The flip side.

What movies mention Prince?

Barbershop: The New Cut (or whatever it's called)

Risky Business

Scary Movie

Do the Right Thing

Add on:

Pretty Woman

Now here's a tricky one:

Showgirls

When the character is in room 319 is it the filmmaker making a nod to Prince, or did Prince name the song after the movie?

Green Room

Shaun of the Dead

Talk Radio

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eyewishuheaven said:

Green Room

Shaun of the Dead

How could i forget that

The last boy scout

McD said:

Beaten to Talk Radio. I love the way Michael Wincott just says 'Prince' followed by the comedy of everything crazy he represents. Superb!

Rush Hour 3 - Chris Tucker singing Do Me Baby

eyewishuheaven said:

luv4u said:

Rush Hour 3 - Chris Tucker singing Do Me Baby

John Ritter as Prince in Stay Tuned

These movies don't reference Prince directly, but rather indirectly via prominently noticeable albums and tshirts:

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The Breakfast Club (Ally Sheedy's character holding the 1999 album)

Maid To Order (again Ally Sheedy, who wears a Purple Rain tshirt)

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Also quite a few Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies reference Prince when Mike, Joel or the bots are riffing a film. The references are not derrogatory (none that I recall anyway), but for example, song title references, references about purple, or song lyrics, etc., which is cool and not surprising since MST3K was made in MN and everybody involved in it was from MN (or WI).

Goonies R Good Enough.

Fargo!!

sro100 said:

Now here's a tricky one:

Showgirls

When the character is in room 319 is it the filmmaker making a nod to Prince, or did Prince name the song after the movie?

Good question. It'd make more sense that the director changed the room number, and that Prince had just written a song for them (or a random song in general), and gave it to the movie to use, then the director took a nod from that. I mean, room 319 wasn't exactly a hot spot of nude photography and pubic hair play.

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However - I'd be interested to know which way it went.

RobotDevil said:

These movies don't reference Prince directly, but rather indirectly via prominently noticeable albums and tshirts:

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The Breakfast Club (Ally Sheedy's character holding the 1999 album)

Maid To Order (again Ally Sheedy, who wears a Purple Rain tshirt)

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Yeah, Ally was a big Prince fan. She wore that Purple Rain shirt for a good long sequence in the Maid To Order movie.

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I always thought she would be great to play Wendy in a biopic.

Surely there's a Prince reference in a Jay & Silent Bob movie, other than The Time playing in one of them.

TrivialPursuit said:

RobotDevil said:

These movies don't reference Prince directly, but rather indirectly via prominently noticeable albums and tshirts:

.

The Breakfast Club (Ally Sheedy's character holding the 1999 album)

Maid To Order (again Ally Sheedy, who wears a Purple Rain tshirt)

.

.

Yeah, Ally was a big Prince fan. She wore that Purple Rain shirt for a good long sequence in the Maid To Order movie.

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I always thought she would be great to play Wendy in a biopic.

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That had never occurred to me but yes, she would be!

"Soul Man".........I read in E! magazine years ago that he saw the upcoming trailer to "Showgirls". He liked it so much he ran back to the booth and made them replay it 4 or 5 times in a row.

Romeo Must Die 1999, Aaliyah has a Prince Purple Rain poster in her room.

Girl 6

Lost Boys

Happy Feet

Playing by Heart

Romeo and Juliet - the choir boy sings "When Doves Cry".

Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee, 1989: Samuel L. Jackson's DJ character recites a long monologue of black artists he plays on the station, and namedrops Prince.

Guitarhero said: