Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
- dance
- rap music
- hip-hop
- rhyme battle
- disc jockey
- subway
- breakdance
- graffiti
- intense
The bill
Guy Davis
Kenny Kirkland
Rae Dawn Chong
Tracy Carlson
Saundra Santiago
Carmen Cararro
Doug E. Fresh
Himself
- Mary Alice — Cora
- Shawn Elliott — Domingo
- Duane Jones — Robert
- Kadeem Hardison — High School Student (scenes deleted)
- Jon Chardiet — Ramon
- Leon W. Grant — Chollie
- Robert Taylor — Lee Kirkland
- DJ Kool Herc — Clive Campbell
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Tommy Gunn — Furious Five
- Melle Mel — Grandmaster Melle Mel
- Directed
- Stan Lathan
- Written
- Paul Golding, Andrew Davis, David Gilbert
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 97 ratings
- Studio
- Orion Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
