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Thread started 07/27/16 10:31pm

ForeverPaisley

In honour of 32nd Purple Rain Anniversary...I finally want to know.

In honour of the 32nd anniversary of Purple Rain, I am FINALLY going to ask it.

Do you think Prince ever got charged/fined for ACTUALLY graphitting that bridge? cool

Wonder if it's still there razz lol

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Reply #1 posted 07/27/16 10:41pm

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1) you don't know that Prince actually did it (he didn't)

2) it's likely the set designer or similar did it

3) it'd be Production that was fined for it, not Prince (they weren't)

4) they could have just as easily had it removed had the city saw it & said something

And perhaps if the location is known, you could find out if it's still there. Much of Purple Rain was shot in Los Angeles, too, so that could be there, not Minneapolis.

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Reply #2 posted 07/27/16 10:46pm

ForeverPaisley

TrivialPursuit said:

1) you don't know that Prince actually did it (he didn't)

2) it's likely the set designer or similar did it

3) it'd be Production that was fined for it, not Prince (they weren't)

4) they could have just as easily had it removed had the city saw it & said something

And perhaps if the location is known, you could find out if it's still there. Much of Purple Rain was shot in Los Angeles, too, so that could be there, not Minneapolis.

How would you know that he didn't? Or maybe ...suggested it? He was adding Love God even to his autograph by now I think. Not to mention the early version of the symbol too...

Could be the original Graphitti Bridge razz lol

(I kid, I kid).

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Reply #3 posted 07/27/16 11:31pm

bookwomen

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That bridge is in LA the graffitti was removed. It is the Caesar Chavez bridge. Maybe someone should add it back just please leave the feather behind lol

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Reply #4 posted 07/28/16 1:51am

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very unique question lol
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Reply #5 posted 07/28/16 9:13am

jayspud

wink I also, without sounding too harsh, would argue that a little bit of Graffiti on that bridge hardly affects the aesthetic of it. Possibly it even improved it. Funny that when we build concrete monstrosities or pollute the countryside that's fine, draw on a wall shake

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Reply #6 posted 07/28/16 9:58am

onelap

Thank you for that FOREVERPAISLEY made me LOL to think that someone thought of that.

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Reply #7 posted 07/28/16 2:24pm

ForeverPaisley

onelap said:

Thank you for that FOREVERPAISLEY made me LOL to think that someone thought of that.

lol Glad someone realized the humour in my question. biggrin

It's just, we all know that that graphitti wasn't there before that movie filmed. Coincidences happen and all, but that would be next to improbable. biggrin cool

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Reply #8 posted 07/28/16 2:25pm

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ForeverPaisley said:

onelap said:

Thank you for that FOREVERPAISLEY made me LOL to think that someone thought of that.

lol Glad someone realized the humour in my question. biggrin

It's just, we all know that that graphitti wasn't there before that movie filmed. Coincidences happen and all, but that would be next to improbable. biggrin cool

Lol, now I am imagining some intern donning a hoodie and running away!

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Reply #9 posted 07/28/16 2:26pm

ForeverPaisley

bookwomen said:

That bridge is in LA the graffitti was removed. It is the Caesar Chavez bridge. Maybe someone should add it back just please leave the feather behind lol

nod I figured it was L.A. Maybe someone SHOULD put it back. hmm lol

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Reply #10 posted 07/28/16 2:29pm

ForeverPaisley

jayspud said:

ForeverPaisley said:

lol Glad someone realized the humour in my question. biggrin

It's just, we all know that that graphitti wasn't there before that movie filmed. Coincidences happen and all, but that would be next to improbable. biggrin cool

Lol, now I am imagining some intern donning a hoodie and running away!

lol Me too! Being all 'I don't think this is in my job description...' lol I mean if he didn't do it himself like our uber knowledgeable friend stated, then SOMEONE on the PR crew had to and it's not like that person got the idea to tag THAT on their own. I'm guessing a little bird told them.

A dove specifically. cool lol

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Reply #11 posted 07/28/16 3:47pm

laytonian

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I'm sure everyone's seen this page, which lists exact locations where PR was filmed?

http://www.itsfilmedthere...-rain.html

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Reply #12 posted 07/28/16 4:42pm

Elvie

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The bridge by the railway tracks is real. I thought it got pulled down some years ago though.
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Reply #13 posted 07/28/16 5:02pm

Elvie

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I'm sure it's not in LA but Henderson. Some scenes where flamed in LA though. I remember Apollonia saying it wasn't really lake Minnetonka either but filmed in Henderson. Some articles claim the skinny dipping was in LA too.

Love reading about it all though. Miss those days that the film was big. Days of my youth. wink
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Reply #14 posted 07/28/16 5:45pm

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In light of the 32nd Purple Rain Anniversary, I'd like to know if I'm ever getting my re-release anytime soon. lol

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Reply #15 posted 07/28/16 6:00pm

ForeverPaisley

smoothcriminal12 said:

In light of the 32nd Purple Rain Anniversary, I'd like to know if I'm ever getting my re-release anytime soon. lol

nod I'd be all over that. I mean, I have the 20th anniversary version. And the blu-ray. But I want some outtakes or deleted scenes - um maybe especially the deleted scenes. err lol cool

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Reply #16 posted 07/28/16 6:37pm

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ForeverPaisley said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

In light of the 32nd Purple Rain Anniversary, I'd like to know if I'm ever getting my re-release anytime soon. lol

nod I'd be all over that. I mean, I have the 20th anniversary version. And the blu-ray. But I want some outtakes or deleted scenes - um maybe especially the deleted scenes. err lol cool

I'm talking about the remastered album we were promised eons ago. lol

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Reply #17 posted 07/28/16 6:46pm

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I'm willing to bet they got permission to do that, providing it was removed after -- which someone upthread said it was.

Cities are willing to let movie folks do some interesting things, as long as there's no real damage.

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Reply #18 posted 07/28/16 7:55pm

ForeverPaisley

SpookyNopetopus said:

I'm willing to bet they got permission to do that, providing it was removed after -- which someone upthread said it was.

Cities are willing to let movie folks do some interesting things, as long as there's no real damage.

nod My thoughts too. Just one of those curiosities that pop into my head when I'm watching PR.

Like when Prince 'rescues' Apollonia from Morris' drunkeness and drives them along, that person sitting on the right side of the screen IN the rain, as they are driving to the underpass. Like, why isn't that person <possible homeless?) sitting beneath the UNDERPASS. hmmm

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Reply #19 posted 07/28/16 7:56pm

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smoothcriminal12 said:

ForeverPaisley said:

nod I'd be all over that. I mean, I have the 20th anniversary version. And the blu-ray. But I want some outtakes or deleted scenes - um maybe especially the deleted scenes. err lol cool

I'm talking about the remastered album we were promised eons ago. lol

Oh. Yep, that'd be nice too. lol

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Reply #20 posted 07/31/16 6:30pm

ForeverPaisley

laytonian said:

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I'm sure everyone's seen this page, which lists exact locations where PR was filmed?

http://www.itsfilmedthere...-rain.html

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I hadn't seen that page so thanks for including it smile

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