Kids (1995)

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking, and deflowering virgins.

Director:

Larry Clark

Writer:

Harmony Korine

Stars:

Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloë Sevigny

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	Telly
Sarah Henderson	...	Girl #1
Justin Pierce	...	Casper
Joseph Chan	...	Deli Owner
Johnathan Staci Kim	...	Korean Guy (as Johnathan S. Kim)
Adriane Brown	...	Little Girl
Sajan Bhagat	...	Paul
Billy Valdes	...	Stanly
Billy Waldeman	...	Zack
Javier Nunez	...	Javier
Luis Núñez	...	Luis (as Luis Nunez)
Christian Bruna	...	Christian
Alex Glen	...	Alex
Chloë Sevigny	...	Jennie (as Chloe Sevigny)
Rosario Dawson	...	Ruby

Storyline

Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Telly remains undaunted.

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Plot Keywords:

virgin | coming of age | rape | weed | marijuana | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Delikventi

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$7,417,210 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Guys Upstairs, Independent Pictures (II), Kids NY Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rosario Dawson, who plays Ruby, was spotted by Harmony Korine and Larry Clark sitting on the stoop of an East Village tenement.

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Goofs

When the kids hit the hoodlum with a skateboard, he turns his head as if being hit by it despite it not even being in the shot.

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Quotes

Telly: Condoms don't work. They either break, or they slip off, or they make your dick shrink. Nah, but you still gotta use em, yo. At least I did once.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits it says: "The book 'KIDS' is available from Grove Press and contains photographs from the film, production stills and the original screenplay." and "A portion of the proceeds from this film will be donated to teen crisis organizations."

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Connections

Referenced in Indie Sex: Censored (2007)

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Soundtracks

Crooklyn (Instrumental)
Written by Special Ed (as E. Archer), Buckshot (as K. Blake), Masta Ace (as D. Clear),
Q-Tip (as J. Davis) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (as A. Muhammad)
Recorded by The Crooklyn Dodgers
Approved by Spike Lee
Courtesy of MCA Records
Published by DaMasta Music (ASCAP), Misam Music, ProMuse, Inc. obo Itself and Special Ed Music Inc. (BMI),
Target Practice Music, Varry White Music, Inc. (ASCAP), Zomba Enterprises, Inc./Jazz Merchant Music (Administered by Zomba Enterprises,
, Inc.) (ASCAP)

User Reviews

* * * out of 4.

At first this just may seem like a pointless slice of 24 hours in a teenager's life, but upon closer viewing it's points become very clear. The sex scenes are rather drawn out and some of the situations are very disturbing and very graphic, but there really is kids like this in real life. Film manages to make important statements about safe sex or avoiding sex all together, rape, and parental involvement. It's raw and it's shockingly realistic in it's treatment. A very important film.