Cinematic background from Sign 'o' the Times 1987 - In 1987, to capitalize on his growing success in Europe, Prince toured extensively to promote the album of the same name and sales increased accordingly. However, the United States remained resistant to his latest album, and sales began to drop; it was at this point that Prince decided to film a live concert promoting the new material, for eventual distribution to theaters in America. Featuring the band that accompanied Prince on his 1987 Sign o' the Times Tour, including dancer Cat Glover, keyboardist Boni Boyer, bassist Levi Seacer, Jr., guitarist Miko Weaver, drummer Sheila E. and former member of The Revolution keyboardist Dr. Fink, the film sees the group perform live on stage (although "U Got the Look" is represented by its promotional music video).

Sign 'o' the Times

1987

Documentary, Music

Directors:
Albert Magnoli, David Hogan, Prince
Writers:
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Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a pink fur coat singing into a microphone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing on a stage in front of a crowd of onlookers; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with a guitar on stage in front of an audience; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people standing in front of an audience; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people on a stage singing; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a colorful outfit singing on a stage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man playing a guitar in front of an audience; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a pink outfit singing into a microphone; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman playing drums in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man playing a guitar on a stage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a black hat is singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman is singing into a microphone in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with a guitar on stage in front of an audience; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person with curly black hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man and a woman are looking at one another; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a white dress singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing in front of a microphone on a stage; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman holding a microphone in her hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A crowd of people are watching a person on a stage; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing on a stage in front of an audience; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing on a stage in front of a crowd; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a brick wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a white dress holding a microphone; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person standing in front of a stage with lights; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman is singing on a stage with a group of people; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing on top of a stage holding a gun; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a white outfit holding a microphone; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a white dress singing into a microphone; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people on a stage with lights in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a white dress holding a microphone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man playing a guitar on a stage with lights; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a red suit holding a microphone and a guitar; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man is playing drums in front of a crowd; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman is singing into a microphone in the dark; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man is playing drums on a stage; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man playing guitar on a stage in front of an audience; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing on top of a stage with a microphone; Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with glasses is holding a purple light in his hand; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman is holding a microphone in her hand; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people on a stage performing; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a white suit is on a stage; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man holding a microphone on a stage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman is singing into a microphone in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man is singing on a stage while people clap; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman in a black corset holding a sword; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man and a woman are holding a light up heart; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a pink suit and a microphone; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people standing on a stage with a guitar; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man holding a microphone while playing a guitar on a stage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with a beard and sunglasses is wearing a hood; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person holding a guitar in front of a microphone; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man standing in front of a microphone on a stage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person playing a keyboard in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A crowd of people watching a band perform on a stage; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman with curly hair is standing in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman sitting on a bed writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man playing a saxophone while wearing sunglasses; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with a guitar on a stage with a crowd; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people on a stage with a microphone and a guitar; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person wearing a yellow top; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man is singing on stage in front of an audience; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A crowd of people watching a band perform on a stage; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with a microphone in front of a microphone stand; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a fur hat talking to another man in a suit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A crowd of people standing in a dark room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people standing on a stage with musical instruments; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man in a hat is singing into a microphone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A couple of men in white suits playing musical instruments; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A woman sitting at a table with a bottle of wine in front of her; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A man with dreadlocks and glasses looking to his left; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people performing on a stage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A person playing drums in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – A group of people standing on a stage with guitars; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Sign 'o' the Times” (1987), directed by Albert Magnoli – Two people are talking in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle