Streets (film)

Streets
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Katt Shea
Written by	Andy Ruben Katt Shea
Produced by	Andy Ruben executive Roger Corman
Starring	Christina Applegate David Mendenhall Eb Lottimer
Cinematography	Phedon Papamichael
Edited by	Gina Mittelman
Music by	Aaron Davis
Production company	Concorde Pictures
Distributed by	Concorde Pictures
Release date	January 19, 1990 (1990-01-19)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,510,053 (US)[1]

Streets is a 1990 American drama film directed by Katt Shea and starring Christina Applegate and David Mendenhall.[2]

Plot

Dawn, a drug-addicted teen prostitute living on the streets of Los Angeles, and Sy, a teenage boy with dreams of becoming a rock star, become friends after Sy rescues Dawn from a violent john. Dawn takes Sy under her wing and gives him a guided tour of the seedy underworld of Hollywood.[3]

Cast

• Christina Applegate as Dawn
• David Mendenhall as Sy
• Eb Lottimer as Lumley
• Jane Chung as Old Bag Woman
• Starr Andreeff as Policewoman on Horse
• Alexander Folk as Bagley
• Kay Lenz as Sargent
• J Bartell as Officer #1 (as J. Bartell)
• Paul Ben-Victor as Officer #2
• Tom Ruben as Officer #3
• David Lawrence as Plumber
• Patrick Richwood as Bob
• Aron Eisenberg as Roach

Production

Katt Shea later recalled:

That was me just exploring the underside…I tend to really like to explore people I don’t know and so I started doing research on the streets and talking to people who lived on the streets. I did a lot of research and they thought I was a homeless person and I hung out with the kids and stuff and then wrote from that research. I knew a girl who was a heroin addict that we based "Dawn" on her. She lived on the street or sometimes she lived with a very rich boyfriend, which was very very strange.[4]

Streets led to Shea being offered to direct the film Poison Ivy.[5]

Reception

Variety wrote, "Despite its B-film framework involving a maniacal killer stalking street kids, Streets transcends its genre with a gritty and affecting portrait of a teenage throwaway."[6]

Home media

Streets was released on VHS in mid 1990 through MGM/UA Home Entertainment.[7] A double feature DVD edition was released in 2011 as part of the Roger Corman's Cult Classics collection, through Shout! Factory.[8]

References

1. Streets at Box Office Mojo
2. New York Times
3. New York Times
4. "Director Katt Shea talks about her 1980's Roger Corman produced films" TV Store Online 3 Feb 2015 accessed 21 April 2015
5. LAURIE HALPERN BENENSON (May 3, 1992). "How 'Poison Ivy' Got Its Sting: The studio wanted a teen-age 'Fatal Attraction.' Katt Shea's movie may be more than that. 'Poison Ivy': Art or Exploitation?". New York Times. p. 70.
6. "Streets". Variety's film reviews 1989-1990. R.R. Bowker. 1991. p. 7 February 1990. ISBN 978-0-8352-3089-6.
7. Streets (VHS). ASIN 630197672X.
8. "Roger Corman's Cult Classics". Shout! Factory. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2011-03-28.

External links

• Streets at IMDb
• Streets at Rotten Tomatoes