Scratch

Name: Scratch
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: February 15, 2002
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 77

2002

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Palm Pictures | Release Date: February 15, 2002 | R

Summary: A feature length film about the hip-hop DJ and today's turntablist movement. From the South Bronx in the 70's to San Francisco today, the world's best scratchers, diggers, party-rockers and producers celebrate beats, breaks, battles, and the infinite possibilities of vinyl. (Palm Pictures)

Director: Doug Pray

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Shawn Levy

Among the film's highlights are an interview with Grand Wizard Theodore, who is generally uncontested in his claim to have invented the idea of scratching vinyl. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Highly entertaining and encouraging documentary. Read full review

Marc Savlov

So upbeat it might as well arrive on a sunbeam. Read full review

Dan DeLuca

Filled with wildly inventive sound, as records are cut up and recombined on the spot. Read full review

Evelyn McDonnell

Mesmerizing. Read full review

Ray Conlogue

This engaging documentary is an excursion into the immense "art" form of hip-hop. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

A standard mix of performances, interviews, and gimmickry -- the image and sound sometimes loop or jump in a tiresomely literal attempt to translate the techniques of scratching and "beat juggling" into cinema. Read full review

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FrancisR.

Oct 7, 2005

This movie is perfect to learn about the history and background of one of the elements of Hip-Hop...DJ. This really is enjoying to the audience like myself. Please watch it. With interviews with one of the biggest DJs in the world like DJ Qbert, Mix Master Mike, X-Ecutioners and many more This movie is perfect to learn about the history and background of one of the elements of Hip-Hop...DJ. This really is enjoying to the audience like myself. Please watch it. With interviews with one of the biggest DJs in the world like DJ Qbert, Mix Master Mike, X-Ecutioners and many more makes this movie the best Hip-Hop documentary around!… Expand

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mlglobal

Jun 10, 2022

This film received 99percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes when it was released. It lasted for many weeks in theatres and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Loved it!

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