“Seeing Purple Rain makes it clear that the man from Minneapolis is certainly going to give anybody else making music this year a real hard time,” according to a movie preview in the July 28, 1984, ...

Prince’s “Purple Rain” can be seen as a cinematic valentine to Minneapolis from our most prominent rock music figure or as a contemporary backstage musical. Either way, it succeeds nicely on its own ...

The 1984 Oscar-winning Prince movie Purple Rain is getting a re-release in Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations in the U.S. and Odeon locations in the UK for one night only March 5. Directed by ...

Starring Prince, himself, Purple Rain is about a young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as ...

Downtown Minneapolis skyscrapers were bathed in purple lights. The Timberwolves celebrated Prince with throwback jerseys. And “Purple Rain” cast member Grace Yoo sang the national anthem at a Vikings ...

Your donation today will help MinnPost continue to report on the news you need. The young artist envisioned a major motion picture as early as 1982, sketching out a story he called “Dreams.” After he ...

The legendary rock musical drama Purple Rain is being brought back to theaters for a one-night-only presentation in Dolby Cinema on March 5th, 2025. The 1984 film starring Prince in his film acting ...

After your masterplan succeeds and so many of your dreams come true… then what? That is a question a 26-year-old Prince may well have been asking himself after “Purple Rain” transformed him into a ...

Prince performs “Purple Rain” at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards show on Feb. 8, 2004, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Richard Hartog/Los Angeles Times/TNS MINNEAPOLIS — The list-loving Rolling Stone ...

Get ready to rock at the State Theater in downtown Minneapolis with the sensational stage adaptation of Prince’s 1984 movie Purple Rain, filmed right here in Minnesota! This electrifying show is ...