On one of my many visits to chicago last year, my home away from home, i found a used copy of the doublelp soundtrack album for times square 1980 that was in really great condition. Watch times square full movie in hd visit two illmatched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have new york b. Since were talking about 1980, movie soundtracks had yet to become vehicles for newly signed acts in dire need of attention and promotion to sell their yettobe. Longacre square now times square, broadway and 42nd street, 1900. As a 17yearold, he would travel to nyc to document the now longlost treasures that times square once held in the 80s. Look up times square in wiktionary, the free dictionary. If is associated with an alamy account youll receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password. Tssr features works shown at the tss, in addition to ephemera and documentation of the original exhibition. The times square show revisited, returns to a groundbreaking exhibition that in june 1980, inaugurated new trends in contemporary art. Some older people are nostalgic for the good old days. Times square 1980 full movie download full hd youtube. Our guide to new york attractions near times square. Rich girl pammy trini alvarado is the sheltered daughter of a prominent politician.
For example, they remember the times square of the 80s. Times square 1980 allan moyle, tim curry, trini alvarado. The tiananmen square protests were studentled demonstrations calling for democracy, free speech and a free press in china. As an aspiring artist, starting at 17ish, i would travel to ny every once in awhile to show my illustrations. Apparently he also managed to wreck the career of the. The savage stack times square 1980 by jacob knight, jun 29, 2018 allan moyles queer coming of age story is also a love letter to the grimy days of 42nd streets past. I noticed a lack of femalecentric films on the list. Those kind of pieces always prompt someone to name films missed. Times square is a 1980 american drama film directed by allan moyle and starring trini alvarado and robin johnson as teenage runaways from opposite sides of the tracks and tim curry as a radio dj. Tssr returns to the original events of 1980 in an attempt to understand the origins of the tss and to recover missing elements vital to comprehending the. The soundtrack to allan moyles 1980 teen runaway adventure times square is a rather solid mix of new wave and punk. Times square 1980 when canadian filmmaker allan moyle moved to new york city in the late 70s, he bought a second hand couch to furnish the seedy 42nd st.
One times square aussi connu sous les designations 1475 broadway, new york times. The savage stack times square 1980 allan moyles queer coming of age story is also a love letter to the grimy days of 42nd streets past. Notre hotel 4 etoiles a new york vous reserve les plus belles vues sur times square, au c. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title times square. A fascinating story that takes place in the middle of times square, a indigent young girl becomes well known, a well off girl gets courageous. Change in the 1980s, businesses and public officials worked together to. Of all the bad movies ive seen recently, this is the one that projects the real sense of a missed opportunityof potential achievement gone wrong. Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, crime is extremely high in this area. Times square soundtrack, 1980 soundtrack album for the film.
Times square simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. One of the biggest stations in the new york city subway system is under times square. In the late 1880s, long acre square consisted of a large open space surrounded by drab. Times square is a film inspired by a young womans diary found by director allen moyle. Times square hong kong, a shopping, entertainment and office complex in causeway bay. In the 1980s, new york citys times square wasnt so much the crossroads of the world as it was the wrong side of the tracks. Longacre square was once the site of new york citys horse and carriage industry. Simultaneous construction of their new building and nearby transportation lines assured that the newspaper would circulate throughout new york city with. Times square rarely comes together into anything more than a good idea that fails, but there are times when it seems on the brink of wonderful things. Charlie ahearn and jane dickson, times square show poster, 1980. The original motion picture soundtrack times square.
The japan times published a good article on how mainstream cinema virtually ignored punk. I wouldve added protoriot grrrl flicks times square 1980 and ladies and gentlemen. Id never heard of the movie, but the records front cover immediately grabbed my attention, because listed among the names of the featured artists was the. Remember when new yorkliberty city was gritty and crime ridden. With tim curry, trini alvarado, robin johnson, peter coffield. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The plot embodies a punk rock ethic of misunderstood youth articulating their frustrations toward adult authority through music. Tim curry, trini alvarado, robin johnson, peter coffield, herbert berghof, david margulies, anna maria horsford, michael. When young people today look at my shots from the 1980s, they are aghast. Two angsty teenage girls come together to form a punk band and soon take new york by storm.
