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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Penelope Spheeris (written by)
Release Date:
12 October 1984 (Finland) more
Plot:
When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Six Studio Journeymen We Wish Would Return to Their Indie Roots
(From IFC. 9 April 2009, 4:39 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Punk Side Story more (43 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chris Pedersen | ... | Jack Diddley |
| Bill Coyne | ... | Evan Johnson |
| Jennifer Clay | ... | Sheila |
| Timothy O'Brien | ... | Skinner (as Timothy Eric O'Brien) |
| Wade Walston | ... | Joe Schmo |
| Flea | ... | Razzle (as Mike B. The Flea) |
| Maggie Ehrig | ... | Mattie |
| Grant Miner | ... | Keef |
 | Christina Beck | ... | T'resa |
| Andrew Pece | ... | Ethan Johnson |
| Donald V. Allen | ... | Officer William Rennard (as Don Allen) |
| Lee Frederick | ... | Jim Tripplett (as RoBert Peyton) |
| Jeff Prettyman | ... | Bob Skokes |
| Dorlinda Griffin | ... | Mother In Car |
| Robert Griffin | ... | Baby |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Rebel Streets (USA) (alternative title)
The Wild Side
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Runtime:
94 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | UK:18 (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | USA:R | Australia:R
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The scene where Razzle shoots a cockroach cost $50, and was one of the most expensive in the film. The insect was specially trained and had its own handler. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Sheila is grabbed by the rednecks, they tear off her shirt, but when one of them is holding her by the neck, you can see a sheet taped over her breasts. more
Quotes:
Jack Diddley:
Where's that house, Flea?
Razzle:
Over there... Hey, my name's Razzle, man.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Bad Girls in the Movies (1986) more
Soundtrack:
Richard Hung Himself more
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"Suburbia" is the definitive punxploitation film of the 80's, one of Hollywood's few explorations of that counter-culture. Director Spheeris, who also did "Dudes" and "Decline of Western Civilization" before going mainstream, knows enough to make a perfectly romantic (if not realistic) version of punks and skins living in the 80's: complete with shows (on a rickety sound stage, but there's a better circle pit than you're likely to find today), fights with rednecks, squatting, and dealing with a decade where every jock didn't have an eyebrow ring and green hair. You know what? Chickenbutt.