#Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon

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The Last Dragon (From "The Last Dragon" Soundtrack)

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The Last Dragon

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the last dragon | 1985

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Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon comes to 4K Steelbook September 19

Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon comes to 4K Steelbook September 19 #movies

Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon is getting a 4K Steelbook release on September 19th. Martial arts student Leroy Green (Taimak) is on a quest to obtain the elusive all-powerful force known as “The Glow.” Along the way, he must battle the evil, self-proclaimed “Shogun of Harlem” – a kung fu warrior also known as Sho’nuff (Julius J. Carry III) – and rescue a beautiful singer (Prince protégée Vanity)…

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"Ain’t no masters here, dude. Ain’t no slaves either. The Master is busy somewhere doing his wisdom thang. You want wisdom? you buy a fortune cookie. Take a hike, cool breeze."

- employee from the Sum Dum Goy fortune cookie company in Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon

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Diana Ross, El Debarge & Berry Gordy at the premier of The Last Dragon March 22, 1985

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I’ve seen that you posted about Vanity & Billy idol, what was they relationship like ?

They met at the screening for a film she was starring in, Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon, and Billy said she was one of the most beautiful women he’d ever seen; and fell for her instantly! He also said “Vanity’s beauty could force you to stretch the truth to live in a dream world where all was possible.” She attended a few of his shows on his tour and he was very excited about her, but the relationship was clandestine and short-lived due to drugs and the fact that he was also with someone else!

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When Eddie’s department assigns him to a History of Detroit class, he’s pretty sure that Sam is more excited about it than even he is. They’re sitting in Eddie’s office just a few minutes after his department head gave him the news, and already, Sam is bouncing off the walls. He’d be obnoxious if he wasn’t so wonderful.

“I say you make the class all about Berry Gordy,” Sam says. “Call it ‘Tamla to The Last Dragon.’ I know that’s not exactly alliterative, since we don’t count the and all that, but it also makes for some good consonance in the middle there. Tam-la. The Last Dragon. It works.”

Eddie leans back in his desk chair and laughs.

“Tempting as that is, I think there’s plenty more I have to talk about,” he says. “A certain riot that took place when you were four months old, for example.”

“You were barely two,” Sam says. “Just because you study history doesn’t mean you’re ancient.”

“Sometimes, I’m pretty sure it does.”

“Yeah, I’ll bet.”

Sam paces the floor again. Eddie can’t hear his thoughts or anything, but he knows Sam well enough by now to guess what he must be doing. Whenever he paces, he writes a whole future in his head. Usually, it’s a musical he’ll never produce or a novella he’ll never write. But it’s always brilliant. Eddie sits back a little further and watches the brilliance twist around in Sam’s pretty brown eyes. He’d be annoying if he wasn’t so handsome.

“I’ll be your guest speaker,” Sam says.

Eddie chuckles.

“You?” he asks. “Why you?”

“Because you like me. And because I’ve lived in Detroit my whole life.”

“You’ve lived in the suburbs.”

“The shitty suburbs. We were practically neighbors, and we didn’t even know it. Come on. Who better to talk to some college kids about this city than me?”

“Well, me, apparently. I’m teaching the class.”

“That’s only because you’re getting the Ph.D.”

“You could’ve done that, too, you know.”

Sam gets very quiet, and for a second, Eddie almost wishes he hadn’t said anything. Even though Sam swears his lack of bachelor’s degree was a choice (one born from freedom, art, and frustration with the backward values the U.S. puts on people’s education), sometimes Eddie thinks he wishes he was already a tenured professor, too. He’d be good at it. Sam Doyle is the smartest person Eddie has ever known, and he’s absolutely including himself in the equation. When he shared that with Sam a little while back, he just laughed and said, “I like that you consider yourself among the people you know. It’s very Socratic of you.”

Eddie thinks that might have been the moment he knew he’d never been in love before (and that now, he was in love with Sam).

“Well, I could help you out in other ways,” Sam says. “I know a lot of professors make flyers for their classes. Stick ‘em up everywhere so that people find out about ‘em. I could help you make flyers. And I could put them up when I’ve got time. I could do the first post!”

Eddie smiles. He stands up from his chair, grabs both of Sam’s hands in his own, and kisses him right there, in the middle of the office. Sam blushes, like he’s still not used to it, like he’s still harboring a crush from across the room at Linda DeLuca’s family reunion party.

He is adorable. No caveats.

“Tell you what,” Eddie says. “You can watch me make the syllabus. And if anything goes wrong, or if there’s anything you think is missing …”

“I’ll be super annoying about letting you know.”

“There we go.”

But Sam is never annoying. Even when he’s enthusiastic and running around a very small room with dreams bigger than his body, he is never annoying. He’s … he’s the kind of person everyone should meet. He’s the kind of person everyone deserves a chance to love, even just for an hour.

Thank God Eddie will have more time than that.

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The Last Dragon (1985) is a martial arts comedy film directed by Michael Schultz and produced by Berry Gordy. The film stars Taimak, Vanity, and Julius Carry. It follows martial arts student Leroy Green, known as "Bruce Leeroy," on his quest to achieve the mystical power of "The Glow." Leroy faces off against the villainous Sho'nuff, "The Shogun of Harlem," and video mogul Eddie Arkadian to save his love interest, Laura, and prove himself as a true martial artist. The film, despite mixed reviews, became a cult classic.🔥🎥💯

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Released March 22, 1985, The Last Dragon is a American martial arts comedy film directed by Michael Schultz, produced by Rupert Hitzig, Berry Gordy and Joseph Caracciolo, and starring Taimak, Julius J. Carry III, Chris Murney, Leo O'Brien, Faith Prince, Glen Eaton and Vanity.

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Sho'Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem, from Berry Gordy's "The Last Dragon"

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DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night (Official Music Video) February 16, 1985 - 39 years ago today: #DeBarge debuted at number 65 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with his single, "Rhythm Of The Night". The music written by Diane Warren was written for Berry Gordy's film "The Last Dragon" starring Vanity. The single was his 5th chart entry, 4th Top 40 and first Top Ten and was a huge success. It was also Diane Warren's breakthrough as one of the most prolific songwriters to emerge in the 1980s. The song also became the group's biggest hit when it peaked at No. a week at number one on Billboard's R&B chart and topping Billboard's AC chart for a single week. It was produced by Richard Perry.

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Music History Today: February 16, 2023

February 16, 1985: DeBarge has a new song on the American music chart with "Rhythm Of the Night." This was the first of songwriter Diane Warren's many Top 10 songs she wrote. It was the biggest hit for the family group DeBarge. On this track, the falsetto-voiced El DeBarge fronted the group.

Warren penned this song for the 1985 Motown-produced martial arts movie The Last Dragon, which starred the Prince ingenue Vanity in the female lead. Motown head Berry Gordy was the film's executive producer, and DeBarge was signed to his Gordy label.

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The Last Dragon (1986)… Or as everyone knows it “Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon”. Whatever you call it, still awesome. Definitely a product of its time Sho’nuff (fans will get it). Green’s Pizza location is in #manhattan on 812 Avenue C. (Screenshot from #googlemaps). Its been a while since I’ve seen the movie. I remember watching it with friends as a kid. Years later I would buy it in a $5 DVD bin and shocked to notice #williamhmacy in a two minute scene. #thelastdragon #berrygordysthelastdragon #taimak #shonuff #martialarts #martialartsmovies #80scifi #80s #80smovies #movielocations #movielocation #filmscout #filmscouting #locationscouting #locationscout #movies #flick #film #travel #california #cali #wanderlust #LiveTravelChannel #shareyourstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CjNy3zfreOW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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