance. “All nude, all the time” 😂
Check LV out as Piggy in the movie Get Crazy.....kind of an obscure film even though Daniel Stern, Malcolm McDowell and Lou Reed are all in it ❤
Don’t forget Lee Ving as ‘Mr. Body’ in “Clue”!
@@Wizardboots Also John Densmore of The Doors as Toad
Dafoe was a terrific bad guy. Years later I was very surprised to discover the actual height difference between him and Michael Pare. Dafoe looks big on screen :)
Okay... ordering a copy of this today.
This was the first movie I ever went to by myself without a friend.
I watched this so many times that day.
The music was everything.
I didn’t realize that it was Diane Lane as the singer until it became available on Prime a couple years ago.
This soundtrack is a CLASSIC!
You still often hear I Can Dream About You ... on FM classic 80s stations, XM 📻
I love the costume design for the film. Largely 1950s fashion with sprinkles of 80s New Wave.
One of my favorite movies, I bought the DVD many years ago. Even some of the minor characters went on to have great careers, i.e. Bill Paxton.
I remember watching this at the theatre as a young lad. Man, it was an event! Dafoe was terrific. Fun fact: The stage dancer is the same dancer from the pivotal Flashdance audition scene.
One of my favs. Was expecting Pare to be a big action star after. Dafoe’s 2nd best performance, after Elias, and he’s had a lot of great performances. The music was great, still listen to some of it/Fire Inc songs still in my workout rotation. I never knew it was a planned trilogy; I feel robbed.
I was an extra on Streets of Fire on the backlot of Universal and it turned into a fairly lengthy gig. Perhaps 6 weeks, I don’t remember exactly. I have a bunch of interesting recollections from that time.
1st: Filming was already underway for a few days when Willem Dafoe rides up to the staging area on a motorcycle. At this point, he wasn’t famous, I didn’t know that they would be using the motorcycle in the film and I just thought he was really cool looking.
2nd: For a Police Car/Motorcycle stunt sequence, Walter Hill personally placed me and my friend on a particular corner directly in front of the action. You think of Hollywood stunts - protection - landing on pads - NOT HERE.
I watched the motorcycle guy crash headfirst into the Police Car, fly off the motorcycle over the police car and land on the very real cobblestone streets without any external protection whatsoever other than what he was wearing. I was shocked. Some serious stunt guys. They got it in one take.
Amazing to read this. How awesome that must have been. Thank you so much for sharing and being a part of a legendary film!
Amy Madigan’s role was written with Edward James Olmos in mind. Amy arguably steals the entire film. When I first watched Streets of Fire as a teen during ‘84 I didn’t quite understand WHY McCoy tells Tom “you’re not my type” on two separate occasions during the film. Years later, i’m finally old enough to understand what she really meant.
Madigan hardly "steals the entire film". That honor goes to Dafoe.
@@liquidmagma Note my use of the word ARGUABLY.
You probably already know this, but this film was (and still is) big in Japan because of the character archetypes (Japanese audiences tend to gear towards archetypes more so than actual characters). Plus, it also inspired the beat-em-up genre of videogames, namely Final Fight and Streets of Rage. :)
Totally, and yes, can definitely see that. Back when I first watched SoF I was heavily into Akira Kurosawa and his Samurai films, and SoF is so much like a samurai/western flick. I think that's why I loved it so much! Thanks for watching I really appreciate it!
Plus, the Japanese people still love stoicism. The fact that Pare looks calm while fighting, shooting, kissing, and talking would fit right in with their societal beliefs on manhood.
@@frankrobinsjr.1719 Indeed.
The first time I saw SOF back in the early 80s I was blown away with so many things that went on. The rainy streets with the retro style buildings and the whacked out neon lighting were all avante garde film noir.
Definitely a special film with its own aesthetic. Thanks for watching!
I was driving home late from a party when the bolt holding my alternator dropped from my engine (PING ting ting ting). I shut off all my lights and was able to juuust barely coast into the driveway of a friend who was still at the party. Back in those days nobody locked their doors so I walked into the house and phoned him to let him know what happened. He was totally cool, told me to make myself at home, which I did. I plugged in "STREETS OF FIRE" and was just blown away at how good it is. I ended up watching it twice that night before he got back. The next morning (actually afternoon) we found he had the exact right bolt to fix my car and I was on my way. That mini detour remains one of my most favorite memories...
Awesome to hear this and thank you for sharing it. What a memory indeed!
Love this movie. I feel that Michael Pare is an underused actor that could do so well in so many other films and Hollywood just hasn't utilized him properly.
