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|Video Image            = Continental-vid5in1.png
 
|Video Image            = Continental-vid5in1.png
 
|Date                  = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_18|18 December 1992]]
 
|Date                  = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_18|18 December 1992]]
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|producer(s)            = ''Information needed''
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|producer(s)            = Robert Borm
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|Director              = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotera_Tschetter Sotera Tschetter] and [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas]
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|Director              = [[Sotera Tschetter]] and [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicholas]
 
|Related                = [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] home video
 
|Related                = [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] home video
 
|ReleaseDate            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1994]]  
 
|ReleaseDate            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1994]]  
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|Introduction          = '''The Continental''' is a [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] video that was first aired as part of the [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special.  
 
|Introduction          = '''The Continental''' is a [[Prince and the New Power Generation]] video that was first aired as part of the [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special.  
  
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The performance by [[Prince]] and [[The NPG]], was shot at the [[Tokyo Dome]], Tokyo, Japan during the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] in early April 1992. Details are not known, but the shooting may have taken place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 April 1992]] on a day-off between two shows (like the shooting of [[Video: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]]). The scene with [[Robia LaMorte|Pearl]] and [[Prince]] likely took place at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_New_Otani_Tokyo New Otani Hotel] in Tokyo, Japan also. It is not known if the part with [[Carmen Electra]] was shot around that time or later in the year.
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The performance by [[Prince]] and [[The NPG]], was shot at the [[Tokyo Dome]], Tokyo, Japan during the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] in early April 1992. Details are not known, but the shooting may have taken place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 April 1992]] on a day-off between two shows (like the shooting of [[Video: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]]). The scene with an unidentified actress and [[Prince]] likely took place at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_New_Otani_Tokyo New Otani Hotel] in Tokyo, Japan also. It is not known if the part with [[Carmen Electra]] was shot around that time or later in the year.
  
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The full 4:56 (album version with [[Carmen Electra]]) was aired on the [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special only in December 1992. During the song part of the song, [[Prince]] is seducing both [[Robia LaMorte|Pearl]] in his bedroom and [[Carmen Electra]] over the phone. An edit from the video was released on the [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] home video with a completly different second part. After the main stage performance, the music ends abruptly. Alternate scenes of [[Prince]] and [[Robia LaMorte|Pearl]] having sex in the bedroom are included interspersed footage of [[Mayte]] dancing wildly during an arabic ceremony until she goes in a transe and faint (this part was most likely filmed in Egypt with [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas] in late 1991). At the end of both versions, [[Prince]] is seen thoughtful and visibly unwilling to pursue his sex affair with [[Robia LaMorte|Pearl]] who leaves the room disappointed.
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The full 4:56 (album version with [[Carmen Electra]]) was aired on the [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special only in December 1992. During the song part of the song, [[Prince]] is seducing both an unidentified girl in his bedroom and [[Carmen Electra]] over the phone. An edit from the video was released on the [[Home Video: 3 Chains O’ Gold|3 Chains O’ Gold]] home video with a completely different second part. After the main stage performance, the music ends abruptly. Alternate scenes of [[Prince]] and unidentified girl having sex in the bedroom are included interspersed footage of [[Mayte]] dancing wildly during an Arabic ceremony until she goes in a trance and faint (this part was most likely filmed in Egypt with [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicholas] in late 1991). At the end of both versions, [[Prince]] is seen thoughtful and visibly unwilling to pursue his sex affair with the unidentified girl, who leaves the room disappointed.
  
 
|recording info        =  
 
|recording info        =  
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 April 1992]] (assumed)
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 April 1992]] <small>(assumed)</small>
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|studio                    = Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan,  <br>New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan<br>, Glam Slam, Yokohama, Japan<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen Shinkansen/Bullet Train], Japan
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|studio                    = Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan,  <br>New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan,<br> Glam Slam, Yokohama, Japan<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen Shinkansen/Bullet Train], Japan
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|additional info          = stage performance ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotera_Tschetter Sotera Tschetter])
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|additional info          = stage performance ([[Sotera Tschetter]])
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 ]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_6|6 April 1992]] (assumed)
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 ]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_6|6 April 1992]] <small>(assumed)</small>
 
|studio                    = New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
 
|studio                    = New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
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|additional info          = hotel room scene with [[Robia LaMorte|Pearl]] ([https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas])
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|additional info          = hotel room scene ([https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicholas])
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 ]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_6|6 April 1992]] (assumed)
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_5|5 ]] & [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_6|6 April 1992]] <small>(assumed)</small>
 
|studio                    = Glam Slam, Yokohama, Japan<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen Shinkansen/Bullet Train], Japan
 
|studio                    = Glam Slam, Yokohama, Japan<br>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen Shinkansen/Bullet Train], Japan
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|additional info          = additional scene ([https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas])
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|additional info          = additional scene ([https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicholas])
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
|date                      = 1992
 
|date                      = 1992
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
 
|studio                    = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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|additional info          = [[Carmen Electra]] part ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotera_Tschetter Sotera Tschetter] - assumed)
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|additional info          = [[Carmen Electra]] part ([[Sotera Tschetter]] - assumed)
 
}}
 
}}
 
|cast= * [[Prince]]
 
|cast= * [[Prince]]
 
* [[Carmen Electra]]
 
* [[Carmen Electra]]
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* unidentified girl
 
* [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]
 
* [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]
 
* [[Michael B.]]
 
