Ken Park - Quem és Tu? (2002)

Ken Park is about several Californian skateboarders' lives and relationships with and without their parents.

Directors:

Larry Clark, Edward Lachman (as Ed Lachman)

Writers:

Harmony Korine (screenplay), Larry Clark (based on stories and characters by)

Stars:

Adam Chubbuck, James Bullard, Seth Gray

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Chubbuck	...	Ken Park
James Bullard	...	Shawn
Seth Gray	...	Shawn's Brother
Eddie Daniels	...	Shawn's Mother
Zara McDowell	...	Zoe (as Zara Mcdowell)
Maeve Quinlan	...	Rhonda
Stephen Jasso	...	Claude
Wade Williams	...	Claude's Father (as Wade Andrew Williams)
Tiffany Limos	...	Peaches
Julio Oscar Mechoso	...	Peaches' Father (as Julio Oscar Mochoso)
James Ransone	...	Tate
Patricia Place	...	Tate's Grandmother
Amanda Plummer	...	Claude's Mother
Mike Apaletegui	...	Curtis
Harrison Young	...	Tate's Grandfather

Storyline

Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim. But they spend precious little time together and none of them seems to know much about one another's family lives. This bizarre dichotomy underscores their alienation # the result of suburban ennui, a teenager's inherent sense of melodrama, and the disturbing nature of their home environments.

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Plot Keywords:

cunnilingus | sex with girlfriend's mother | hand job | cumshot | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Who are you?

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

M/18

Did You Know?

Trivia

On 3rd July, 2003 a public screening from an imported DVD was shown at the Balmain Town Hall (New South Wales, Australia) but shut down after a raid by the Police. No arrests were made.

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Quotes

Peaches' Father: Peaches is such a good girl.

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Crazy Credits

The letter K is shown backwards in the credits, except in the first word of the film's title.

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Connections

Featured in SexTV: Balkan Erotic Epic/American Machismo/Peek: Larry Clark (2006)

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Soundtracks

Put A Curse On You
(Uncredited)
Performed By Quasimoto

User Reviews

A Sad Story of Dysfunctional Families and Teenagers

In a city in California, the skateboarders Shawn (James Bullard), Claude (Stephen Jasso) and Tate (James Ransone) and Peeches (Tiffany Limos) are friends of the suicidal teenager Ken Park (Adam Chubbuck). Shawn has intercourse with his girlfriend and her mother. Claude has an abusive, violent and alcoholic father and a neglectful and passive pregnant mother. Tate is addicted in masturbation and hates his grandparents that raise him due to the lack of privacy in his own room. Peeches practices kinky sex and has a fanatical religious father that misses his wife.

"Ken Park" is a sad story of dysfunctional families and their teenagers. Most of the characters have sick and abnormal behaviors, but fortunately it is just a sample in the universe of director Larry Clark, who seems to like this theme, and does not correspond to the majority of the society. This uncomfortable movie is indicated for very specific audiences. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Ken Park"

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace

Country:

USA Netherlands France

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 2003 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Ken Park - Quem és Tu?

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,058,905

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinéa, Kasander Film Company, Lou Yi Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 98 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1