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Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writer:

Penelope Spheeris (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

12 October 1984 (Finland) more

Genre:

Drama | Thriller 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)

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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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Rebel Streets (USA) (alternative title)
The Wild Side
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Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | USA:R | Australia:R


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Punk Side Story, 31 October 1998
Author: XjwalkX from NYC

"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.

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