According to people involved in the making of the film, it almost didn’t happen.
The Purple Rain film and album won an Academy Award and two Grammys.
“I was there,” Prince told Alan Light in his book “Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Pain.” “I did it, it was my baby.
“I didn’t write ‘Purple Rain.’ Someone else did and it was a story – a fictional story – and it should be perceived that way and nothing else,” he said.
And that starts at the very beginning with authenticity.”The film is set to become adapted into a stage musical as well, according to Playbill.
Persons:
Prince, ”, Apollonia . Prince, wouldn’t, Bob Cavallo, John Travolta, Albert Magnoli, “, ” Magnoli, didn’t, Bobby Z, Bobby, ” Prince, Alan Light, ” “, Prince –, –, Michael Jackson’s “
Organizations:
CNN, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Prince, Yahoo Entertainment, Library, Congress, Broadway
Locations:
Minneapolis, ’