Streets (film)

Dawn, a drug-addicted teen prostitute living on the streets of Los Angeles, and Sy, a teenage boy 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==

• Christina Applegate as Dawn • David Mendenhall as Sy • Eb Lottimer as Lumley • Jane Chung as Old Bag Woman • Starr Andreeff as Policewoman on Horse • Alexander Folk as Bagley • Kay Lenz as Sargent • J Bartell as Officer #1 (as J. Bartell) • Paul Ben-Victor 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. Streets led to Shea being offered to direct the film Poison Ivy. ==Reception==

Variety wrote, "Despite its B-film framework involving a maniacal killer stalking street kids, Streets transcends its genre with a gritty and affecting portrait of a teenage throwaway." ==Home media==

Streets was released on VHS in mid 1990s through MGM/UA Home Entertainment. A double feature DVD edition was released in 2011 as part of the ''Roger Corman's Cult Classics'' collection, through Shout! Factory. ==References==