River's Edge

1986
18
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

22K

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Coming-of-Age Teen Drama Crime Drama

A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

22K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,726

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Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total

Clarissa
(as Ione Skye Leitch)

Daniel Roebuck

Samson

Dennis Hopper

Feck

Joshua John Miller

Tim
(as Joshua Miller)

Roxana Zal

Maggie

Josh Richman

Tony

Phillip Brock

Mike

Tom Bower

Bennett

Constance Forslund

Madeleine

Leo Rossi

Jim Metzler

Mr. Burkewaite

Tammy Smith

Danyi Deats

Jamie

Yuzo Nishihara

Moko

Taylor Negron

Checker

Christopher Peters

Tom
(as Chris Peters)

Director
- Tim Hunter
Writer
- Neal Jimenez
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Although this film is a work of fiction, it was inspired by the murder of Marcy Conrad, who was killed by her friend Anthony Jacques Broussard in Milpitas, California, in 1981.

Goofs
Layne drives two different VW Beetles in the movie. One car seen later in film has the stock front hood and fenders, while another seen early on has a modified "dune buggy" front end, with the headlights moved to the center. The rear rims on Layne's VW changes style from scene to scene. In some scenes, they are of a five-spoke style (which match the front rims) while in others the rims change to another style.

Quotes
Matt: The only reason you stay here is so you can fuck my mother and eat her food. MOTHERFUCKER. FOOD EATER.

Connections
Featured in Fates Warning: Kyrie Eleison (1986)

Soundtracks
Kyrie Eleison
Written byJim Matheos & John Arch
Performed by Fates Warning
Courtesy of Metal Blade Records

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Roebuck really makes this movie...

Not to take away from anyone else, especially the writer Jimenez and the director Hunter, and the high school teacher and a lot of other people that make this movie really good, but I have to say I found Daniel Roebuck's performance completely riveting. He should have been nominated for it. He's big and brutal but also young and self-pitying and yet careless about his own fate. Those gestures, the tossing of beer cans and breaking into the ammo shop. Really well done.

That scene w/Hopper and the doll by the riverbank was one of the better moments of cinema I've seen in a long, long time. Why was this movie so under the radar compared to other 80's movies? That's what I want someone on this board to answer. The critics kind of mystify me, I guess. I agree with a lot of the postings here that this movie is underrated. Buy why?