Rooftops Author:Robert Tine, Terence Brennan A roof-dwelling combat dancer loves a crack king's sister in a Manhattan ghetto. — Rooftops is a 1989 American crime and dance drama film directed by Robert Wise, which follows the misadventures of two homeless teenagers in Manhattan. Rooftops was the last theatrical motion picture directed by Wise and the second of his films about poor... more » young New Yorkers, the first being the famous West Side Story.
Written by Robert Tine; based on a screenplay by Terence Brennan.« less