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River's Edge (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Tim Hunter

Written By:
Neal Jimenez (written by)

Actors:
Crispin Glover ..... Layne
Keanu Reeves ..... Matt
Ione Skye ..... Clarissa (as Ione Skye Leitch)
Daniel Roebuck ..... Samson 'John' Tollet
Dennis Hopper ..... Feck
Joshua John Miller ..... Tim (as Joshua Miller)
Roxana Zal ..... Maggie
Josh Richman ..... Tony
Phil Brock ..... Mike
Tom Bower ..... Bennett
Constance Forslund ..... Madeleine
Leo Rossi ..... Jim
Jim Metzler ..... Mr. Burkewaite
Tammy Smith ..... Kim
Danyi Deats ..... Jamie

Synopsis:

The nude, strangled body of a teenaged girl lies on the edge of the river. Her murderer is her boyfriend, Daniel Roebuck. All the kids in Roebuck's dismal, dead-end town know who committed the murder. Trouble is, no one bothers to turn Roebuck in; some of the teens don't know how to react to the crime, while others, strung out on drugs and booze, just don't give a damn. A study of contemporary alienation, River's Edge was based on a real-life incident that occurred in Milpitas, California, in 1981. That same year, Neal Jimenez wrote his screenplay for River's Edge, but was not able to finance the project until 1987. Except for Dennis Hopper, cast as a holdover from the sixties who hobbles about on one leg and makes love to a blow-up doll, the cast was largely comprised of unknowns, many of whom (Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye) would definitely be heard from in the future.

On the bank of a river lies the naked body of a brutally murdered young girl. At the nearby high school, Samson (Roebuck), brags to Matt (Reeves) and his friends about how he killed her. Drunk and stoned, the doubting teens trudge to the river and discover that he isn't lying. And oddly, they decide to protect Samson behind a loyal wall of secrecy. Tormented with guilt, Matt questions their silence...and suddenly finds himself in a troubling position: should he do what he thinks is right, or should he keep quiet and live with this demon for the rest of his life?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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