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Automatic

Music Video details First aired: 1983 Producer(s): Information needed Director: Bruce Gowers Related home video/DVD: First (Commercially) Released: 21 July 2017 Awards Date Institution, Country Award This music video has not received any awards in the USA

Automatic is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single. Like Sexuality this video doesn’t correspond to a single release in the USA. Automatic was released in Australia only. This video was shot at the Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the last week of rehearsals for the 1999 Tour together with videos for 1999 and Let’s Pretend We’re Married. All of them were directed by Bruce Gowers, who also directed Controversy and Sexuality the previous year. Automatic is about eight minures long and concludes with a bondage scene with Prince, Lisa Coleman and Jill Jones. Shooting Information Shooting Sessions Date Location Additional info Early November 1982 Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, MN, USA Cast Prince Bobby Z. Brownmark Dez Dickerson Matt Fink Lisa Coleman Jill Jones Crew Bruce Gowers - director More information needed Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Automatic 8:22 Prince streaming video platforms (2017) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017) Broadcasts/streaming (only) Title Length Released Version Additional info Automatic 3:40 (approx) promo only '’short version

Additional Information See Also Quotation & triva Automatic Automatic (single) Bruce Gowers has directed the following videos for Prince: Controversy, Sexuality, 1999, Automatic and Let’s Pretend We’re Married. Footage of Automatic was later included in the Nothing Compares 2 U video. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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