Product Description

A movie whose influence cannot be under-estimated and hailed as the most inspirational hip-hop of movie of all time, Wild Style captures the birth of an underground hip-hop scene about to explode around the world changing the face of music, fashion, art and a way of life forever. Following street artist Zorro (played by legendary subway artist Lee Quinones) and his crew as they journey through the streets, projects and train yards of New York, keeping one step ahead of the cops and their rivals, the film climaxes in one of the most famous hip-hop concerts in history. Featuring the pioneers at the forefront of a cultural revolution including DJs, rappers and breakers such as Grand Master Flash, The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Fab Five Freddy, The Rock Steady Crew, and The Cold Crush Bros., Wild Style is the greatest hip-hop movie of all time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18801 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 82 minutes

Special Features
Director's Commentary Interviews with Cast & Crew including Charlie Ahearn, Fred ‘Fab Five Freddy’ Brathwaite and Lee Quinones Bongo Barbershop The Chief Rocker Busy Bee Busy on the Beach Amphitheatre Jam Out-takes Music Video Theatrical Trailer Wild Style 25th Anniversary Double CD preview Wild Style The Sampler book preview

Synopsis
A graffiti ‘tagger’ taken under the wing of an East Village art collector prepares for a festival of rap and hip-hop music. This film details the early 1980's cultural turning point which occurred in the South Bronx, New York, at which time Old School hip-hop was first crystallizing. A fairly authentic document of the early '80s South Bronx rap scene, with a soundtrack featuring Grandmaster Flash, Busy Bee, and co-star Fab 5 Freddy.

Customer Reviews

Essential hiphop classic
If you are into hiphop and have not seen this movie you have really missed out on something important. This is the raw energy of hiphop caught on film, before it became a multimillion dollar industry. This is how it started, rap, dj'ing, breaking and graffiti art.
The actors and actresses play a role i the movie reflecting what they do in real life.. like the graffiti legend Lee plays the main character Zoro,and Lady Pink plays his girlfriend Rose along with a lot of other cool cool cats.. you got rapping by Busy Bee, Grandmaster Kaz, Double Trouble and more!.. also staring is Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizard Theodor(the inventor of the scratch). If these names are not known to you, then you got even more reason to check this out.

I owned this on vhs, but my player stopped working, so i had to get this dvd.. and man! it is great! a lot of bonus material for the ones already loving this movie, and for anybody new to it. You get to meet some of the stars 25 years later in interviews and short films done by Charlie Ahearn, the man behind Wild Style together with Fab 5 Freddy.

I've seen Wild Style more than any other movie..it just gets me up.. like the hiphop culture it's all about peace, love, unity and having fun.

Along with "Style Wars" this is truly and hiphop essential.

Wild Style
My son is well into hip-hop/ rap music as well as graffiti so this DVD was the perfect Xmas gift for him.

Well worth the purchase if you enjoy this kind of music!