 Beat Street 1984  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Stan Lathan
Cast: Rae Dawn Chong, Guy Davis, Jon Chardiet, Leon W. Grant, Saundra Santiago, Lee Chamberlin, Mary Alice, Shawn Elliott, Jim Borrelli, Dean Elliott, Robert(3) Taylor, Antonia Rey, Lee Chamberlin, Franc Reyes, Tonya Pinkins
Bronx hip-hop artist Kenny (Guy Davis) and his dancer brother Lee (Robert Taylor) get involved with college music major Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong) who inspires them to use their talents as the means of rising out of the ghetto. The result is a musical production filled with rap groups, break dancers, and pop singers.
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 King Lear 1974  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin Sherin
Cast: James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Rosalind Cash, Paul Sorvino, Rene Auberjonois, Lee Chamberlin, Ellen Holly, Douglass Watson, Tom Aldredge, Franklyn Seales, James Harper, Frederick Coffin, Frankie Faison, George Dzundza, William Hart
In this TV re-creation of the New York Shakespeare Festival production, James Earl Jones does a good job in his role of King Lear. Lear is getting old, and decides to leave his kingdom to the daughter he believes loves him the most. His daughter Cordelia (Lee Chamberlin) refuses to play along, and Lear exiles her. The other two daughters–Regan and Goneril (Ellen Holly and Rosalind Cash)–now plot against their father, and their actions lead to tragedy. At the same time, Gloucester (Paul Sorvino) and his sons Edmund (Raul Julia) and Edgar (Rene Auberjonois) experience their own family problems.
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| 1. Beat Street (1984)
2. King Lear (1974)
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