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The Minnesotans Who Wanted to Be in “Purple Rain”

By Swedan Margen

The Minnesotans Who Wanted to Be in “Purple Rain”

In 1983, the photographer Tom Arndt heard about something interesting happening in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn: a casting call for Prince’s new movie.

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