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. Look on the bright side, you get Lucinda Dickey!! RIP, wrote DJ the Blessed Madonna (not to be confused with Madonna, with whom Quiones worked). i am 27 years old and Breakin is still my favorite movie of all time!!!!!!!!!!! Keep talkin, People. See details. . I met with them. Theres also a very odd doll dance. Christopher McDonald, how are you doing, sir? Ships from United States. Turbo spends Breakin' thinking girls are yucky, and seeing them mainly as challenges to his dance floor supremacy. Sleazy minion Randall pushes the local government to tear it down. That sh%t was hot back then. Its a sad day for the dance world, said Michael Boogaloo Shrimp Chambers, who co-starred in both Breakin' movies, and believes that the Olympics introducing breakdancing as a competitive sport for 2024 would not have happened without Quiones having helped popularize the artform more than 35 years ago. My brother and I LOVED these movies when we were kids. Well, the movie is even cornier and cheesier than the first and just as bad. It was not supposed to come out so soon after Breakin', but Tri-Star ran into trouble when its big production for the season, Supergirl (1984), tanked at the box office. I told you all individually, a huge fan of the films, not just a movie junkie, but also hip-hop DJs, serious hip-hop and especially old school. A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. I was 14 for goodness sakes. Co-founder Toni Basil posted that it is with extreme sadness The Lockers family announces the unexpected passing of our beloved Adolfo Shabba-doo Quinones. As Manton points out, Roger Ebert the late movie critic is perhaps the most admired and influential reviewer of all time loved Electric Boogaloo (although he called the title ungainly). It's a story with sequences with numbers. Turbos follow-up to the broom dance, an incredible solo routine that finds him dancing on the ceiling and which Chambers says was inspired in part by John Carpenters The Thing, is undoubtedly the best sequence in Electric Boogaloo. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. 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. And I looked. And the good thing about "Breakin'" was that I was never supposed to really be that good. For those of us who enjoyed THE REAL 80's. Turbo (Michael 'Boogaloo Shrimp' Chambers) is still the fun and likable one with the best dance moves. They pushed Cannon to get Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo into theatres. The film grossed $2,921,030 in its first 5 days starting December 21, 1984, playing at 717 theaters in the United States and Canada[9] and went on to gross $15.1 million in the United States and Canada,[1] less than half that of its predecessor. So they did the next best thing. - We've got to talk about Michael's dance on the ceiling. special k is a very great jazz dancer and her ballet style is superior and she can flash dance like crazy. Like its predecessor, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo received mostly negative reviews from critics. Tag line for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo You've got Lucinda. Chambers added that Quiones role in introducing Madonna to certain dance styles has been underrated. There's no doubt that these two movies made a huge impact on the dance world and in the movie world. Cancel anytime. LUCINDA DICKEY: He actually invited us over and did a magic act. And I will do it. Cast & Crew Read More Sam Firstenberg Director Lucinda Dickey Kelly Then the breakdancing resumes and I remember why. And it was accessible to everyone. Finally, they just threw out the couple's script and got someone else to write the film. He did accomplish his goal, though. You have just finished watching Breakin' - and feel like you want to go out onto the streets and find a group of people to dance with, then you realise that your about 20 years too late and the only gangs hanging around your neighbourhood are not interested in dancing. Starring: Lucinda DickeyAdolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers. Anyone who wants me to start a rally for this movie on my web site, email me at [emailprotected] and Ill start a page! My husband who is 13 yrs. So it basically put a feather everybody's step. Plus all that's new at the Alamo Drafthouse in September, including $3 tickets this Saturday, the return of 3D, and more. LUCINDA DICKEY: And I literally went to the open call with the thousands of dancers in Los Angeles. At the end of the day, Lucinda Dickey brought an aspect to hip-hop, to street dance, that wasnt afforded before. SAM FIRSTENBERG: It was Lucinda's parents' house. While it still features plenty of staggering hip-hop choreography, it often veers over the top, with no scene more infamous than its (admittedly ridiculous) hospital scene, where an entire ward of doctors and nurses cut loose with our heroes. But I threw in aerials and flip-flops and a lot of gymnastics. 1 hr 34 mins. And Sam goes, yeah, this is a production. Mary Pickford used to live in this house. He'd go, but, but, ain't I the greatest? And there's only one way to do that: dance, dance, dance! Whereas Breakin was a more straightforward musical drama about its unlikely trio of multiracial breakdancers forming a unit and filled with electrifying routines (none more famous than Boogaloo Shrimps magical broom solo), Electric Boogaloo escalated into full-on song-and-dance territory as it followed the threesomes attempt to save their community center on the brink of being razed for a shopping mall. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. It came out in like-- I think they edited it in like four weeks. I too am the 80s break dancing victim. Okay, on the one hand, this movie is so cheesy it hurts and it does for breakdancers what "Hackers" did for club kids. There wasn't a lot of time before we were heavy into filming. MICHAEL CHAMBERS: And then I think there was a reference in an animated film. This item: Rappin' - Breakdance 3: Electric Boogalee [DVD] DVD $19.36 Krush Groove by Sheila E. DVD $17.99 Breakin' by Lucinda Dickey DVD $11.75 Product Description Catch the rhythm and feel the heat of this non- stop, rappin' house party starring Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Tasia Valenza and Eriq La Salle (ER) From things that Ive read, sounds like one of the producers, is gonna have the newest kids on the Bilboard charts starring in it. Boogaloo? It did come from Black people, and Africans, and Puerto Ricans and all that too. A great Hiphop dancer. Let's get this party started. And I was bruised from head to toe. It was called, 14 Karat Gold.. Ok, give me a break. They meet Kelly, a. UU. First off, I am a huge fan of booga-loo shrimp and also of adolfo shabba-do. 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. And he did like three or four tricks that he did. In the early 80s though, the breakers are treated like outsiders in the dance world and that in some ways mirrored the experience Dickey, a gymnast at the time, had coming onto the first film. Besides appearing in the Breakin' films, both in 1984, he had a featured role on the big screen in Lambada in 1990. It made it so that everyone could do it. Made it into two movies. They all did. Sequel to the '80s "classic" Breakin' with an old Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland plot about putting on a show to save a community center. That being said, let me now state that Breakin 2 IS NOT a "bad movie" either. 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! But even the most disciplined runner needs a break now and then. Unless they sober the dude up then I guess hes in! The beat doesn't slow down for the slammin' sequel to Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo! 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. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is a 1984 American dance musical film directed by Sam Firstenberg. It is perhaps the most infamous or at least most lampooned title in movie history, an easy punchline that people lean on when making a crack about any. 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. It took only 21 days to make Breakin at a budget of $900,000, he said. Then they had to throw out their research when Golan and Globus insisted on getting a G rating. LUCINDA DICKEY: --it wasn't like a breakdance move. She and Ozone are together and his ex Rhonda is jealous. Another sequel, Rappin' (also known as Breakdance 3) was made but had an unconnected plot and different lead characters only Ice-T features in all three films. What is the Mexican Spanish language plot outline for Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)? 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. Hopefully he'll be back. I know i may be pushing it, but is it possible to bring you into 2020. yo, im 34 and in the army deployed over seas. We were on tour with Lionel Richie and had just finished choreographing the "All Night Long" video. So can someone tell me if it is coming out or has already come out please? No description does it justice, no warning truly gives you an idea of what you are in store for. Adolfo Quinones is also the writer of Breakin 3; its possible he remained friends with his Breakin pals. That didn't quite happen. And it was kind of a slow build. LOL, I could never breakdance so I became the DJ of the group we had. We also find out that Kelly comes from a wealthy family, and, when she gets the opportunity to star on the stage in Paris, or help out Miracles, what will she decide? The local breakdancers try to stop it. Like the original, the film was inspired by the short-lived Radiotron, a hip-hop music club across the street from MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. And Breakin showed that, with that white girl in it. See details. But certainly, I've been in negotiations with people that can help make the movie. my senior was like What are you watching and I was like OH, you gotta STFU, they about to street dance fight!!!!!!!!!!! When I first met Lucinda Dickey, I was certainly not game for Lucinda Dickey to be that counterpart because I felt like, Well, why do you have to put a white person in our world to validate us? I was taken aback by it, and I resented it on many levels, he says. He's certainly more of a human cartoon than ever before, enhanced by his Woody Woodpecker-like mischief, which he is definitely aware of, and it even gets him into trouble during the infamous "I stole your lunch" sequence. 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. 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Adolfo "Shabba Doo" Quiones, the dancer-actor who rose to fame starring in " Breakin '" and its sequel "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," died Wednesday. Sam, you sent us a photo of this. LUCINDA DICKEY: It's been quite a few years. The creator of the first Breakin and the Lambada films is making an old school return to the Breakin universe with Breakin 3. Funnier if you were a teenager in the 80's, because you remember it all. Yahoo Entertainment has reunited the cast of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo," the 1984 cult classic that spawned a million punchlines. I think ozone is great to with his old school rerun type of dancing. The idea of rush-releasing an unplanned sequel in the same year as its predecessor was virtually unheard of at the time. Quiones says theyve long discussed a third movie, and the conversations continue today. 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). 