Streets (film)
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| Directed by | Katt Shea |
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Roger Corman Andy Ruben |
| Written by | Andy Ruben Katt Shea |
| Starring |
Christina Applegate David Mendenhall Eb Lottimer |
| Music by | Aaron Davis |
| Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael |
| Edited by | Gina Mittelman |
| Distributed by | Concorde Pictures |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,510,053 (USA) |
Streets is an American dramatic film starring Christina Applegate and David Mendenhall and directed by Katt Shea.
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.
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.
Streets led to Shea being offered to direct the film Poison Ivy.
Streets was released on VHS in mid 1990 through MGM/UA Home Entertainment. A double feature DVD edition was released in 2011 as part of the Roger Corman's Cult Classics collection, through Shout! Factory.
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