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Thread started 03/22/19 2:58am

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Paisley Park short film!?

Prince made a weird short film it look like a movie had most of the people that played with him around purple rain strange fly prince was dressed up like an old man really something that look like they were doing just for fun I was wonder if anyone else seen it popped up on the Internet I sought once and have never seen it again has anyone else seen it ?????
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Reply #1 posted 03/22/19 3:20am

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Short clip




Image result for prince dressed as an old man



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Reply #2 posted 03/22/19 4:10am

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Wasn't this for the video for Come On?

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Reply #3 posted 03/22/19 5:47am

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Yes made in london
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Reply #4 posted 03/22/19 7:49am

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That was 1998.

I guess the OP meant a short film from circa 1987?

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Reply #5 posted 03/22/19 8:18am

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udo said:

That was 1998.

I guess the OP meant a short film from circa 1987?


Yeah, but the one didn't have anyone from the Purple Rain era in it, except Fink (unless you count Leeds from the tour). That was the one "misdirected by Prince", but the name escapes me.

PS for everyone w/ that other video posted, if you don't know, that's Manuella in the opening shot, I believe, his 2nd wife (while still married to the first).

I think the OP might be confusing the footage of "Come On", seen above, and the 1987 film mentioned. That film also had his dad in it, Fink's mom (and dad I think), Jill Jones, and others.

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Reply #6 posted 03/22/19 10:12am

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TrivialPursuit said:


PS for everyone w/ that other video posted, if you don't know, that's Manuella in the opening shot, I believe, his 2nd wife (while still married to the first).

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I never noticed that before.

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Wasn't she supposed to be his PA? Maybe that was just a cover for her being around !?

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Reply #7 posted 03/22/19 11:46am

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Hard Life was the title of the 1987 short film featuring Madhouse for the soundtrack. A search with the three capitalized words from the previous sentence will pop up the video.

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Reply #8 posted 03/22/19 4:24pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

udo said:

That was 1998.

I guess the OP meant a short film from circa 1987?


Yeah, but the one didn't have anyone from the Purple Rain era in it, except Fink (unless you count Leeds from the tour). That was the one "misdirected by Prince", but the name escapes me.

PS for everyone w/ that other video posted, if you don't know, that's Manuella in the opening shot, I believe, his 2nd wife (while still married to the first).

I think the OP might be confusing the footage of "Come On", seen above, and the 1987 film mentioned. That film also had his dad in it, Fink's mom (and dad I think), Jill Jones, and others.

The Hard Life, or something along those lines.

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Reply #9 posted 03/23/19 8:39am

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Reply #10 posted 03/23/19 10:35pm

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EddieC said:

Hard Life was the title of the 1987 short film featuring Madhouse for the soundtrack. A search with the three capitalized words from the previous sentence will pop up the video.



I loved that movie. It was like an 80s art student did it. Prince was the best.
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Reply #11 posted 03/25/19 9:19am

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After watching Hard Life it makes sense why some stuff from the Vault was never released. Wow.

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Reply #12 posted 03/25/19 2:08pm

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frazetta said:

After watching Hard Life it makes sense why some stuff from the Vault was never released. Wow.


According to Eric it was never meant to be released, it was just Prince fooling around with the band on a day off, and it was just for their personal fun/use.
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Reply #13 posted 03/25/19 2:11pm

SoulAlive

frazetta said:

After watching Hard Life it makes sense why some stuff from the Vault was never released. Wow.

I agree,it is terrible.

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Reply #14 posted 03/25/19 6:48pm

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The Hard Life - clearly a week that Prince was bored and had a lot of extra time on his hands biggrin Jill Jones was in it - she played a rich snob who bailed Wally and Brooks out of jail. Matt Fink’s Mother played the woman who attacked Brooks outside of PP. Prince’s Father is also in the film - he plays pool but has no dialogue. Really terrible terrible short film confused
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Reply #15 posted 03/25/19 6:54pm

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james said:



TrivialPursuit said:






PS for everyone w/ that other video posted, if you don't know, that's Manuella in the opening shot, I believe, his 2nd wife (while still married to the first).




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I never noticed that before.


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Wasn't she supposed to be his PA? Maybe that was just a cover for her being around !?


Manuela was hired to work on Prince’s Love4OneAnother charity, I believe.
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She’s seen toward the end of the 1998 Come On video - standing with another girl and laughing at Prince pretending to “come on” to them while in the old man costume. I guess it was art imitating life since he was having an affair with her then or at some point soon after
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Reply #16 posted 03/25/19 7:00pm

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antonb said:

Yes made in london



Well that explains a few of the cars.

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Reply #17 posted 03/27/19 7:02am

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databank said:

frazetta said:

After watching Hard Life it makes sense why some stuff from the Vault was never released. Wow.

According to Eric it was never meant to be released, it was just Prince fooling around with the band on a day off, and it was just for their personal fun/use.

Right, people are judging something we were never meant to see as if it was to be a released film

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Reply #18 posted 03/27/19 2:19pm

violetcrush

FOUND IT!!!! HERE'S THE LINK TO "THE HARD LIFE" ON YT:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHEXm4xrPE

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NOT Jill Jone's finest hour lol Matt Fink's Mom did pretty well with playing the annoyed older lady though. Wondering who her "stand-in" was during the fight scene with Wally though! Eric as the jail cop lol

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HAD to be a "really bored" Prince goofing around with his hand-held recorder biggrin Although, there's quite a large "cast" for it to have been just a nonsense throw-away thing, and he even added film credits at the end - I guess to make it look more "official"??

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Reply #19 posted 03/31/19 2:37pm

42Kristen

I saw it once. I think that the short film was nade either in 1986 or 1987?

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Reply #20 posted 03/31/19 3:17pm

SoulAlive

violetcrush said:

FOUND IT!!!! HERE'S THE LINK TO "THE HARD LIFE" ON YT:

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NOT Jill Jone's finest hour lol Matt Fink's Mom did pretty well with playing the annoyed older lady though. Wondering who her "stand-in" was during the fight scene with Wally though! Eric as the jail cop lol

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HAD to be a "really bored" Prince goofing around with his hand-held recorder biggrin Although, there's quite a large "cast" for it to have been just a nonsense throw-away thing, and he even added film credits at the end - I guess to make it look more "official"??

it's terrible,isn't it? biggrin but yeah,it just seems like something he did when he was really bored,lol

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Reply #21 posted 03/31/19 4:50pm

violetcrush

SoulAlive said:

violetcrush said:

FOUND IT!!!! HERE'S THE LINK TO "THE HARD LIFE" ON YT:

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NOT Jill Jone's finest hour lol Matt Fink's Mom did pretty well with playing the annoyed older lady though. Wondering who her "stand-in" was during the fight scene with Wally though! Eric as the jail cop lol

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HAD to be a "really bored" Prince goofing around with his hand-held recorder biggrin Although, there's quite a large "cast" for it to have been just a nonsense throw-away thing, and he even added film credits at the end - I guess to make it look more "official"??

it's terrible,isn't it? biggrin but yeah,it just seems like something he did when he was really bored,lol

Yes, pretty terrible razz biggrin

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Reply #22 posted 03/31/19 4:50pm

violetcrush

42Kristen said:

I saw it once. I think that the short film was nade either in 1986 or 1987?

I believe 1987 - looks to have been in the Spring or Summer based on the outside scenes...

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