History Film / StreetsOfFire

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The song "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young," which plays in the ending scene and over the credits (and whose title also appeared as the tagline for the film) was later adapted into "Der Tanz der Vampire" ("The Dance of the Vampires") in the German-language stage musical Theatre/TanzDerVampire. Another song, "I Can Dream About You," became the biggest hit of singer Dan Hartman's career.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The "Godspeed!" section of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEV1B7RcJC4 Nowhere Fast]]'' was lifted from the title track of Music/JimSteinman's solo album, ''Bad For Good'', and the opening piano riff was recycled for the Music/MeatLoaf song ''Everything Louder Than Everything Else''. And as mentioned above, ''Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young'' was re-arranged to become the title track of ''TanzDerVampire''.

From Creator/WalterHill, the director of ''Film/TheWarriors'' and ''Film/FortyEightHours'', ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 film, described as a "Rock'n'Roll Fable". Its setting is a kind of AlternateUniverse, a mix of an over-the-top 50s and a dystopian near-future as seen from the 80s; a card in the opening title sequence tells us it's set in "another time, another place." The charm of this film lies in its darkly beautiful shots with lots of shadow and smoke and piercing colors, the comic-book style storytelling, and fantastic music. It is especially [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular in Japan]], despite having no initial success, commercially or critically. Notably, ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' were influenced by this film -- not to mention the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series.

* AuthorAppeal: Part of the reason this was made was because the director wanted to make a movie with the things he thought were cool while he was growing up; "custom cars, kissing in the rain, neon, trains in the night, high-speed pursuit, rumbles, rock stars, motorcycles, jokes in tough situations, leather jackets and questions of honor".

* LivingProp: Ellens other bandmates (Presumably "The attackers"). Only one of whom tries to save her from the bikers. None of them join in the rescue mission and barely interact with anyone.

* RetroUniverse: The setting is best described as being in Rock n' Roll land with minimal racial tensions, '50s-ish fashion sense, and '80s-ish urban decay. The intro card simply reads, "Another Time, Another Place".

* RecycledSoundtrack: The "Godspeed!" section of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEV1B7RcJC4 Nowhere Fast]]'' was lifted from the title track of Music/JimSteinman's solo album, ''Bad For Good'', and the opening piano riff was recycled for the MeatLoaf song ''Everything Louder Than Everything Else''. And as mentioned above, ''Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young'' was re-arranged to become the title track of ''TanzDerVampire''.

->''I don't see any angels in the city''
->''I don't hear any holy choirs sing''
->''And if I can't get an angel''
->''I can still get a boy''
->''And a boy'd be the next best thing''
->''The next best thing to an angel...''
->''A boy'd be the next best thing.''

From Creator/WalterHill, the director of ''Film/TheWarriors'' and ''Film/FortyEightHours'', ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 film, described as a "Rock'n'Roll Fable". Its setting is a kind of AlternateUniverse, a mix of an over-the-top 50s and a dystopian near-future as seen from the 80s; a card in the opening title sequence tells us it's set in "another time, another place." The charm of this film lies in its darkly beautiful shots with lots of shadow and smoke and piercing colors, the comic-book style storytelling, and fantastic music, and it is especially [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular in Japan]], despite having no initial success, commercially or critically. Notably, ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' were influenced by this film -- not to mention the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series.

No relation to the song from the ''{{Initial D}}'' soundtrack. Or Music/BruceSpringsteen's one, part of ''Darkness on the Edge of Town'' - though it was intended as part of the film before the studio admitted they wouldn't get the rights before opening day.

According to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, an unofficial FanSequel is being produced by Albert Pyun. Entitled ''Film/RoadToHell'', it will have Michael Pare and Deborah Van Valkenburgh reprising their roles from the original film. The website for the sequel can be found [[http://www.roadtohellmovie.com/ here]].

No relation to the song from the ''{{Initial D}}'' soundtrack. Or the Music/BruceSpringsteen's one, part of ''Darkness on the Edge of Town''.

* FakeBand: Ellen Aim and the Attackers, and the Sorels. The band playing at Torchy's? Those were the Blasters, a ''real'' BadAss rockabilly group.

** The cover art for ''Act [=II=]: The Father of Death'', by Music/TheProtomen, is directly inspired by the movie poster. And the track ''Light up the Night'' is incredibly similar to ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEV1B7RcJC4 Nowhere Fast]]''.

* GenreShift

-->'''Billy Fish:''' "Listen, Tom... I won't stand in your way with Ellen. I know how things are between you two."
-->'''Tom Cody:''' (after a beat) "I'd only slow her down. Besides, she needs you more than she needs me."
-->'''Billy Fish:''' "Sure, she needs me... but she ''loves'' you!"
-->'''Tom Cody:''' "She'll get over it. Besides, she's used to me being unreliable and disappearing on her."
-->'''Billy Fish:''' "Is that what I'm supposed to tell her?"
-->'''Tom Cody:''' (shrugs) "You're better with words than I am."

* {{Badass}}: Where to start. Tom Cody, [=McCoy=], Raven, Officer Price, Greer and most of the rest of the Bombers. Hell even Ed Begley Jr. played a {{Badass}} homeless guy. Even Billy Fish, the NonActionGuy (played by Creator/RickMoranis, no less), has a lot of guts.

* WouldHitAGirl: Tom punches Ellen across the face to [[TapOnTheHead knock her out]] so she would stop fussing and he could focus on saving them.

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[[caption-width-right:327:Another time, another place.]]

* PlayingAgainstType: Rick Moranis as the popular, powerful, and surprisingly street-smart Billy Fish. The role definitely makes for a double-take for anyone used to Rick Moranis' typecast HollywoodNerd roles.

The song "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young", which plays in the ending scene and over the credits (and whose title also appeared as the tagline for the film) was later adapted into "Der Tanz der Vampire" ("The Dance of the Vampires") in the German-language stage musical Theatre/TanzDerVampire.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''I Can Dream About You'' foreshadows that [[spoiler: Tom won't go with Ellen]].

From Walter Hill, the director of ''Film/TheWarriors'' and ''Film/FortyEightHours'', ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 film, described as a "Rock'n'Roll Fable". Its setting is a kind of AlternateUniverse, a mix of an over-the-top 50s and a dystopian near-future as seen from the 80s; a card in the opening title sequence tells us it's set in "another time, another place." The charm of this film lies in its darkly beautiful shots with lots of shadow and smoke and piercing colors, the comic-book style storytelling, and fantastic music, and it is especially [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular in Japan]], despite having no initial success, commercially or critically. Notably, ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' were influenced by this film -- not to mention the ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' series.

From Walter Hill, the director of ''Film/TheWarriors'' and ''Film/FortyEightHours'', ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 film, described as a "Rock'n'Roll Fable". Its setting is a kind of AlternateUniverse, a mix of an over-the-top 50s and a dystopian near-future as seen from the 80s; a card in the opening title sequence tells us it's set in "another time, another place." The charm of this film lies in its darkly beautiful shots with lots of shadow and smoke and piercing colors, the comic-book style storytelling, and fantastic music, and it is especially [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff popular in Japan]], despite having no initial success, commercially or critically. Notably, ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' were influenced by this film.

No relation to the song from the ''{{Initial D}}'' soundtrack.

* TheEighties

* DidNotGetTheGirl: More like 'Didn't Want The Girl'; Tom loved her, and Billy even offered to stand down, but Cody wasn't the kind of man to be a groupie. He ''does'' drive off with the girl sidekick, though she keeps protesting that he's "not her type."

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Cody goes to save Ellen for money, not love.