I strongly suggest you don’t look into Walter Hill’s commentary on the movie. I believe the name the Director and producers gave Pare was “the tree”. Because he was a complete block of wood.
Fun fact: I was in LA for the ‘84 Olympics as a teenager in love with movies. I took the tram tour and saw a tarred over back lot. The tour guide explained that the streets were blacked out overhead for scenes in ‘Streets.
Whoa!! That is awesome!! Thanks for sharing that, really appreciate it!
@@80sDudeTV Np. I meant to say “tarp(ed).”
Street of fire 🔥 was a mark in 80’s cultural history, I still remember it was mind blowing to watch it as an 80’s kid , everyone was cool and outcast it was one of my main influences such as another 80’s cult classic Rumble Fish it had Rock’n’Roll and Rockabilly cues part of 80’s nostalgic era ❤❤❤ thank you so much for doing a review on it ! G’day from
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Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your thoughts. Stay tuned I've got a few more of these retrospectives queued up and releasing in the next few weeks. Cheers!
I love this movie and the soundtrack is _fire!_ I think this soundtrack is still one of the best I've ever heard.
The best soundtrack ever produced!
Saw this film back then. I'm 60 now.
"Tonight is What It Means To Be Young" always brings such a sentimental tear to my eye
I saw Street's of fire at the theater.
Loved it through and through.
Being young in the Eighties and this film
was so Freckin KooL. I Love it still.
Thank you for really showing it in how
movie's like it changed Cinema and futuristic
ideas, blended with music and Cars.
That my FRIENDS, WAS THE 80'S !
Can remember sitting in the theater & watching the credits to the Fixx’s Deeper & Deeper. So many familiar faces. Ed Begley Jr.? One of the dancers from Beat It, Stoney Jackson, All Nude, All the time guy from Flash Dance, Lee Ving, EG Bailey, Tommy Pickles voice. All great
I loved the movie. It was a favorite of mine at the time. Whenever it came on TV, I would watch it. Brilliant film.
Walter Hill was the man in the 80’s. Streets of Fire,Long Riders,Beverly Hills Cop,Southern Comfort,Warriors … Great Movies with great soundtracks.
SoF, Southern Comfort, and Big Trouble . . are some of my favorite films but were not popular with the critics or public leading me to doubt my taste in entertainment back then. It's good to know that I belong to a devoted, although not large, group of like minded fans. On a side note, can anyone tell me why Rex Reed still has a job, or for that matter, why that pompous jerk was even hired?
One of my favorite directors tbh, I would even say in my top 5 easily!
I love this film and watch it often but i believe it was ahead of its time.
Underrated Classic
I saw this in the theatre way back when. One of my favorite films of its day and a great soundtrack.
This is one of my father and I's go to movies (sadly he has been gone 18 yrs) along with the one behind you (Big Trouble ILC) and The 13th Warrior. The Chicago setting (yes that is where it was filmed for that fight scene) and the music and aesthetic is Amazing and it is sad it didn't do well at the box office - I saw it in the theatre with my father! Thank you for this retrospect~
Thank you so much and so glad it brought back a great memory. Cheers!
Nice,but the reason this film lost money was that the whole thing was filmed in sound stages. Mr. Hill insisted on total control.
This worked back when the industry was an industry cranking out films on an average of 2 per week.
You have great taste. This & 13th Warrior are two of my favs also. ❤️
You guys had good taste
It failed because of poor marketing. @@nomadmarauder-dw9re
I am from South Africa! And this movie and the amazing music is still amazing for us and we are 50 years old now! Will always be the best music ever!
The Songs DIane Lane sings in the movie are written by Jim Steinman, same person who wrote "It's all coming back to me" by Celine Dion and all of Meatloaf's songs
Mimed, sung by Laurie Sargent
Jim Steinman didn't write all of Meat Loafs songs. His Bad Attitude album for instance only had 2 Steinman songs on it. Modern Girl was the most successful from that album and was written by Paul Jacobs and Sarah Durkee.
You forgot about the Bruce Springsteen Connection. He was supposed to have provided the final song for the film but when he pulled out they went to Jim Steinman, who wrote Nowhere Fast for a new ending song which is where Tonight is What it Means to be Young came from.
Right on! Tbh I did not know Bruce Springsteen was involved, but this is very interesting, I'm excited to learn more about the connection. Thanks for sharing!! Cheers!
Springsteen pulled the use of his 1978 song, Streets of Fire, when he discovered that the producers of the film planned to have another artist cover it for the film instead of actually using his original version.
