Electric Boogaloo was released seven months after its predecessor by TriStar Pictures. ADOLFO QUINONES: At that point, I was on tour with Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" and up Poppin Taco. My point is basically the 80's was about having fun & was represented by film, TV & especially music gap band, shalamar, earth, wind & fire kool & the gang, & of course the greatest of them all MICHAEL JACKSON (yo' all know!) ADOLFO QUINONES: You have "Breakin' 2" director, Sam Firstenberg. arrow_forward. Kelly aka Special K (Lucinda Dickey) is still the rich girl who has big decisions to make about her career and her love life. Most of the reviews were less than enthusiastic, with Janet Maslin of the New York Times quipping that it "slights dramatic matters to concentrate exclusively on dancing. Turbo (Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers) is still the fun and likable one with the best dance moves. Few movies are as bizarre, yet oddly compelling at the same time. I'm not a choreographer neither this or that. I felt that the story line was going towards more of a cartoony point of view. But the camp value is through the roof. It made it so that everyone could do it, and it was accessible to everyone., Breakin became an immediate success upon its release, beating out the John Hughes future teen classic Sixteen Candles its opening weekend at the box office and ultimately grossing over $38 million on a budget of just over $1 million. Special financing available. What is the Mexican Spanish language plot outline for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)? MICHAEL CHAMBERS: It's a blessing to be able to have Hollywood A-listers look at our film beyond the color, beyond the storyline, and say, you know what? Also from the original is Ice-T, whose role as a rapper is given more of a name, Radiotron Rapper. & then we have the transformers, he-man, visionaries & the best cartoon ever made the THUNDERCATS. HO! UmmmmMichael Chambers(Turbo) lives in my hood in Cali. It had all the elements that at that time were HIP and HOT. So I was very honored. All the same colorful costumes and funky tunes return this time around as well, as does Ice-T, wearing one of the best outfits of his career in the first scene he appears in. But in part two, when I went up the ceiling, I had no idea of the correlation with Fred Astaire's "Royal Wedding" until later. MAN, THESE MOVIES ARE MY ALL TIME FAVES! Both films had fantasy dance sequences, (when a character moonwalks on the side of a wall, for example) and were PG fun. It took only 21 days to make Breakin at a budget of $900,000, he said. While the first film had the trio try out to get an off broadway dance reviewthe second film in my mind was slightly more better. The term "boogaloo" originates from the title of an 80s film, "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." It has been used in Internet memes for far longer than the current incarnation. [20] In the movie Kicking and Screaming (1995), Grover's promiscuous partners after a breakup with a girl named Jane are collectively rereferred to as "Jane 2: Electric Boogaloo." Make sure youve read the commenting rules before doing so)I loved both films and have since rented them out tens of times since released on dvd. Quiones was a member of the Lockers crew that helped popularize the locking style of street dance. When I went out, I saw whites and blacks and Hispanics and I saw Asians and whatever all working together and doing it together. I guess that's a plus for this other wise monotonous cheese fest. Sam, you sent us a photo of this. I get just as excited watching this film as I did when I was little. Im 38 now. 55 Metascore. The dance number in the hospital is breathtakingly ridiculous. and people try to take things over and shut them down cause they got money and they think the kids don't which is crap and bull. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 movie about breakdancing, and a sequel to the same year's (you heard us, the same year) Breakin'. [4][5] New York Press film critic Armond White considered it to be "superb"[6] and Roger Ebert gave the film a three out of four star rating. Christopher McDonald, how are you doing, sir? no mention of it on IMDB and theres always a mention of an upcoming film there. It was the '80s. So it did give me a little bit of time. Kelly, Ozone, and Turbo are members of a group of street kids that frequent the community center Miracles, where they're working over the summer. Enjoy a collection of popular favorites in Spanish CNN en Espaol, Discovery en Espaol, Discovery Familia, ESPN Deportes, History Channel en Espaol, and Universo. And I think today, there's a new story to be told using dance in a very powerful way. