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Streets of Fire is a 1984 film, directed by Walter Hill, and co-written by Hill and Larry Gross. It is described as "a Rock & Roll Fable".

The film stars Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, E.G. Daily, and Willem Dafoe. The film was produced by Universal Pictures as their major summer release but was a box office flop (perhaps due in part to its back then unknown cast). In recent years, this movie has achieved somewhat of a cult status, partly due to its soundtrack of established artists and the that were portrayed by Diane Lane as Ellen Aim and the Attackers.

Plot summary

The story is as follows: a local girl (Diane Lane) made good goes back to her roots to give a concert in her home town and in the middle of her song gets kidnapped by Raven (Willem Dafoe), the leader of the bike gang 'The Bombers'. In the audience is the sister of her ex-boyfriend who brings back her brother, played by (Michael Paré) to get her back. An ex-army girl assists him, for a price. With the present boyfriend tugging along, the two infiltrates the den of 'The Bombers' and set the singer free. Raven in turn brings his whole gang to get his revenge.

Trivia

Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You" is the most successful song from this movie and still plays on the radio.

Two Wagnerian rock songs written by Jim Steinman made this movie more colourful for his fans. The songs are "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young" and "Nowhere Fast", both performed by Fire Inc. with Holly Sherwood as lead vocal. The title of the former was even used as the tagline on promotional materials for the film. However, they passed by unnoticed unlike his other songs, but his fans usually have a consensus that they are two of his best songs to date .

The setting of the story is "another time, another place." It shows many elements taken from the 1950s, 1960s and also the 1980s simultaneously. The overall style suggests a near future dystopia.

The part of ex-army girl was originally written as a male.

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