Many movies "take me back" to the 80's, but this one PUTS me there. One of the best Soundtracks out there from the era... RIP Jim Steinman. Thanks for this vid!!!
One of my all time favorite movies, I still watch it whenever it pops up on streaming
I was a movie store clerk in the early 90s and Streets of Fire was a favourite to play on the screens during my shift because its the whole package: great soundtrack, captivating visuals, action without gratuitous violence, in short, a rock-n-roll fantasy. Still love it! Thanks for doing the retrospective of this awesome and not-too-recognized film.
Streets of Fire is one of the greatest movies ever made. I saw it in 1984. The first weekend it came out. I remember I had seen the poster for it somewhere and I thought to myself "Hmmm ... That looks interesting" I went back to see it the next weekend. When the VHS tape came out I immediately brought it. I still have the DVD somewhere 39 years later.
I is my "Get out of the BLUES" pick me up remedy.
I was a kid when this was released. I love it is getting some attention. At the heart of this movie was the music. I was a little disappointed you would talk about the music without mentioning legendary blues man Ry Cooder (who did Crossroads music) and Jim Steinman who wrote all the music for Meatloafs "Bat Out of Hell." He was an epic songwriter of overly dramatitc songs for Meatloaf, Celine Dion, Air supply, Barry Manilow etc. Thanks for remember the movie though.
I saw it when it came out, and I remain a fan. I still own the soundtrack and enjoy it greatly.
Not forgetting to mention William Defoe is 🔥 HOTROD 🔥 Defoe will steal the show in anything he’s on , Defoe was in everything in the 80’s he’s a such dynamic actor absolutely one of the greatest actor ever !
First thing I saw him in was the Hunger. This was his big break thru
Willem Dafoe is one of my favorite actors. Also thought he was amazing in Boondock Saints! (adding that to my list of Retrospectives ;)
@@80sDudeTV Favorite is To Live & Die in LA. Great soundtrack too ❤️
The strange thing about Streets of Fire is it looks like they are in the 1950s in some parts of the movie, and it looks like they are in the 1980s in other parts of the movie. The music is also from the 1980s. I suppose that is why they call it a rock & roll fable. I really like this movie. Great actors, excellent action, and a good story.
Walter Hill also directed The Warriors, 48 Hrs, Crossroads, and many other great films. He also produced the Alien films.
One of my biggest complaints is there are so many good movies out there and they are simply not in any rotation of streaming platforms.
Diane Lane was still in high school when she made streets of fire. Michael Pare mentioned on The Tonight Show about how excited she was over the grades she received on her report card.
I'm 43 and adore this film. When we tented movies on weekends this was my go too!
This film is so campy its high art. A real gem.
Awesome Movie, I loved it. I still watch it to this day
It’s crazy how you can forget a movie from your childhood until someone else mentions it.
A Rock and Roll fable.
Another time, another place. This movie will stay with me forever. Great video. Bless.
One of my all time favorites....and truly is under rated!!!!
If anyone's interested: Ebert and Siskel's 1984 review for the film is right here on YT. Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock was released the same week.
This was a great movie. And Diane Lane was simply beautiful.
I'll watch anything with Diane Lane in it! :)
I watched it a few times before I learned it was her!
Good stuff dude!
I worked in a video store in 87-88 and one day perusing the shelves, found this absolute gem.
Thanks for covering it!
Thank you for watching! I worked at Hollywood Video in the 90s to pay for college. Great times!
The Bombers' 2nd in command was played by Jude Capallero aka Lee Ving, lead singer of the notorious punk group FEAR. Another supporting role actor that lent authenticity to the project. FEAR's first album is about as raw as Ving's movie character.
Outstanding, thank you for adding that, and thanks for watching!! Cheers!
@@80sDudeTV Some added spice. FEAR was banned from SNL when they & their fans got a bit too raucous & foul-mouthed during their 1981 Halloween set. That's authenticity.
Great review. One of my late teen favorites. Sound track brings me back to wonderful memories. And let’s not forget Diane Lane.. ugh. Crush.
Spectacular movie and love the content of this video - thank you. Always loved the vinyl and original version of the Hartman song.
this movie was like an 80's rpg game:
former soldiers, gangers, rockers, corporates, drivers, shooters, muscle, gang fights, amazing music sequences, hero quests, redemption arc, lost loves...man....