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 American dance musical film directed by Sam Firstenberg. Could a new film be successful? Lucinda Dickey (as "Special K"), Michael Chambers (as Turbo) and Adolfo Quinones (as Ozone). At the Movies: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo/The Cotton Club/The River/The Flamingo Kid. She breaks free from terpischorean tradition when she befriends a bunch of street kids devoted to breakdancing. CHRIS MCDONALD: First of all, Hi, Lucinda. MARCUS MANTON: A lot of people really like it. Okay, on the one hand, this movie is so cheesy it hurts and it does for breakdancers what "Hackers" did for club kids. HAHA Im almost pissing myself this is so funny! Producer so I know alot about the movie, http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/UntitledBreakDancingProject/. LUCINDA DICKEY: And then it went away just like that. If there is a way to audition I will have her there. Because I felt, well, why are you going to put a white person in our world to validate us? Could be total garbage but I havent heard anything credible in the four years since these rumours started! - I'm so genuinely excited to bring you guys all together for this special occasion. We toured together w/ Lionel Richie 1983. But it was perceived through the media as being only a black culture or Hispanic culture (thing). I would love to speak with Ozone as an 80s child and someone who loves the movies Breakin 1 and 2. That trick is simple: Just add Electric Boogaloo to the end of anything, and hear them laugh. dunno who breakbeatman83 is but its likely it may be someone i used to know breakin` 3 would be cool but its unlikey that it willever happen as far as lucinda dickey is concerned she is not living in england and never was thats just bull i have corresponded with adolpho quinones a new film is pure speculation, word! The break dancers they had met did not use G-rated language. So in any case, hopefully, in the very near future, you will hear from me and from financers of people. Was there ever talk of doing a part three? I both movies when they came out and I am 42 years old this august 2008. The title track, "Electric Boogaloo", reached number 45 on the R&B charts.[10]. I mean tell me, who didn't enjoy police academy, porkies, those silly troma films & all those ridiculous teenage slasher movies. Not because I dont respect Shmulik [a nickname for Firstenberg] and his ability, I felt like the storyline was going more toward a cartoony point of view and I think that storyline was instigated not by Shmulik but by Menahem Golan, who tried to recreate a 1940s musical in the golden age of musicals. (Quiones has gotten more diplomatic in his critiques of the film over the years. MICHAEL CHAMBERS: I am very flattered, as cheesy as people are dumped on the storyline, for people like Chris Rock to make references from the movie. He goes, I'm Shabba-Doo this is Boogaloo Shrimp. Because of this longstanding beef people thought we had, theyve always taken our situation and stirred the pot, he said. ROGER EBERT: And now comes a sequel with a kind of ungainly title, "Breakin' 2, Electric Boogaloo." You know, it was an MGM musical. Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages. "Boogaloo" has its roots in decades of jokes about an old movie: the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. PG. Next month will mark the 35th anniversary of Breakin', the iconic '80s dance movie that brought breakdancing from the city streets to movieplexes around the nation and became a top hit for Cannon, the legendary b-movie studio that produced it. And that I think was key., But, he added, Hip-hop may have a multi-cultural face, but lets not be fooled, because it did come from our people. Breakin 2 its a wonderful movie with wonderful purpose to it, were kids can be kids and music and dance were once fun and people get long people don't get long. And oh my god, we rehearsed for hours and hours and days and days, for a very short period of time, for them to try and teach me some of the moves. ADOLFO QUINONES: I do remember. Yeah the plot just like the furst one is a bit corny. A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. LUCINDA DICKEY: He did a magic act for us. Hes the master. In Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, however, the filmmakers felt the need to. He told me he got hired because was dancing in a club and Madonna saw him doing Waacking and Punking, so she came up with Vogue, which was full of abstract lines and that whole theatrical dance thing. Schwarzenegger and DeVito reunite for White House dinner, Jack Nicholson makes rare public appearance and more celebrity news you missed this