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3 days ago · William Blinn, who’d won Emmys for writing Brian’s Song and co-writing Roots and working on the Fame TV series at the time, was drafted to write the script. He stuck to Prince’s vision, which proved to be a mistake.
4 days ago · While William Blinn provided the original script, entitled Dreams, it was Albert Magnoli who would hammer home Purple Rain ’s true message byway of his directing and writing. Magnoli met...
5 days ago · Musician Billy Sparks stepped into the invented role of the club’s somewhat mercenary manager, helping to set up the central conflict between the bands. Where things get a bit murkier is in the area of the Kid’s personal life.
5 days ago · “Prince was never a diva,” said screenwriter William Blinn. “He was there to do the work, and he worked his ass off.” Shot in the fall of 1983 on a budget of $7.2 million, Purple Rain would eventually gross over $70 million worldwide, which would be over $300 million today.
5 days ago · “This is not Hamilton,” joked Jacobs-Jenkins, who assured the audience of diehards that his book will draw on the 1984 film’s screenplay (written by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn) without ...
4 days ago · And Bobby Z (Bobby Rivkin), longtime drummer of the Revolution, will serve alongside keyboardist Morris Hayes as Prince music advisers aiming to maintain the sound’s authenticity. Jacobs-Jenkins will adapt the original screenplay by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn.
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