It is a great movie. One of my all time favorites
If i live long enough ill be 50 nov 25th this year but yes as a one of the boyz in tha hood back in the day, this was one of my favorite flicks. Most of the cast including Robert Townsend were all just getting started back then. Peace out to all!!! 💯🔥🔥💙💯🔥
Loved this movie. It also introduced me to my lifelong companion, the butterfly knife.😊😊😊
Man, I wish those knifes were legal to own.
One of my favorite Walter Hill movies along with 48 Hours, The Warriors, the Long Riders, Crossroads and Southern Comfort. Would love to binge all of his movies.
Probably my favorite movie ever!
Excellent video. I almost wish I didn't know that it was supposed to be a trilogy, but for the lackluster box office sales. I love how some songs just instantly take you back to a scene in a movie, and "I Can Dream About You" is definitely one of those hits.
Been a HUGE fan since it came out.
Still listen to the track for my workouts & watch it about every year.
Watched this a few months back. Huge crush on Diane Lane when I was a small child. And except for both Eddie and the Cruisers & Greatest American Hero, haven't seen him in anything else
Great film. It's a shame we never got the sequels.
I have never heard of this film and I’m blown away. With all of these stars I can’t believe it’s never talked about
Definitely does not get the love and appreciation it deserves. Although I will say it is being talked about more today so that's a great thing! Cheers!!
The 80’s were terrific
One of my guilty pleasure movies. I try to get everyone I know to give this movie a watch.
This has been my favorite movie for almost 40 years. Not a cinematic masterpiece, but just fun to watch with great music and memorable performances from folks who got very little screen time (Ed Begley Jr. as a bum, and even Lynne Thigpen, who was also awesome in The Warriors but everyone remembers as the Chief from Carmen Sandiego). I've always thought this movie never got the attention and appreciation it deserves.
This is one of my favorite movies! I loved this movie when it first came out. Diane Lane is and will always be one of my favorite actresses. She can do anything. Don’t know if you noticed but there is a very young Bill Paxton in the film as well. The soundtrack not only included the Blasters and Dan Hartman but the Fixx, Stevie Nicks, and Maria McKee. I think this soundtrack started the beginning of solid supporting soundtracks. Many movies around this time began releasing soundtracks that could bolster sales revenue for the film. Valley Girl, Ghostbusters, Eddie and the Cruiser’s, are just to name a few.
I've always thought "I Can Dream About You" was really sung by The Sorels until 10 years ago. RIP Dan Hartman. Also, new sub!
In the film it was sung by Winston Ford.
Diane was at the TCM Film Festival this year with her early movie A Little Romance. I was able to tell her that Streets of Fire is one of my favorite movies of all time, and she said thank you. That made my entire year. I don't think anything will be able to top that. Also, it's one of my favorite soundtracks as well.
I love that movie. Love the scene selection. Superb narration. Great video.
Thank you so much!
The algo usually brings up a different movie top 10 channel. First time here, and I like your spin on this 80s classic. Thanks.
Thank you so much!
I was surprised this didn’t do better at the box office. I love this movie.
One of my top 3 favorite movies along with "The Big Sleep" and "Casablanca." Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you for watching!
Thanks, great movie. Even better soundtrack. Got a nostalgic thrill a few years ago when I got to hear the Blasters do One Bad Stud live
Saw it when it came out, loved it. Bought it as one of the first in my dvd collection, makes a great double bill with another favorite--- the Warriors.
Couldn't agree more! I need to do a retrospective on The Warriors, that's my favorite film from the 70s! Thank you for watching!!
Excellent review. Watched this amazing film in my 20's when it first came out. Great memories now I'm old.
Thank you so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I saw this movie when I was a teenager and fell in love with it!
I was also about 20 years old and fell in love with Diane Lane.
Eddie's music was performed by John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band, not Michael. That was the magic of lip-synch.
this is one of those films I ALWAYS come back to. It just hits RIGHT.
Film maker Robert Townsend was one of the Sorrells. Bill Paxon was a street townie. Lots of "soon to be famous" in this movie.
Nice work Dude..Its a Classic movie..!!
And this film went on to inspire a little animation called Bubblegum Crisis.
Well done, great video. A favorite of mine. Although I was old enough in the 80s to have seen it at the cinema, I don’t recall it being shown at my local and so it was getting it on vhs as a rental when I first watched it (and I got a poster from the video store). I always thought Pare suited the role perfectly, a pity the follow up movies didn’t happen. I also wish more of Ry Cooder’s score was available, very little of it was put on the soundtrack.
Thank you so much for watching Neil, greatly appreciate it!
I haven't seen this film in years, and yes, it was a really fun movie with a great sound track.