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Rooftops (1989)

Rooftops poster
Directed by
Robert Wise
Genre
musical film, romance film, drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
15
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two homeless teenagers navigate life and love in Manhattan. They get caught up in crime and express themselves through dance.

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What happens

Rooftops is a 1989 American crime and dance musical drama film directed by Robert Wise, which follows the misadventures of two homeless teenagers in Manhattan. Rooftops was the last theatrical motion picture directed by Wise and the second of his films about poor young New Yorkers, the first being the famous West Side Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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