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2 November 1979 (Denmark) moreTagline:
Watch Out For Children morePlot:
New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, save for a rec center - which closes at 6 PM... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Books: Review: The Enthusiast (From The AV Club. 27 May 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
Motion/Captured Must-See: 'Over The Edge'
(From Hitfix. 9 April 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)
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Just the way it was moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Eric Kramer | ... | Carl (as Michael Kramer) | |
| Pamela Ludwig | ... | Cory | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Richie | |
| Vincent Spano | ... | Mark | |
| Tom Fergus | ... | Claude | |
| Harry Northup | ... | Doberman | |
| Andy Romano | ... | Fred Willat | |
| Ellen Geer | ... | Sandra Willat | |
| Richard Jamison | ... | Cole | |
| Julia Pomeroy | ... | Julia | |
| Tiger Thompson | ... | Johnny | |
| Eric Lalich | ... | Tip | |
| Kim Kliner | ... | Abby | |
| Frank Mugavero | ... | Party Host | |
| Kristina Hanson | ... | Lisa |
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95 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:R | Canada:14A | Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1980) (theatrical release) | Finland:(Banned) (1987) (video release) | Finland:K-18 (2007) | New Zealand:R16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16 | UK:18Fun Stuff
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According to sources Kurt Cobain said that "(Over the Edge) pretty much defined my whole personality. It was really cool. Total anarchy." moreGoofs:
Continuity: After the library is trashed, a boy is shown standing on top of a police car. At first he's swinging a pair of nunchaks, but in the very next scene he's holding a crowbar. moreQuotes:
Doberman: How long is this blade, White?Richie: Three inches. Almost as big as your dick.
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I first saw the movie when it opened in the spring of 1980, on a double bill with "Little Darlings". I ended up seeing it twice. I was the age of the kids in the film at the time, and my bull***t detector didn't go off once during the course of watching this film. The kids were real, the words natural and unaffected, and the whole thing about the boredom that is so prevailing when you're a teenager was right on the money. I remember as I watched the movie thinking that the clothes the kids were wearing looked worn just enough, like they had come out of the actors' own closets. Matt Dillon's first movie - I read that he auditioned for the part as something to do while he skipped school for a day. He reminded me utterly of my then high school boyfriend, right down to the voice, clothes and cocky attitude. The music was exactly what me and all my friends were listening to - Cheap Trick (the earlier, not-played-on-the-radio songs) and the Cars. Ok, so perhaps it was a little unrealistic at parts, and the soundtrack could have done without the Valerie Carter song, but wow, what a great little movie. Rent a copy, go home, slap it in your vcr, and get out your bong and a couple of beers. You won't be dissapointed, not even a little bit.