3 Chains o' Gold (film)

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3 Chains o' Gold

Directed by	Parris Patton, Randee St. Nicholas, Paisley Park
Produced by	Paisley Park
Starring	Prince and the New Power Generation
Music by	Prince
Distributed by	Warner Music Vision
Release date(s)	1994
Running time	73 min.
Language	English
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3 Chains o' Gold is a 1994 direct-to-video film produced and directed by Prince and starring Prince and the New Power Generation. It apparently aims to explain why Prince changed his name to , albeit the story is somewhat confusing. Indeed, the film does state that it is a video collection, which is what this film is, tied together with a loose plot.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story begins with the assassination of Egyptian Princess Mayte's father by seven unknown assailants. Mayte believes that the assassins were after the sacred "3 Chains of Gold". She sets out to meet with Prince, as she believes he is the only one that can protect the chains from the seven assassins. What follows is a romance between Prince and Mayte, and Prince organising the assassination of the assialants (accompanied by the song "7"). At the end of the film, prior to the credits, is an explanation of the name change, attributing it to Prince's desire to be "reborn" and start a perfect life.

[edit] Film vs. the album

The film was accompanied by the album "", commonly known as The Love Symbol Album, however not all of the album's songs make an appearance in the film, and some of the songs are edited versions. The film's title song is only an instrumental at the end. However, some of the dialogue from the album does appears in the film (a phone call from a reporter to Prince). Interestingly, the final speech of the film (made by Mayte) does not appear on the album, instead another phone call is in its place. The actual songs that appear in the film are: