I saw "Shaun of the Dead" recently and they were whipping old vinyl Prince albums at the zombies. Got me to wondering what movies have had a Prince mention in 1 form or another.

Off the top of my head:

Talk Radio (the pothead kid in the studio)
Shawn of the Dead
Scary Movie
Chasing Amy (or was it Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back...?)
Do the Right Thing (Vito and Mookie talking about race)

Any others?

"The L Word" had a discussion on Wendy & Lisa and Prince and the Revolution

The movie "Dopamine" had a talk about old and newer Prince.

the last boy scout-"gett off" is played at a strip club joe hallenbeck (bruce willis) goes to to meet his client....later on drivn to joe's house, jimmy dix (damon wayans) does prince's "hands down the face" move after joe sarcastically mentions that his daughter likes prince....

the breakfast club-as the kids are eatin lunch allison (ally sheedy) can be seen reading "1999"'s inner sleeve...

this ain't a movie, but the coolest referecne i like is on "the jamie foxx show". there was an episode where jamie calls himself "the bus rider formerly known as jamie", then he actually buys a "little red corvette" and sashays toward the door like our hero....

Corey Feldman is wearing a Purple Rain t-shirt in The Goonies
Ally Sheedy is studying the 1999 Album sleeve in The Breakfast Club
DMSR is playing in the background while Tom Cruise is being interviewed for College in Risky Business

Julia Roberts is listening to Delirious on her walkman while taking a bubble bath in Pretty Woman

John Candy starred in a movie called Delirious
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Darla said:

actually in "pretty woman" julia roberts is singin "kiss" in the bathtub.... do u remember "nasty girl" bein played in the 1st "beverly hills cop"?

diamondpearl1 said:

sorry, my memory is fuzzy.Yes, I remember that scene in BH Cop.I remember another one, C.Thomas Hall spoofing Prince in Soul Man

Hm. I didn't think of movies that use the songs.

Beverly Hills Cop - "Nasty Girl" in the strip club scene

Unbreakable has a conversation about Soft & Wet and The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Took me by surprise when I went to see the movie (and I saw it in Singapore with subtitles - I think they may have even used the symbol in the subtitles, but that seems unlikely).

Fargo - The symbol at the end credits

I haven't seen this one mentioned yet....

Barbershop (can't remember if it's I or II) mentions Prince.


Also, although not being in a movie, it was surprising to hear/see this as kid growing up in the late 70's/early 80's but the TV show Different Strokes actually played part of Controversy in an episode. Dana Plato's character was doing some excercising or something and was playing Controversy to exercise to. I believe she also takes the LP off of the turntable at one point.

The song "Private Joy" is playing in the background in the movie
"Wierd Science" as the guys await their party guests.

"delirious" was played in cheech and chong's nice dreams (during the part when they're going around amsterdam gettin smoky-okey )...

UHF and for song use... the movie "Delirious" used delirious
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oh on Krush Groove someone (a pastor i think) asks "who do you think you are, Prince?"

shrek - at the end when the characters are doing karaoke

XxAxX said:

there is? man i must have missed it the billion times i saw it...

talk2bill2 said:

check the end where the simon (american idol) clone drops the prince farquardt through a trapdoor and says something like "and there went the artist formerly known as prince'. it was funny but also a bit nasty
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Though not movies...the GOLDEN GIRLS had a couple of Prince references...

1-Sophia listening to 'Purple Rain' on her walkman and singing along. FUNNY!

2-A sexually frustrated Blache keeps the hope that 'Someday her prince would come'...Dorothy looks at Sophia and says 'What was that about?' and Sophia replies..."I wasnt listening but what I gathered is that she's gonna go and sleep with that little black guy, Prince!"

3-Dorothy is grading papers and she reads a students essay about 'A Tale of Two Cities' and she read the students comments as saying 'He said he liked Minneapolis better because that's the city Prince is from'


Even our beloved girls were hip to the Purple One!

peace

XxAxX said:

oh shrek 2... i never watched that part...

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

the problem with tv shows is there are 100s of them... even in commercials and what not...

Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.....A young kid sings When Doves Cry i think
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pennylover said:

Good one.

Are We There Yet? - Playing an old school Prince song to start the movie

Do The Right Thing - Italian don't like no blacks (but you like Prince..)

Showgirls - Practically a Prince soundtrack

Girl 6 - Was a Prince soundtrack

I Might Need Security - Jamie Foxx DVD...Don't Look in his EYES!!! Also does a nice imitation of Prince during his piano sit down.


I saw a show on TV once, looked like it was shot in the early 80's...kids partying on a boat and in the background they were playing PARTYUP or some other old school song.

talk2bill2 said:

If prince Farquardt is involved it has to be shrek 1

i think it was in "A Tine To Kill" where Matthew McConaughey had on a prince tee shirt.

Zvzy said:

the American Idol bit is in Shrek 2... there was no shuch thing as American Idol when Shrek came out

I remember that Missy Elliots "Get Yo Freak On" music video had a prince inpersonator pretending to lick this woman up and down, .

That pimp dude in Friday After Next if referred to as "that little Prince".

I always liked the video by talking heads "wild wild life". The guitar solo part has the prince imposter well being..... prince (the two old ladies look at each othe). anybody remeber this one ????? Also liked the "but out" jeans skit from in living color.

Prince mentions:
Just One Of The Guys (she says she listens 2 Prince)



Prince music featured:
Waiting To Exhale- They're dancing 2 Head
Bamboozled - 2045 Radical Man
Striptease - If I Was Your Girlfriend