Streets of Fire Trivia Quiz

Answer: A Rock and Roll Fable

Fables are usually used to teach a lesson and while this movie does not teach any lessons, one senses while watching this movie that all the characters represent something. Whether it works as a fable is questionable but it is fun. One critic described the movie as "Soldier Boy saves Teen Angel from Leader of the Pack" which would make it more of an allegory than a fable.

Answer: telegraph

Reba sends a telegraph to him as shown during the opening credits sequence. The use of the telegraph is just one of many devices used in this movie to create an odd sense of time. Even in 1984 when the movie was released, the use of Western Union's telegraph service was in serious decline. Many present day viewers may not even know what that form of communications is.

Micheal Pare went on to star in "Eddie and the Cruisers" and its sequel. He has done a lot of movie and TV work, but is hardly a household name. That is unfortunate, as he is a fine actor.

Answer: Ellen Aim and the Attackers

Posters announcing "Ellen Aim and The Attackers" are prominent during the opening minutes of the movie and they are also announced on the marquee of the theater (in beautiful flashing neon) where they are performing. According to imdb.com, "The Attackers" are the actual band for Laurie Sargent, the singer who provides the voice for Ellen Aim in concert. All of the musicians we see on stage are actors providing action and lip-syncing to the studio music.

Diane Lane was only 19 when she made this movie. Diane Lane was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for "Unfaithful" in 2002.

Answer: In an unnamed bar

Cody goes to the bar to kill some time after returning home at Reba's request. McCoy is there and asks Clyde the Bartender for another drink. McCoy punches out Clyde (played by Bill Paxton in an early role) when he refuses to serve her any more alcohol. She steals a bottle of tequila for Cody and they leave the bar together. When he thinks he is going to "get lucky", she tells him "You ain't my type."

Amy Madigan was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in "Twice in a Lifetime" (1986) but is probably best known for playing Kevin Costner's very patient wife in "Field of Dreams". She is married to actor Ed Harris.

Answer: Billy Fish

The name is somehow appropriate as Billy is both very cold and definitely slimy. Billy cares about Ellen on a superficial emotional level, but ultimately sees her as little more than a way to get rich. The conflict between Billy Fish and Tom Cody seems to represent the conflict between the spirit of rebellious youth and the spirit of capitalism, but then again, I may be reading too much into it.

This is a rare dramatic role for Rick Moranis. He is best known for "Ghostbusters", "Spaceballs", "Parenthood" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids".

Answer: The Bombers

The Bombers are sort of a Hell's Angels gang that appears to have about a 100 members and no visible means of support. They hang out in The Battery in a bar named Torchy's.

"Streets of Fire" is Willem Dafoe's breakout role and his performance as Raven Shaddock, the leader of the motorcycle gang, gives a clear sign of the type of intense performances he would give in future roles. He is a two time Oscar nominee for "Platoon" (1987) and "Shadow of the Vampire" (2001). He played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ". He is known to a new generation of movie goers as Norman Osborn, "The Green Goblin" from the "Spider-Man" movies.

Answer: Jim Steinman

These two concert sequences came to have a great influence on the evolution of music video and MTV. Steinman's overblown musical style is perfect for the larger-than-life style of the movie.

Jim Steinman has written songs that became hits for Meat Loaf, Air Supply, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Celine Dion, Bonny Tyler, and many others. If you ever hear his own album, "Bad for Good", you will immediately realize why other people sing his music. Steinman has been working on a musical based on Peter Pan called "Neverland" for 30 years.

Answer: Walter Hill

Hill is also well established as a screenwriter and a producer. He has won several awards for his work, but never an Oscar. His extensive list of credits can be found at imdb.com

Answer: We never know

The geographical references imply San Francisco. The elevated transit system implies Chicago where some filming was done. The attitudes of people imply New York. The script never says. "Another time, another place".

All the cars used are late '40s and '50s American cars adding to the ambiguous time of the setting.

Answer: The Sorels

The other members of The Sorels included Stoney Jackson, who has done television work for years and Grand Bush, who has played cops in "Die Hard", "License to Kill" and "Lethal Weapon". The Sorels do a great performance (dubbed) of Dan Hartman's classic song, "I can dream about you". All three wrong answers are actual 1950s black groups, the type of which that the Sorels were based on.