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Beat Street
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStan Lathan
Written by
  • Andrew Davis
  • David Gilbert
  • Paul Golding
  • Steven Hager
Story byRichard Lee Sisco
Produced by
  • Harry Belafonte
  • David V. Picker
Starring
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • Guy Davis
  • Jon Chardiet
  • Leon W. Grant
  • Saundra Santiago
  • Robert Taylor
  • Lee Chamberlin
  • Mary Alice
  • Shawn Elliot
  • Jim Borrelli
  • Dean Elliott
  • Franc. Reyes
CinematographyTom Priestley Jr.
Edited by
  • Dov Hoenig
  • Kevin Lee
Music byArthur Baker
Production
company
Orion Pictures
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release date
  • June 8, 1984 (1984-06-08)[1][2]
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9.5 million
Box office$16.6 million

Beat Street is a 1984 American dance drama film featuring New York City hip hop culture of the early 1980s. Set in the South Bronx, the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends, all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip hop culture, including breakdancing, DJing and graffiti.

  1. ^ "Beat Street". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Beat Street (1984) - Financial Information". Retrieved November 22, 2017.

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