Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) on Netflix
Madonna takes her Blond Ambition tour from rainy Japan to Canada, where police threaten arrest, and to Detroit, where she calls her father on stage. Cameras follow her and the dancers.
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Plot summary
From the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the music performer, from a prayer circle with the dancers before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
Cast
- Luis Camachoas Himself - Dancer
- Jose Xtravaganzaas Self
- Gabriel Trupinas Himself - Dancer
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- Sharon Gaultas Herself - Mama Make-up
- Joanne Gairas Herself - Madonna's Make-up
- Niki Harrisas Herself - Vocals and Dancer (as Niki Harris)
- Jose Guitierezas Himself - Dancer
- Jai Windingas Himself - Keyboards
- David C. Williamsas Himself - Guitar (as David Williams)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
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- The Pepsi deal collapsed after the "Like a Prayer" video, with its church setting, stigmata and Ku Klux Klan-style cross burning, drew protests from religious groups including the Vatican and calls for a boycott; the company revoked the commercial and canceled the sponsorship.
- Warren Beatty did not approve of the film, and the next day Madonna received a letter from his attorney demanding that certain scenes featuring him be cut or she would be sued; they came to a private agreement and the scenes were removed.
- David Fincher, who had already directed Madonna's music videos for "Express Yourself," "Oh Father" and "Vogue," was originally set to direct the documentary but dropped out just before the tour began.
- Pepsi signed a $5 million deal with Madonna to feature her and "Like a Prayer" in a TV commercial, and to sponsor what was then billed as her Like a Prayer World Tour.
- To capture unguarded moments, Keshishian hid his cameras behind one-way mirrors and ordered his crew to dress in black and never speak to the people they were filming.
- Dancers Oliver Crumes, Kevin Stea and Gabriel Trupin sued Madonna, her production company Boy Toy Inc., Miramax and Propaganda Films in January 1992, claiming scenes showing them discussing intimate facts about their personal lives made them objects of contempt and ridicule.
- Director Alek Keshishian only got the job after Madonna watched his Harvard senior thesis, a short film called Wuthering Heights.