* [[Michael B.]]
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* [[Brian Gallagher]]
 
* [[Brian Gallagher]]
 
* [[Mayte]]
 
* [[Mayte]]
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|crew                  = * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotera_Tschetter Sotera Tschetter] - director
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|crew                  = * Robert Borm - producer (Point Of View Films)
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* [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicolas] - co-director
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* [[Sotera Tschetter]] - director
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* [https://www.randeestnicholas.com/ Randee St. Nicholas] - co-director
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* [[Scott McCullough]] - cinematography
 
* ''More information needed''
 
* ''More information needed''
 
|released versions      =  
 
|released versions      =  
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{{Songline|
 
{{Songline|
 
|1= '''The Continental'''
 
|1= '''The Continental'''
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|2= 5:31
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|2= 5:05
 
|3= [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special
 
|3= [[TV Film: Act I|Act I]] TV-special
 
|4= Full lenght version
 
|4= Full lenght version
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|5= Full version of the video using the album version.
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|5= Full version of the video using an edit of the album version.
 
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}}
 
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|see also        = [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Wanna Melt With U]][[Eye Wanna Melt With U| Wanna Melt With U]]  
 
|see also        = [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Wanna Melt With U]][[Eye Wanna Melt With U| Wanna Melt With U]]  
 
* [[File:Symbolblue.png|link=Album: Symbol]]
 
* [[File:Symbolblue.png|link=Album: Symbol]]
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|Quotations & trivia    = This is one of the rare videos released by [[Prince]] shot outside of the United States, the others being : [[Video: America|America]], [[Video: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]], [[Video: Mountains|Mountains]], [[Video: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]] (France), [[Video: Chelsea Rodgers|Chelsea Rodgers]] and [[The NPG]]'s [[Video: Come On|Come On]] (UK), [[Video: Te Amo Corazón|Te Amo Corazón]] (Morroco) and [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] (Czech Republic).
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|Quotations & trivia    = This is one of the rare videos released by [[Prince]] shot outside of the United States, the others being : [[Video: America|America]], [[Video: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]], [[Video: Mountains|Mountains]], [[Video: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]] (France), [[Video: Chelsea Rodgers|Chelsea Rodgers]] and [[The NPG]]’s [[Video: Come On|Come On]] (UK), [[Video: Te Amo Corazón|Te Amo Corazón]] (Morroco) and [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] (Czech Republic).
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* Sotera Tschetter has directed the following videos for [[Prince]] : [[Video: Willing And Able|Willing And Able]], [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]], [[Video: 7|7]], [[Video: The Continental|The Continental]], [[Video: Sweet Baby|Sweet Baby]] and a version of [[Video: Money Don’t Matter 2 Night|Money Don’t Matter 2 Night]].
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* Sotera Tschetter has directed the following videos for [[Prince]]: [[Video: Willing And Able|Willing And Able]], [[Video: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]], [[Video: 7|7]], [[Video: The Continental|The Continental]], [[Video: Sweet Baby|Sweet Baby]] and a version of [[Video: Money Don’t Matter 2 Night|Money Don’t Matter 2 Night]].
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* Footage of '''The Continental''' was later included in the [[Video: 2 Whom It May Concern|2 Whom It May Concern]], [[Video: Letitgo|Letitgo]] and [[Video: Purple Medley|Purple Medley]] videos.
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<!-------REFERENCES ------->
 
<!-------REFERENCES ------->
 
|References              = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
 
|References              = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''

Latest revision as of 15:52, 6 January 2024

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The Continental
The Continental music video selected snapshots

Music Video details

First aired: 18 December 1992
Producer(s): Robert Borm
Director: Sotera Tschetter and Randee St. Nicholas
Related home video/DVD: 3 Chains O’ Gold home video
First (Commercially) Released: 16 August 1994

Awards

Date Institution, Country Award
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

The Continental is a Prince and the New Power Generation video that was first aired as part of the Act I TV-special.

The performance by Prince and The NPG, was shot at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan during the Diamonds And Pearls Tour in early April 1992. Details are not known, but the shooting may have taken place on 5 April 1992 on a day-off between two shows (like the shooting of U Got The Look). The scene with an unidentified actress and Prince likely took place at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo, Japan also. It is not known if the part with Carmen Electra was shot around that time or later in the year.

The full 4:56 (album version with Carmen Electra) was aired on the Act I TV-special only in December 1992. During the song part of the song, Prince is seducing both an unidentified girl in his bedroom and Carmen Electra over the phone. An edit from the video was released on the 3 Chains O’ Gold home video with a completely different second part. After the main stage performance, the music ends abruptly. Alternate scenes of Prince and unidentified girl having sex in the bedroom are included interspersed footage of Mayte dancing wildly during an Arabic ceremony until she goes in a trance and faint (this part was most likely filmed in Egypt with Randee St. Nicholas in late 1991). At the end of both versions, Prince is seen thoughtful and visibly unwilling to pursue his sex affair with the unidentified girl, who leaves the room disappointed.


Shooting Information
Shooting Sessions
Date Location Additional info
5 April 1992 (assumed) Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan,
New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan,
Glam Slam, Yokohama, Japan
Shinkansen/Bullet Train, Japan 		stage performance (Sotera Tschetter)
5 & 6 April 1992 (assumed) New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, Japan hotel room scene (Randee St. Nicholas)
5 & 6 April 1992 (assumed) Glam Slam, Yokohama, Japan
Shinkansen/Bullet Train, Japan 		additional scene (Randee St. Nicholas)
1992 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Carmen Electra part (Sotera Tschetter - assumed)
Cast
Crew

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Continental 2:24 3 Chains O’ Gold (1994)
 edit, uncredited as such The second part of the song The Continental is replaced by Egyptians playing tambourines and percussions
Broadcasts/streaming (only)
Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Continental 5:05 Act I TV-special Full lenght version Full version of the video using an edit of the album version.


 
Additional Information
See Also Quotation & triva
References
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