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Permanent Record

  • 19881988
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 31m
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6.3/10
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Keanu Reeves and Pamela Gidley in Permanent Record (1988)
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A man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed t... Read allA man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed to be a horrible accident.A man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed to be a horrible accident.
IMDb RATING
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2.2K
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    • Marisa Silver
    • Jarre Fees
    • Alice Liddle
    • Larry Ketron
  • Stars
    • Alan Boyce
    • Keanu Reeves
    • Pamela Gidley
    • Marisa Silver
    • Jarre Fees
    • Alice Liddle
    • Larry Ketron
  • Stars
    • Alan Boyce
    • Keanu Reeves
    • Pamela Gidley
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    • 42User reviews
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    Alan Boyce
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    • David Sinclair
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    • Chris Townsend
    Pamela Gidley
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    • Kim
    Michael Elgart
    • Jake
    Jennifer Rubin
    Jennifer Rubin
    • Lauren
    Michelle Meyrink
    Michelle Meyrink
    • M.G.
    Phil Diskin
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    Lou Reed
    Lou Reed
    • Self
    Garrett Lambert
    • Producer
    Richard Bradford
    Richard Bradford
    • Leo Verdell
    Carolyn Tomei
    • Chemistry Teacher
    Ron Eckert
    Ron Eckert
    • Sailors Audition
    • (as Ronald John Eckert)
    Robert Hooven
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    Nick Kosovich
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    • (as Nicholas Kosovich)
    Sean Patrick McNerney
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    Mark Springer
    Mark Springer
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    Dakin Matthews
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    Michelle Kathleen Beck
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    • Trivia
      Shot at Portland, Oregon's Benson Tech High School's auditorium, and on Portland's Hawthorne Bridge.
    • Quotes

      Lauren: [singing] The world is cold, a heart gets torn and tattered.

      Lauren: The one you hold, it can be dropped and shattered.

      Lauren: Leaning out the window of my car, and wishing on another lucky star.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Blue Iguana/Critters 2/Lady in White/Permanent Record/The Lighthorseman (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Baby the Trans
      Written, Performed & Produced by Joe Strummer

      Joe Strummer performs courtesy of CBS Records United Kingdom Limited

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    No movie has ever quite affected me like this one.
    Permanent Record is one of those rare movies that doesn't feel like a movie; it feels like it could have been lifted straight out of your past. While most high school movies center upon the superficialities of High School life, Permanent Record goes right for the guts of it, knowing that there are no easy answers, no simple solutions.

    As such, it represents not a single stitch of calculated drama, and doesn't even really have much of a plot, substituting that instead for a series of seemingly disconnected events that don't lead anywhere definite, but still manage to give off the distinct impression that none of the characters' lives will ever be the same as they were when the movie begins.

    This isn't a movie you will watch if you want to be entertained. But it is a movie that, if you are prone to such behavior, you will be thinking about even years after having seen it. To that end, it is virtually unsurpassed.
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      • April 22, 1988 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Benson High School - 546 NE 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • 1 hour 31 minutes
      • Ultra Stereo

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