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User Rating:
4.7/10   101 votes
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Writer:
Paul Mones (written by)
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Release Date:
3 June 1988 (USA) more
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Plot:
A new kid moves into a tough neighborhood controlled by gangs, and tries to teach them poetry. | add synopsis
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Cast

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David Jacobson ... Rex Voorhas Ormine

William McNamara ... Billy Kane
Kara Glover ... Kate Kane
Stuart Alexander ... Doug

David McCarthy ... Dirt - Larry
Markus Flanagan ... Vis
Paul Dillon ... Lon Recchia
Reggie Rock Bythewood ... Danny Lambeaux
Tony Gillan ... Auggie
Lisa Blake Richards ... Amy Kahn (as Lisa Richards)
Richard Eigen ... Ian Murphy
Angie Zisser ... Mary

John Savage ... Frank Ellsworth
Jeffrey Horowitz ... Bart Waxman
Robert Gerringer ... Dr. Morningstone
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Conjurer
Voorhas (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Germany:98 min | USA:98 min
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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
Was it really that bad?, 13 December 2005
Author: oscar-nawel from Chile

Along with the other comment here, I've heard another bad comment on this movie -from a member of the rock band featured in the film. I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion.

My problem is that I have a more or less good memory of that movie. I mean, I remember that I was very interested in it, I thought it was a good movie and spend years trying to find out some more about it.

Well, I was a kid when I saw it and that may have something to do with my positive evaluation of the film. Plus, the Cro Mags played there and that is definitively a plus! Anyway, I wouldn't go so far as to recommend it, but if you find it some late night in some cable station, give it a try. I want to see it again myself and see if I'm so wrong.

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