In the early 1980s Stevo and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.
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2 wins & 6 nominations.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthew Lillard | ... | Stevo | |
| Michael A. Goorjian | ... | Bob (as Michael Goorjian) | |
| Annabeth Gish | ... | Trish | |
| Jennifer Lien | ... | Sandy | |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | Dad | |
| Devon Sawa | ... | Sean | |
| Jason Segel | ... | Mike | |
| Adam Pascal | ... | Eddie | |
| Til Schweiger | ... | Mark | |
| James Duval | ... | John the Mod (as Jimmy Duval) | |
| Summer Phoenix | ... | Brandy | |
| Chiara Barzini | ... | Jennifer | |
| Kevin Breznahan | ... | Chris | |
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Christina Karras | ... | Jamie |
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Russell Peacock | ... | Jones (as Russ Peacock) |
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Two punks live in Salt Lake City. The film covers their all-day routine. The realism of the character-narrated movie may be discussed. One of the punks gets ill, stays in hospital for three weeks, comes out again. Three parties are covered and one concert including a fight between punks, rednecks and others. Written by Christian Sarnes
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Performed by Blondie
Written by Debbie Harry (as Deborah Harry) / Chris Stein
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records, A Division of EMI
Under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets
Published by Chrysalis Music/Monster Island Music (ASCAP)
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James Merendino: The director appears quickly as one of the punks in the "Explanation of Fight" slide show, and as the character "Freaky Deaky" at the party at Chris' house. See more »Goofs
When Stevo and his friends are shown driving to Wyoming, they're actually driving west on Interstate 80 toward Nevada. See more »Quotes
Stevo: There's nothing going on. That's what I saw when I looked out over the city: nothing. How the Mormon settlers looked upon this valley and felt that it was the promised land is beyond me. I don't know, maybe it looked different back then.See more »
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DreamingPerformed by Blondie
Written by Debbie Harry (as Deborah Harry) / Chris Stein
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records, A Division of EMI
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16 April 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$36,218, 18 April 1999Gross USA:
$299,569Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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If you pick this up at the video store, you'll probably expect the wrong thing: kind of a goofy, teen-oriented, mock angst trip by a couple of overdone punks through Salt Lake City's holy land. That's not even close to the heart of this film, which is smarter and more vital than most.
Essentially a monologue by the main character, Steve or Steve-o, SLC Punk starts, ends, and runs with energy and insight, all without the ponderous pronouncements you'll find in most films focused on one character. The central character and his interesting entourage are not the caricatures you see on the box, they're the genuine, multi-dimensional people you went to school with if you were lucky.
The visuals are savvy and professional, opening up what could be a stage show to the wider world. A classic experimental 3-D pan shot done with over a hundred one-shot cameras would be hailed as groundbreaking, had this film not been released concurrently with The Matrix.
Film hounds will catch the theme and scene parallels with Easy Rider, particularly a drug trip much richer than the exaggerated freak out in that film.
Funny, smart, immediately engaging, dangerous, and often more textured and subtle than it appears at first glance, you will understand why SLC Punk (released by Sony Pictures Classics) has such a loyal following.
This is the film I wish Kevin Smith had made instead of Clerks. Yes, that's a compliment for Smith, who admits he has grown a lot as a filmmaker, and a mild slam on Clerks, which was what it was -- interesting characters wrapped in a poorly done film.