Streets | |
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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 | |
Distributed by | Concorde Pictures |
Release date |
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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]
Dawn, a drug-addicted teen prostitute living on the streets of Los Angeles, and Sy, a teenager 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]
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]
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]
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]