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When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society.
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Timothy O'Brien
- Skinner
- (as Timothy Eric O'Brien)
Donald V. Allen
- Officer William Rennard
- (as Don Allen)
Anna Spheeris
- Anna
- (as Anna Schoeller)
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- TriviaPenelope Spheeris cast real punk rockers instead of seasoned actors in the interest of realism.
- Quotes
Jack Diddley: Where's that house, Flea?
Razzle: Over there... Hey, my name's Razzle, man.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film House Fever (1986)
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An ambitious first effort
While arguably not Spheeris' best work, it was her first, and in my opinion, most ambitious. The film was shot on a threadbare budget with non-professional actors, with most of the action taking place in an abandoned tract house in a suburb slated for demolition (the area is now a highway). The punk rockers are outcasts from society who attempt for form a "family" of their own, that they call "The Rejected" (The irony of it all, outcasts being anti-social together). The film bogs down at times, and often relies on reversed clichés, but was a very good effort for a documentary film-maker who was making her first dramatic feature (Some of the themes of being an outsider were used, with greater success, in Spheeris' feature DUDES). Yes, it could be called "punxploitation", but I was one of those scruffy kids with a ragged haircut and ripped jeans when this film was released, and I identified with it. (Not to be confused with Richard Linklater's "subUrbia").
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- Jun 3, 1999
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- Also known as
- The Wild Side
- Filming locations
- 145 E Palm Ave, Burbank, California, USA(Elks Lodge)
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
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