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Rooftops (1989) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 17, 1989

Original Title:
Rooftops

Alternate Titles:
East side story

Genres:
Action | Crime

Production Companies:
Koch Company
Mark/Jett Productions
New Visions Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 15 

Runtime: 98

It's the only place to be.

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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. When drugdealers move into the neighbourhood and kill T's best friend he embarks on a mission to eradicate the drug-presence in the neigbourhood. His friends are reluctant to help though, knowing what happened to T's friend when he crossed them.

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Art Direction:
John Wright Stevens

Assistant Editor:
Joanna Jimenez
Michael E. Polakow

Boom Operator:
Keith Gardner

Casting:
Paula Herold

Co-Producer:
Tony Mark
Sue Jett
Allan A. Goldstein

Costume Design:
Kathleen Detoro

Director:
Robert Wise

Director of Photography:
Theo van de Sande

Editor:
William Reynolds

Executive Producer:
Taylor Hackford
Stuart Benjamin

Hairstylist:
Aaron F. Quarles

Key Makeup Artist:
Anne Pattison

Original Music Composer:
Michael Kamen
Dave Stewart

Producer:
Hawk Koch

Production Design:
Jeannine Oppewall

Screenplay:
Terence Brennan

Set Decoration:
Gretchen Rau

Sound Mixer:
Tom Nelson

Story:
Allan A. Goldstein
Tony Mark

Stunt Coordinator:
Gary Baxley

Stunt Double:
Peter Anthony Rocca

Stunts:
Peter Bucossi

Unit Production Manager:
Edwin 'Itsi' Atkins

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