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SubUrbia

  • 1996
  • R
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
10K
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SubUrbia (1996)
Official Trailer
Play trailer2:16
2 Videos
39 Photos
ComedyDrama

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

  • Director
    • Richard Linklater
  • Writer
    • Eric Bogosian
  • Stars
    • Giovanni Ribisi
    • Steve Zahn
    • Jayce Bartok
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Linklater
    • Writer
      • Eric Bogosian
    • Stars
      • Giovanni Ribisi
      • Steve Zahn
      • Jayce Bartok
    • 92User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos2

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    Trailer 2:16
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    Trailer 2:17
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    Photos39

    SubUrbia (1996)
    Parker Posey, Giovanni Ribisi, Steve Zahn, Amie Carey, Dina Spybey-Waters, Jayce Bartok, and Nicky Katt in SubUrbia (1996)
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    Giovanni Ribisi
    Giovanni Ribisi
    • Jeff
    Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn
    • Buff
    Jayce Bartok
    Jayce Bartok
    • Pony
    Amie Carey
    Amie Carey
    • Sooze
    Nicky Katt
    Nicky Katt
    • Tim
    Ajay Naidu
    Ajay Naidu
    • Nazeer Choudhury
    Parker Posey
    Parker Posey
    • Erica
    Samia Shoaib
    Samia Shoaib
    • Pakeesa Choudhury
    Dina Spybey-Waters
    Dina Spybey-Waters
    • Bee-Bee
    • (as Dina Spybey)
    Kitt Brophy
    • Sooze's Mom
    Jonn Cherico
    • Shopping Channel Host
    Keith Preusse
    • Officer Chip
    Eric Park
    • Officer Gary
    William Martin Hayes
    • Scuff
    Bill Wise
    Bill Wise
    • George the Limo Driver
    M.J. Lin
    • Restaurant Hostess
    Peter Atherton
    • Extra
    • (uncredited)
    Prebble Q. Ramswell
    • Beauty (Driver of VW)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Linklater
    • Writer
      • Eric Bogosian
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Linklater had some dispute over Ribisi appearing nude in the film. Linklater eventually convinced him that it was "in his Moya character". Ribisi agreed.
    • Goofs
      Leashes on 'wild' dogs are clearly visible.
    • Quotes

      Jeff: Nothing ever changes, man. Fifty years from now we're all gonna be dead. And there will be another group of people standing here drinking beer, eating pizza, bitching about the price of Oreos and they'll have no idea we were ever here and fifty years after those suckers will be dust and bones and there'll be all these generations of suckers, all trying to figure out what the fuck they're doing on this fucking planet and it'll all be full of shit. It's all so fucking futile.

      Tim: If it's all so fucking futile, what the fuck are you so fucking upset about, fuckhead?

    • Crazy credits
      Filmed entirely on location in Burnfield, USA (Burnfield was the fictional city.)
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Dante's Peak/SubUrbia/The Beautician and the Beast/Rosewood/The Whole Wide World (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Town Without Pity
      Performed by Gene Pitney

      Written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington

      Courtesy of Highland Music by arrangement with Rhino Records

    User reviews92

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Before midnight
    Eric Bogosian has written and performed extensively for the theater. I have seen him as a solo performer, as well as his plays "Talk Radio" and "SubUrbia". Having admired his work on the stage, one wondered what kind of treatment those plays would get. Luckily, he was able to adapt them to the screen, himself. I had seen this movie when it came out, so when it showed on cable recently, I decided to take another look. While it's a work that perhaps was marketed as a comedy, this work is much more than that. This film dares to take a look at one of the most prevalent problems in the American society.

    Richard Linkletter was perhaps the right choice for directing "SubUrbia" since he has a keen eye for the "slackers" in our society. These individuals are perhaps puzzling to a lot of other cultures, but it appears there's a trend among young people all over that come from homes where parents and children inhabit different worlds.

    The phenomenon of the American suburban youth is well presented in this movie where there is no parent authority around to supervise what these kids are doing. The culture of hanging out without any purpose, or meaning, is a problem in that in most cases, leads into drugs, sex, and alienation from what is known as normal society, thus creating people like the ones this movie is portraying.

    In a way, Hollywood films have added to this anti hero sub culture, so prevalent in the country. When there are no strong figures either at home, school, or government, young people tend to gravitate toward friends who they feel comfortable with, shying away from reality and responsibility.

    It is the convenience store owner, a Pakistani, who puts things in perspective. While these kids are wasting their time, he is working on his degree and will make something out of himself, which is a theme that has been explored by other great American writers, like Arthur Miller, in "A Death of a Salesman". The same American dream, where everything is possible, is wasted in these young people. At the same time, it's the immigrant who wants to make that dream a reality in his life because he has experienced hard times in his own country.

    Mr. Linkletter's choice of a cast is brilliant. He gathered the talents of Giovanni Ribisi, Parker Posey, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt, Steve Zahn, Jayce Bartok, Dina Spybey to give life to these lost souls in search of identity in the heart of the American counter culture that is generated by the boredom of the suburbs and the erosion of the family in this country.
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    • Oct 28, 2004

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    • Release date
      • July 3, 1997 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 愛在黎明前
    • Filming locations
      • Austin, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Castle Rock Entertainment
      • Detour Filmproduction
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $656,747
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $69,365
      • Feb 9, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $656,747
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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