• Rooftops


Rooftops
Description: Director Robert Wise recalls his musical masterpiece WEST SIDE STORY with ROOFTOPS, a drama that utilizes contemporary music and dancelike fight sequences to tell the story of homeless youths on MahattanA,ƒ?Ts Lower East Side. T (Jason Gedrick) is one of these misunderstood loners, having broken away from the drug-ridden lifestyle of the rough city streets to make a life for himself on a rooftop of a tenement building. He is soon joined by Squeak (Alexis Cruz), a graffiti artist who has been kicked out of his home. The two earn money by stealing copper piping from other buildings or stripping cars for parts. But their makeshift home is soon threatened by Lobo (Eddie Velez), a crack dealer whose cousin Elena (Troy Beyer) T falls in love with. T meets her at a dance mixer held in a vacant lot, where T competes as a "capoeira" dancer, performing a ritualistic Brazilian karatelike form of "combat" dancing. When Lobo takes TA,ƒ?Ts building over and refuses to back down, a war erupts between the gangs. With punchy capoeira sequences and a plot woven with high stakes, ROOFTOPS is a unique and memorable film. Reviews Los Angeles Times 03/17/1989 "...A vibrant romantic fable....Wise's youthful, great-looking cast exudes talent and energy..."New York Times 03/18/1989 "...A thoroughly modern film....[Wise's] experience shows in this film's quick pace and fine evocation of place..."

Title: Rooftops
Category: Action/Adventure
Actors: Jason Gedrick
Directors: Robert Wise
UPC: 09600909089
Released: 11 01 2002
Original Release: 1989
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Catalog #: 09089
Language: EnglishOriginal
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD Color
Runtime: 5700

Region: 1 -- $5.99

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