Streets (film)

Streets
Directed by	Katt Shea
Produced by	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
Release date	January 19, 1990;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,510,053 (US)[1]

Streets is a 1990 American drama film directed by Katt Shea and starring Christina Applegate and David Mendenhall.[2]

Plot

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.[3]

Cast

Christina Applegate as Dawn
David Mendenhall as Sy
Eb Lottimer as Lumley
Jane Chung as Old Bag Woman
Starr Andreeff as Policewoman on Horse
Alexander Folk as Bagley
J Bartell as Officer #1 (as J. Bartell)
Paul Ben-Victor as Officer #2
Tom Ruben as Officer #3
David Lawrence as Plumber
Patrick Richwood as Bob
Aron Eisenberg as Roach

Production

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.[4]

Streets led to Shea being offered to direct the film Poison Ivy.[5]

Home media

Streets was released on VHS in mid 1990 through MGM/UA Home Entertainment.[6] A double feature DVD edition was released in 2011 as part of the Roger Corman's Cult Classics collection, through Shout! Factory.[7]

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References

Streets at Box Office Mojo
New York Times
New York Times
"Director Katt Shea talks about her 1980's Roger Corman produced films" TV Store Online 3 Feb 2015 accessed 21 April 2015
LAURIE HALPERN BENENSON (May 3, 1992). "How 'Poison Ivy' Got Its Sting: The studio wanted a teen-age 'Fatal Attraction.' Katt Shea's movie may be more than that. 'Poison Ivy': Art or Exploitation?". New York Times. p. 70.
Streets (VHS). ASIN 630197672X.CS1 maint: ASIN uses ISBN (link)
"Roger Corman's Cult Classics". Shout! Factory. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2011-03-28.

External links

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[1] Streets at Box Office Mojo

[2] New York Times

[3] New York Times

[shea-4] "Director Katt Shea talks about her 1980's Roger Corman produced films" TV Store Online 3 Feb 2015 accessed 21 April 2015

[5] LAURIE HALPERN BENENSON (May 3, 1992). "How 'Poison Ivy' Got Its Sting: The studio wanted a teen-age 'Fatal Attraction.' Katt Shea's movie may be more than that. 'Poison Ivy': Art or Exploitation?". New York Times. p. 70.

[6] Streets (VHS). ASIN 630197672X.CS1 maint: ASIN uses ISBN (link)

[7] "Roger Corman's Cult Classics". Shout! Factory. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2011-03-28.