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Director:
Writer:
Neal Jimenez (written by)
Release Date:
8 May 1987 (USA)
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Tagline:
The most controversial film you will see this year.
Plot:
A high school slacker kills his girlfriend and shows off her dead body to their friends. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins
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5 nominations
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(3 articles)
Our Favorite Summers: 1987
(From Cinematical. 8 May 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)
Cold Off The Presses: Ione Skye And Ben Lee Wed
(From Actress Archives. 11 January 2009, 7:37 PM, PST)
(From Cinematical. 8 May 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)
Cold Off The Presses: Ione Skye And Ben Lee Wed
(From Actress Archives. 11 January 2009, 7:37 PM, PST)
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An important film about apathy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Crispin Glover | ... | Layne |
 | Keanu Reeves | ... | Matt |
 | Ione Skye | ... | Clarissa (as Ione Skye Leitch) |
 | Daniel Roebuck | ... | Samson 'John' Tollet |
 | Dennis Hopper | ... | Feck |
 | Joshua John Miller | ... | Tim (as Joshua Miller) |
| Roxana Zal | ... | Maggie |
| Josh Richman | ... | Tony |
| Phil Brock | ... | Mike |
 | Tom Bower | ... | Bennett |
| Constance Forslund | ... | Madeleine |
 | Leo Rossi | ... | Jim |
 | Jim Metzler | ... | Mr. Burkewaite |
| Tammy Smith | ... | Kim |
| Danyi Deats | ... | Jamie |
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Runtime:
99 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R18 |
Iceland:16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Finland:K-16 (video rating) (1988) |
Australia:R |
Canada:R (video rating) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Trivia:
Neal Jimenez based the characters on friends he went to school with in Sacramento, California
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Goofs:
Continuity: In the opening of the movie, the younger brother throws his sister's doll off a bridge. We see a completely different doll hit the water below.
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Quotes:
Bennett:
Did the sight of this dead girl move you in any particular way?
Matt: I don't know.
Bennett: Were you shocked, angry, saddened? Did the sight please you?
Matt: I don't know how I felt.
Bennett: You knew this girl?
Matt: Yeah.
Bennett: How did you feel about her?
Matt: I don't know.
Bennett: Hey, I'm getting sick of "I don't know". Do you hear me?
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Matt: I don't know.
Bennett: Were you shocked, angry, saddened? Did the sight please you?
Matt: I don't know how I felt.
Bennett: You knew this girl?
Matt: Yeah.
Bennett: How did you feel about her?
Matt: I don't know.
Bennett: Hey, I'm getting sick of "I don't know". Do you hear me?
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Soundtrack:
Die by the Sword
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I once read Roger Ebert's review of River's Edge. Then years later, I read it again, and again...and again. I became increasingly curious about this movie since it was inspired by an actual murder case. However, it wasn't until early 2004 when I finally rented the movie, and watched it for the very first time. I watched it again a few weeks later, after buying a copy of it on DVD.
The movie is not a docudrama. It is just a fictional story whose plot was inspired by a real-life murder. It was the 1981 murder of Marcy Conrad, who was killed by Anthony Jacques Broussard. Broussard bragged about the crime to his high school friends, and brought them over to the ravine to view the corpse. The disturbing thing about the case was that the none of the kids, who learned about Broussard's crime, went to the police. That's what River's Edge is all about: teenagers deciding to protect their friend, in lieu of reporting his misdeed.
I recommend River's Edge. It is a young adult drama that stands out in my mind, and whenever I feel compelled to talk about it, I do so. River's Edge is a story that shows just how apathetic some people can be.