On This Day: March 17 1989 Rooftops Premiered in Theaters

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Mar 17, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 17 1989 Rooftops Premiered in Theaters.

On this day March 17 1989 the urban drama Rooftops premiered in theaters. Directed by legendary filmmaker Robert Wise the film starred Jason Gedrick Troy Beyer Eddie Velez and Tisha Campbell in a gritty story about survival and street culture in New York City.

The film followed a young drifter who finds himself caught up in a world of rooftop dancing street fights and inner city struggles. Rooftops attempted to blend action romance and social commentary but struggled at the box office...

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