Prince performs during the “Pepsi Halftime Show” at Super Bowl XLI between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
(Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)So you never got to see Purple Rain in a movie theater? Neither did I. But we have a chance to bring it back to 1984. Several Tampa and St. Pete area movie theaters are showing Prince's classic film acting debut on Wednesday, March 5. This is a one night only deal.
Check out the classic trailer for Purple Rain. "Before he created the music, he lived every bit of it. He risked too much for the one thing that meant everything... his music. The story. The struggle. The movie."
Purple Rain won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. It also scored a Grammy Award for the soundtrack. The iconic Prince songs from the soundtrack include "Let's Go Crazy," "Take Me With U," "When Doves Cry," "I Would Die 4 U," "Baby I'm A Star," and of course, "Purple Rain."
According to Indiewire, you'll really hear the difference as this re-release will be in Dolby Vision HDR with immersive audio so this should be a no-brainer for any Prince fan. I still kick myself for never seeing Prince live. I always thought I'd have a chance someday until that terrible day we lost him.
Where you can see Purple Rain in the Tampa area
Here are the theatres in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties you can visit that are showing Purple Rain on the big screen:
AMC Sundial 12
151 2nd North Ave in St. Petersburg
AMC West Shore 14
At the West Shore Plaza in Tampa
AMC Woodlands Square 20
On Tampa Road in Oldsmar
AMC Veterans 24
At 9302 Anderson Road in Tampa
AMC Riverview 14
At 9390 Theater Drive in Gibsonton
AMC Bradenton 20
At 2507 53rd Ave in Bradenton
AMC Classic Palm Harbor
On Highway 19
AMC The Regency 20
On Brandon Blvd in Brandon
The main event of every Awards Season is the Academy Awards. Sure, the night is reserved for honoring the best in film that year, from lead actors to directors. However, plenty of popular musicians have taken home Oscars in years past.
Which popular musicians have won Academy Awards? Scroll through the gallery below to find out!
Phil Collins
David McNew/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from ‘Tarzan’
Bob Dylan
Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Things Have Changed” from ‘Wonder Boys’
Jared Leto
Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesBest Supporting Actor for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
Trent Reznor (2011 and 2021)
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesBest Original Music Score for ‘The Social Network’ and 'Soul.'
David Byrne
Alessandra del Bene/Getty ImagesBest Original Score for ‘The Last Emperor’
Stevie Wonder
Kevin Winter/One Voice: Somos Live!/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from ‘The Woman in Red’
Carly Simon
Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Let the River Run” from ‘Working Girl’
Lionel Richie
John Sciulli/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Say You, Say Me” from ‘White Nights’
Prince
Karrah Kobus/NPG Records via Getty ImagesBest Original Song Score for ‘Purple Rain’
Bruce Springsteen
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Streets of Philadelphia” from ‘Philadelphia’
Melissa Etheridge
Vince Bucci/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up” from ‘An Inconvenient Truth’
Lady Gaga
Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for "Shallow" from ‘A Star is Born’
Elton John (1995 and 2020)
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesBest Original Song for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from ‘The Lion King’ (1995) and Best Original Song for "I'm Gonna Love Me Again" from 'Rocketman.'