weekend, Viewers veto judges' votes on dj vu-inducing top 12 'American Idol' episode, Ashley Judd reflects on mom Naomi's 'irreplaceable loss' a year after the country star's death, Michael J. JAMES: [INAUDIBLE] just a fantastic. Yeah, you've got to teach me that someday. Get Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+, all with ads, for $12.99/mo. Yeah the film is predictable, poorly acted, & the clothes. well! I wish I was involved in a movie that would have risen to the level of West Side Story., Chambers, for one, loves how some 35 years later, the film continues to draw pop culture mentions and parodies, citing call-outs or tributes in television shows and movies like The Goldbergs and Hotel Transylvania 2. He felt smighted that in literature and media, nobody mentioned his name. They have been talking about this now for two years. Breakin was fresh back in the dayz,but lot of another movie as well Breakin 2 electric boogaloos went on some soft production but it s good Those dayz was something to remember peace! Jesus wept if you and Dougie do a break dancing routing for the movie blog fans then I reckon you could turn this into a paysite coz Id pay a subscription Priceless! Join us this week as we break down the news, new trailers, and more from the past week and discuss what's coming this weekend to the Alamo Drafthouse in . Of course, I will take it. Free shipping for many products! Electric Boogaloo became the standard response to whenever a movie was coming out with a sequel for decades to come. Sweet, huh? if for no other reason than to see some more of the electric pink,green & yellow clothing.oh and to have another perve on kelly!!!!!!! You know, I don't choreograph action. Just like blues and jazz. [3] It is a sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin'. McDonald jumped on our Zoom chat to surprise the cast and helped capture the essence of why people love the Breakin movies yes, Electric Boogaloo included. Just tell me about sort of the moment that the "Breakin'" movies or "Breakin'" movie, in some of your cases, first came into your lives. This movie represents! Watchlist. The local breakdancers try to stop it. And this is Hollywood greatness. This is an unintentionally very funny film. I know i may be pushing it, but is it possible to bring you into 2020. Its path toward notoriety began almost immediately upon its December 1984 release, when Cannon Films chiefs Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus fast-tracked the follow-up to their May 1984 hip-hop breakout hit Breakin which itself had been fast-tracked to beat a similar project, Beat Street (released in June 1984), to theaters. I had studied with Billy Goodson. Add to wishlist. If you were a teenager or on your early 20's back in 1984, this was probably an epic movie. The epic rivalry with Electro Rock continues and we get a fun dance-off out of it. haha!!! I especially loved the first one when he danced with that rag on a string. Turbo was just here in Charlotte NC, hosting some b-boy contest. And Ive always just looked younger than my age, you know., Chambers said that the ebb and flow of his friendship with his costar Quiones had been the source of a lot of speculation among Breakin' fans over the years. But at the end of the day hes my spiritual brother. I was willing to accept his peace offering and forgive. Anyone who wants me to start a rally for this movie on my web site, email me at [emailprotected] and Ill start a page! BREAKIN' 3: RETURN OF THE BOOGALOO (STUDENT FILM) Bryce Campos 8 subscribers Subscribe 2.3K views 6 years ago Student film by Thomas Stokes, Justin Northcutt, Kai Sana, Noah Richardson, and. See More Details, Les clients internationaux peuvent magasiner au www.bestbuy.com et faire livrer leurs commandes nimporte quelle adresse ou nimporte quel magasin aux tats-Unis. It came out in like-- I think they edited it in like four weeks. Lucinda is as pretty as ever but she has competition now from Turbo's girlfriend, played by the lovely Sabrina Garcia (whose Spanish-speaking voice sounds like it was dubbed by a child). And it was just wild. A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. To celebrate the legacy of the Breakin movies, especially Electric Boogaloo, Yahoo Entertainment reunited both film's three main cast members Adolfo Shabba-Doo Quiones (Ozone), Michael Boogaloo Shrimp Chambers (Turbo) and Lucinda Dickey (Kelly, aka Special K), as well as Part 2 director Sam Firstenberg and editor Marcus Manton for an epic Zoom call that extended well past the runtime of either movies (watch highlights above, and a longer cut below). I remember. And you have "Breakin' 2" editor, Marcus Manton. And I was, of course, a young director. The most talked movie moment in the hood at that time was Turbo break dancing on the ceiling. But now it (belongs to) the world.. But I think his heart was broken when a lot of the new generation from the Step It Up movie and TikTok were not giving credit to the innovators. That being said, let me now state that Breakin 2 IS NOT a "bad movie" either. Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quiones, the dancer-actor who rose to fame starring in "Breakin'" and its sequel "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," died Wednesday, his longtime collaborator . Mostly, hes not an actor, but a dance cheographer. The acting in the Breakin films wasnt great, but there was a message regarding prejudice and stereotypes, more than the other films. So I'm excited to dig into them with you guys today, with an emphasis on the "Electric Boogaloo." We just brought our world to the movie. My brother and I LOVED these movies when we were kids. Because I knew it was way out of my wheelhouse. On April 15, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment released Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo as a bare-bones DVD. And I will do it. The result was a $15 million gross, which wasn't as good as the original but, given Cannon's low-budget production, still represented a profit (and out-performed Supergirl). [7] As of December 2017, Rotten Tomatoes gave it a rating of 29% based on 7 reviews.[8]. 1 hr 34 mins. It certainly has nostalgic value for people of my generation. It was a little bit different tonally from the first one. UU. It's still there. The "Star Wars" x Kith "Return of the Jedi" collection releases on May 4 at all Kith shops, 11 a.m. CET on EU.Kith.com, 11 a.m. LUCINDA DICKEY: I was learning it. And then let's see what they say. In that, the trio had to raise money to stop the bulldozers to not rip down the inner city rec center; in addition, the film was more on a dance/musical tone. I was once a break dancer (Ill give you a moment to finish your laughing). Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiones, the dancer-actor who rose to fame starring in " Breakin '" and its sequel "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," died Wednesday. i only like it for the bboy scenes. She was a mega-icon, and Im proud that he was able to go from the street and breaking to Madonna and launching a new dance style.. Ver ms detalles. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. Prior to taking to the movies, Quiones was already a part of pop culture history for choreographing and appearing in Lionel Richies All Night Long video. For the scene in which dancers perform on the walls of a room, the production borrowed the rotating room from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). !, He noted that he often passed for younger than his age on screen. Why AI Has Some Viewers Asking Which Film Actors Are Real. On April 21, 2015, Shout! CHRIS MCDONALD: I'm growing my quarantine beard, so I've got that going for me. Second half of the 80's break-dancing "classic". And the good thing about "Breakin'" was that I was never supposed to really be that good. A nefarious land developer, Douglas (MacLean), wants to bulldoze the beloved property to make room for a shopping center. I too am the 80s break dancing victim. Cancel anytime. We're like, yeah, you're the greatest. And there's only one way to do that: dance, dance, dance! So the "Breakin'" movies have always held very special places in my heart, both classics in my humble opinion. But certainly, I've been in negotiations with people that can help make the movie. I was so intimidated and so terrified because I knew it was way out of my wheelhouse., Dickey wasnt exactly embraced by her costar Quiones. That Breakin' crew is back, using their amazing dance moves to save their community center from the clutches of greedy developers.more, That Breakin' crew is back, using their amazing dance moves to saMore, Starring: Lucinda DickeyAdolfo "Shabba-Doo" QuinonesMichael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers. My email address is [emailprotected], Dude , I was a breaker too. They all did. If you don't take it seriously you'll probably enjoy it more. There wasn't a lot of time before we were heavy into filming. And he did like three or four tricks that he did. Anyway, it seems that they are indeed making a Breakin 3 to be entitled Break'n Revolution. You've got Shabba-Doo. Byron runs local community center Miracles where they hang out. I wish I was involved in a movie that would have risen to the level of "West Side Story. But now I can. (Its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, will also celebrate its 35 th birthday this year: the two movies were