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Rooftops is a 1989 American crime and dance musical drama film directed by Robert Wise, which follows the misadventures of two homeless teenagers in Manhattan. Rooftops was the last theatrical motion picture directed by Wise and the second of his films about poor young New Yorkers, the first being the famous West Side Story .
Mar 17, 1989 · Rooftops: Directed by Robert Wise. With Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer, Eddie Velez, Tisha Campbell. A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Robert Wise
- 1989-03-17
A roof-dwelling combat dancer (Jason Gedrick) loves a crack king's (Eddie Velez) sister (Troy Beyer) in a Manhattan ghetto.
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- Jason Gedrick
Robert Wise made a movie about a kid who lives on the rooftops of pre-Giuliani NYC and learns capoeira to defend himself against drug dealers... at the age of 75. Thematically it's not a huge leap from West Side Story but the year is 1989 and it's not a New Hollywood musical, so that still makes it a little weird that this came into existence ...
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Overview. T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other.
A group of teenagers in New York's Lower East Side take up residence on the rooftop of an abandoned building.
Rooftops is a film directed by Robert Wise with Jason Gedrick, Troy Beyer, Eddie Velez, Tisha Campbell .... Year: 1989. Original title: Rooftops. Synopsis: Set in the Manhattan street milieu that served him well in West Side Story, Robert Wise's Rooftops tells the story of T, a quiet, soft-spoken teen-ager who has left his broken home and is ...