It was worst than the late 70s because of even higher crime rates and more homeless people, especially at the penn. Times square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and neighborhood in the midtown manhattan section of new york city, at the junction of broadway and seventh avenue. Download free pictures about times square, manhattan, urban from pixabays library of over 1,300,000 public domain photos, illustrations and vectors 401652. Times square 1980 one is a ramonesloving dead ringer for a young joan jett.
With this mod, youll be transported to the 1980s when trash on the sidewalks, hookers, drug dealers, hobos, and crime scenes were a common sight. The original motion picture soundtrack is a 1980 soundtrack album of mostly new wave and punk rock from the film of the same name. Various artists times square ost, rso records rs24230, 1980. Times square 1980 allan moyle, tim curry, trini alvarado, robin johnson, drama, music february 15, 2017 two girls run away from a mental institution and forge a relationship on the streets of new york. Times square definition and meaning collins english. New york traffic at times square, slow and heavy with a little crowd and distant siren until 0. Times square is an entertainment and business district in new york city, united states. It is named for the new york times which formerly had its main building there.
It was many years before i was finally able to obtain a copy of times square, although i was ultimately disappointed with what has established itself as a steady cult classic to no surprise that represents the old days of real new york filmed entirely on location and the emergence of new wave not so. Times square is a section of manhattan, new york city. Times square dvd 1980 for sale tim curry trini alvarado add full soundtrack on cdr. For in times square 1980, the two leads year old and 16 year old actresses keep their innocence while living as mental hospital escapees amidst the times square squalor, floating above the cesspool like lighterthanair street angels. One song from the film, dangerous type 1979 by the cars, was not included on the twolp release. Two illmatched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have new. While the biggest complaint new yorkers may have about times square today is the tourists, just over 20 years ago, a trip down 42nd street was a. Unbeknownst to him, a teenage runaway had tucked her private journal into the sofa cushions. The original motion picture soundtrack times square 1980. In fact, its a rare example of hollywood getting things right when it comes to representing a subculture of sorts. The square is at the meeting point of broadway, 7th avenue and 42nd street. Site officiel novotel new york times square hotel 4 etoiles. About one hundred businesses trading in sex and pornography had been closed goldstein 32, including the massage parlor at the times square show site.
It is a major center for tourism, show business and commerce. Times square is a 1980 american drama film directed by allan moyle and starring trini alvarado and robin johnson as teenage runaways from opposite sides. In the spring of 1980, there were plans under consideration for a convention center, two hotels, and an urban theme park to be called the city at 42nd street eliot 1834. Brightly lit by numerous billboards and advertisements, it stretches from west 42nd to west 47th streets, and is sometimes referred to as the crossroads of the world, the center of the.
Photo of the times square show by terise slotkin, june 1980 terise slotkin photography thirtytwo years after being labeled the first radical art show of the 80s, the times. It was renamed times square in 1904 after the new york times constructed one times square with the intention of making this building their headquarters. Times square monthly pedestrian count reports are located at the bottom of the page. Times square had begun a descent into disrepair and depravity. How bad was times squarenew york city in the 70s80s. The city was on the verge of going bankrupt, there was a major blackout, the son of sam murders, the south bronx looked like a war zone. To them, new york of the 1980s is almost unrecognizable. Times square the 1980 dance music movie featuring robin johnson and trini alvarado at the award winning 80s movies rewind. Starring trini alvarado and robin johnson and tim curry. The worst part about the city in that era was times squarestar junction. The kidnap scene from the wonderful 1980 allan moyle film, which would have been a lot more wonderful had robert stigwood not been involved. See more ideas about times square, 1970s and bartender.
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