Get ready to purify yourself in the healing waters of Lake Mennetonka with Prince on 4K UHD with Purple Rain. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its theatrical release, Purple Rain is heading to 4K UHD for the first time ever this June 25th. You can grab the film from your favorite physical retailer and it’ll also be available digitally from Prime Video, AppleTV, Google Play, Fandango, and more.
Purple Rain stars music icon Prince in his first film role as The Kid, alongside Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos and Clarence Williams III.
Albert Magnoli directed the film from a screenplay by Magnoli and William Blinn. Robert Cavallo, Joseph Ruffalo, and Steven Fargnoli produced it. Prince composed and produced the original songs.
Purple Rain won the Academy Award® for Best Original Song Score (Prince), the Grammy Award® for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (Prince and the Revolution), and the NAACP Image Award® for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture (Prince).
For the 40th Anniversary of Purple Rain, the film has been completely restored digitally from an 8K scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative (OCN). The picture was also conformed to the original theatrical release aspect ratio of 1.85:1 to provide the most authentic theatrical presentation framing ever to be released to the home. The digitally restored picture was color graded in High Dynamic Range (HDR). The film’s audio was also restored from the original Dolby Stereo (LCRS) archived 35mm magnetic film source elements containing the separate dialogue, music, and effects (DME) tracks. These restored elements along with the 20th anniversary’s 5.1 multi-channel print master were used to complete a newly remastered 5.1 presentation for the film.
If you haven’t seen Purple Rain, here’s a synopsis.
Rock star Prince makes a spectacular feature film debut in this highly autobiographical blockbuster that won both an Oscar® and a Grammy®. Headstrong, vulnerable young musician The Kid (Prince) struggles with his own inner demons and with his alcoholic father who beats his mother. But the madness infects his music, fueling a sound that transforms the struggling young rocker into a star.
Special Features Of Purple Rain On 4K UHD
- Commentary by director Albert Magnoli, producer Robert Cavallo and cinematographer Donald E. Thorin
- First Avenue: The Road to Pop Royalty – featurette
- Let’s Go Crazy – music video
- Take Me with U – music video
- When Doves Cry – Music Video
- I Would Die 4 U/Baby I’m a Star – music video
- Purple Rain – music video
- Jungle Love – music video
- The Bird – music video
- Sex Shooter – music video
If you’re a Prince fan, you won’t want to miss Purple Rain on 4K UHD.
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