Here's a short excert from the book Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks describing a movie Prince did during his sophomore year in high school; add this to the list of things we'll never see:

"...Duane [Nelson] was moving in on girls Prince liked. Prince would speak with one, watch Duane arrive, then see them leave as a couple. Prince poured his frustrations into a film class project. In the short move he re-enacts such a scene, then depicts himself in the library reading a book on Kung-Fu. He uses his newfound martial arts skills to get the girl and defeat his Duane-like competitor..."

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alphachannel said:

Here's a short excert from the book Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks describing a movie Prince did during his sophomore year in high school; add this to the list of things we'll never see:

"...Duane [Nelson] was moving in on girls Prince liked. Prince would speak with one, watch Duane arrive, then see them leave as a couple. Prince poured his frustrations into a film class project. In the short move he re-enacts such a scene, then depicts himself in the library reading a book on Kung-Fu. He uses his newfound martial arts skills to get the girl and defeat his Duane-like competitor..."

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Would I love to see that!!!

Oh yeah,I remember hearing about this!

I think he had Kim Upsher play his love interest.

ali23 said:

Oh yeah,I remember hearing about this!

I think he had Kim Upsher play his love interest.

Thanks for the tip! Here's what I dug up from it:

alphachannel said:

Schoolmate Robert Plant

alphachannel said:

It was no "Purple Rain," but the movie Prince shot at Minneapolis Central High School had some of the artist's hallmark themes: He wrote, directed and starred. He played the self-conscious underdog. And, of course, he got the girl.

Schoolmate Robert Plant remembers the film class well. He was in a group with Prince and his best friend, Paul Mitchell. Prince conceived of a movie in which a small, shy kid tried to win the heart of a pretty cheerleader.

"He had a crush on a girl named Kim Upsher," said Plant. "So the movie was about him trying to get the girl. Paul Mitchell played the team quarterback -- which he was -- and every time Prince was with the cheerleader, Paul would come by and push him out of the way and walk away with the girl."

Cut to Prince in the library, reading a book on kung fu. In the final scene, "Prince pulls this kung fu move and walks away with the girl," Plant said.

That sounds almost as bad as Graffiti Bridge.

Lianachan said:

alphachannel said:

It was no "Purple Rain," but the movie Prince shot at Minneapolis Central High School had some of the artist's hallmark themes: He wrote, directed and starred. He played the self-conscious underdog. And, of course, he got the girl.

Schoolmate Robert Plant remembers the film class well. He was in a group with Prince and his best friend, Paul Mitchell. Prince conceived of a movie in which a small, shy kid tried to win the heart of a pretty cheerleader.

"He had a crush on a girl named Kim Upsher," said Plant. "So the movie was about him trying to get the girl. Paul Mitchell played the team quarterback -- which he was -- and every time Prince was with the cheerleader, Paul would come by and push him out of the way and walk away with the girl."

Cut to Prince in the library, reading a book on kung fu. In the final scene, "Prince pulls this kung fu move and walks away with the girl," Plant said.

That sounds almost as bad as Graffiti Bridge.

He was a teen when he did this. What do you expect, Shakespeare?

21nights said:

Lianachan said:

That sounds almost as bad as Graffiti Bridge.

He was a teen when he did this. What do you expect, Shakespeare?

It was presumably a not-particularly-veiled swipe at GB (and a pretty funny one, at that ), not a criticism of what he did as a teen.

He had high hopes & dreams from the beginning....How cool is that?

Would love to sse this!

Not trying to see it hope it never sees the light of day

I would love to see it just so I could see what he was wearing back then.

I want to see it solely for the "kung-fu move" he puts on that dude...