released only seven months apart.) In this difficult time we are requesting privacy., Toni Basil (@Toni_Basil) December 30, 2020, Sheila E. recalled touring with Richie in her tweet calling Shabba Doo my brother., I just heard Ive lost another friend Shabba do. Lucinda Dickey couldnt act her way out a wet paper bag never mind reprise the role in another Breakin Movie. The local breakdancers try to stop it. Currently PhysicX is the best Breaker out there. She and Ozone are together and his ex Rhonda is jealous. The community has to battle the developer to save their Miracles. By using this site, you agree to our updated. OH the memories it brought back. Yeah the film is predictable, poorly acted, & the clothes. well! The movie contains so much of it that it's exhausting even to watch." In the minority, Roger Ebert gave the film three stars and praised it for its unpretentious devotion to sheer entertainment: "Here is a movie that wants nothing more than to allow some high-spirited kids to sing and dance their way through a silly plot just long enough to make us grin." A group of determined and resourceful break dancers band together to stop an evil greedy developer (an admirably sincere performance by Peter MacLean) from demolishing a local community center in East Los Angeles. RIP, wrote DJ the Blessed Madonna (not to be confused with Madonna, with whom Quiones worked). I have actually blocked most of this movie from my mind much as a person would block any traumatic incident in their life that left them scarred, the only slightly redeeming factor i can remember is that ice t was in the cast but for even agreeing to be in this film he should have been put in a whole BODY CAST.. i was only around 11 or 12 when i watched this, but i remember even then being a pre teen and Loving hip hop and the style Suffering through this movie. And so I'm extremely grateful to be in your company, all of you. Shrimp and I brought an element of humor that they didn't expect. You've got Lucinda. The cast are all attractive (Lucinda Dickey looks hot as hell in this one, and check out Sonny Bono's sexy ex-wife Susie Coelho playing Kelly's rival). He made eggs too. I really respect the TV series, "The Goldbergs," because they did like a parody of "Electric Boogaloo.". So, obviously as a little kid I thought that Breakin and its sequel Breakin 2 were the greatest motion pictures of all time (I was 12 give me a break). What a lousy childhood. The sub-title came from Quinones' street name, Boogaloo, and Golan's attempts to sell his dancing in the original: "Look at Boogaloo dance electric!" ET on Kith.com and the Kith app.The line will also release . I saw the first breakin in the theatre when it first came out and I almost had a hernia it was so good. The idea of rush-releasing an unplanned sequel in the same year as its predecessor was virtually unheard of at the time. Apprently Michael chambers was blacklisted as he tried to steal the film. It looks like we lost Chris. Stars Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones (Ozone), Michael "Boogaloo . Sequel to the '80s "classic" Breakin' with an old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland plot about putting on a show to save a community center. Unknown at the time, budding martial arts movie icon Jean-Claude Van Damme was a background dancer in Breakin, and future Happy Gilmore and Ballers star Christopher McDonald had a sizable role as Kellys agent, James. The title has become a multi-platform meme. Ozone and Turbo are teaching street dancing to the kids. The kids do dance well. Adolfo Quiones and Michael Chambers in "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." (Sam Firstenberg) Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo owns the most lampooned title in movie history, a veritable pop. LOL, I could never breakdance so I became the DJ of the group we had. But then when I got to meet Lucinda Dickey and I got to work with Lucinda Dickey and I got to see the success that we did together, I realized it was the best move that ever happened. Reichert and Ventura knew nothing about break-dance culture, so they went to the streets to research it. See details. That didn't quite happen. It was just boring. But I watched. Please note that the Shop Hulu site is owned and operated by Snowcommerce. Holy crap. . Breakin - The first major breakdancing film, Breakin' stars Lucinda Dickey as a dancing student who dislikes the hidebound regimen of her demanding teacher. I didnt particularly care for Breakin 2, says Quiones, the veteran dancer-choreographer who has worked with Lionel Richie, Madonna and Chaka Khan, and who helped usher in the concept of locking movements.
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