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!!!!!!! But was there-- but it was still beloved. If you don't take it seriously you'll probably enjoy it more. Damn A 3 , i am so there Jarrod-. pop lockin and breakin were a huge part of early hip hop culturepeople still break and pop lock alot of dances have evolved from that and are now very popular in urban culture such as memphis buckin and jukinthe guy that wrote this blog apparently is no longer involved in urban or hip hop culture and is speculating on something he knows nothing aboutbreakin1 and 2 were a little bit corny and poorly written but the dancing was awesomeand i cant wait for the third one to come out, Breakin 3WOW!!! Yeah the plot just like the furst one is a bit corny. [3] It is a sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin'. Save your data and watch offline. According to Micheals website, Breakin #3 is supposed to be in the works! Streaming. So sad to see so many of our foundational dancers passing this year.. Theres no doubt that those two movies made a huge impact on the dance world and on the movie world. [19] Other news articles and media have used the Electric Boogaloo subtitle, and it has also become an Internet meme. On the other hand, if we deny ourselves breakdancing, the terrorists have won. The dancing, while not as riveting as it's predecessor, is enjoyable. hopefully it will be around for my son to watch it when he gets older for he can enjoy it to like i did when i was younger and now as I'm older i hope he can enjoy it. I get just as excited watching this film as I did when I was little. CHRIS MCDONALD: You haven't changed a bit. Arghhhhhhhhhh turbo Ozone I dont care if its crap. Coming off Turbo's "broom dance" in the first film, we here have him doing a very impressive, pre-Lionel Richie dance on the ceiling. LUCINDA DICKEY: [INAUDIBLE] were all over the place. This was one of two films distributed for Cannon by Tri-Star Pictures (the other was 1985's Lifeforce). Theyre playing with my emotions man lol Im from UK and these films formed the 30+ man I am today. The sequel dealt with attempts to demolish the center that had been temporarily thwarted when Alvarez led a youth march on Los Angeles City Hall (the Center was demolished in 1985). You guys have got to tell us this story. I remember. ! Domestic Distributor TriStar Pictures. Id get there at 7 in the morning and not leave till almost 10 at night., Besides working for Richie, his choreography credits included Madonnas 1987 Whos That Girl? tour and TV work on MTVs Blowin Up. He made television appearances as a dancer as far back as 1976, on Whats Happening! Voir les dtails, Clientes internacionales pueden comparer en www.bestbuy.com y enviar sus pedidos a cualquier domicilio o tienda en EE. 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. Why AI Has Some Viewers Asking Which Film Actors Are Real. - Can you tell us about your relationship with "Breakin'," like your favorite memories from that set? if what is being said is true then along with all former breakers i too will be seeing this 3rd installment. 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. More recently, the five Step Up films and the two Stomp the Yard (2007) musicals can be seen as spiritual children of. The local breakdancers try to stop it.A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. My 8 year old daughter watches that movie faithfully after homework everyday. I agree with you a million percent, says Firstenberg (who also helmed Cannon action films like Revenge of the Ninja and American Ninja) to Quiones about his critiques. more. ADOLFO QUINONES: You have "Breakin' 2" director, Sam Firstenberg. Kelly, Turbo and Ozone are back in Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, the only break dancing-based sequel in movie history. 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Free shipping for many products! what ozone been up 2 and man what does kelly lokk like, breakin 3 man i cant wait,being a breaker from back in the day i knew it was just a matter a time that breakin and the culture would return..gotta dust of my old moves and being a new yorker int in the blood.see ya. So the "Breakin'" movies have always held very special places in my heart, both classics in my humble opinion. - Maybe because it did not have Mr. Christopher McDonald in it. Gosh, Rest In Peace my brother. 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. Earliest Release Date December 21, 1984 (Domestic) Running Time 1 hr 34 min . It certainly has nostalgic value for people of my generation. Do you know of another way? God forbid he has no doubts or fears. And a meme was born. It had all the elements that at that time were HIP and HOT. In today's world, the King of street dance should be a woman, first of all. You think I look like a stud? boogie rock *my street name* ps.by the way i m 36 yearz old.. peace to the all b/boyz, i dont think breakin 3 is in the works there is no movie trailer for it or anything. Joker 2: Arkham Boogaloo, and more. (Globus quoted in Matt Patches article for Grantland, "How Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Became a Movie and Then a Meme"). So I only knew kind of his style. Tacky sub-culture. And this was Mary Pickford's house. - My theory has been, of both movies, is that the reason why-- and I would love to hear from you guys on this-- that the film has taken its lumps over the years, is the title became kind of a punch line. . I did this butt-spin, because I didnt know, I wasnt a breakdancer, says the actress, who was among a thousand or so actress-dancers who attended an open casting call for part. It is perhaps the most infamous or at least most lampooned title in movie history, an easy punchline that people lean on when making a crack about any hypothetical film sequel. Watch an extended cut of our Breakin cast and crew reunion: 'Breakin' 2' stars respond to far-right extremists co-opting the name 'Boogaloo': 'This is really bizarre' (exclusive), Role Recall: Jean-Claude Van Damme kicks around stories from 'Breakin',' 'Bloodsport,' 'Kickboxer,' 'Expendables 2' and more, 'MacGruber' at 10: Will Forte and Jorma Taccone talk racy sex scene, the one gag Val Kilmer refused to do and the film's highly surprising famous superfan, Top Searches For Whole Life Insurance Seniors.
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