Long Island AMC Theater to Show Prince's 'Purple Rain'

ATLANTA, GA — "Purple Rain," the album, could easily stand alone among the best albums of all time. But it's also a soundtrack to the 1984 film by the same name that, like his music, is uniquely Prince.

After Prince's sudden death Thursday at 57, tributes have popped up across the globe, including all-night dance raves and radio and TV stations playing his hits on a constant loop.

So, it's not surprising that movie theaters are joining the tribute, with AMC and Carmike Cinemas announcing it will screen "Purple Rain" from April 23-28. Here on Long Island, the one theater showing the film is AMC Loews Stony Brook.

The audience score at Rotten Tomatoes is 79 percent. And their Critics Consensus:

Purple Rain makes for undeniably uneven cinema, but it's held together by its star's singular charisma -- not to mention a slew of classic songs.