''Streets'' is a 1990 American drama film directed by

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and starring

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and

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Plot

Dawn, a drug-addicted teen

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living on the streets of

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, and Sy, a teenager with dreams of becoming a rock star, become friends after Sy rescues Dawn from a violent john. Dawn takes Sy under her wing and gives him a guided tour of the seedy underworld of Hollywood.

Cast

as Dawn *

as Sy * Eb Lottimer as Lumley * Jane Chung as Old Bag Woman * Starr Andreeff as Policewoman on Horse * Alexander Folk as Bagley *

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as Sargent * J Bartell as Officer #1 (as J. Bartell) *

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as Officer #2 * Tom Ruben as Officer #3 * David Lawrence as Plumber * Patrick Richwood as Bob * Aron Eisenberg as Roach

Production

Katt Shea later recalled:

That was me just exploring the underside…I tend to really like to explore people I don’t know and so I started doing research on the streets and talking to people who lived on the streets. I did a lot of research and they thought I was a homeless person and I hung out with the kids and stuff and then wrote from that research. I knew a girl who was a heroin addict that we based "Dawn" on her. She lived on the street or sometimes she lived with a very rich boyfriend, which was very very strange."Director Katt Shea talks about her 1980's Roger Corman produced films" ''TV Store Online'' 3 Feb 2015
accessed 21 April 2015

Streets led to Shea being offered to direct the film '' Poison Ivy''.

Home media

''Streets'' was released on VHS in mid 1990 through

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edition was released in 2011 as part of the ''Roger Corman's Cult Classics'' collection, through

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References

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* * * 1990 films Films about drugs American independent films Films set in Los Angeles 1990 drama films 1990s thriller films Films directed by Katt Shea Films about runaways Teensploitation 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{indie-drama-film-stub