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Over the Edge

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Over the Edge
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PG,1hr 31min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1979
Director:
Jonathan Kaplan
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Matt Dillon, Michael Kramer, Pamela Ludwig  ...more
Synopsis: The protagonists of Over the Edge are the teen-aged offspring of the residents of a planned suburban community. This bland little town has been designed with conformity in mind, and with no thought of making the kids' lives worth living. Even worse, there is very little opportunity for any of the teens to grow "out" of the community and live elsewhere. Consequently, the kids rebel by drinking themselves sick, dealing in drugs, and indulging in deadly violence. Inasmuch as the local cops are predisposed ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
The kids are not all right, in the view of writers Charlie Haas and Tim Hunter and director Jonathan Kaplan, in this searingly honest film, and what makes their portrait of late '70s teen angst so powerful is its generic quality. The setting is a new suburb, bulldozed of vegetation, shorn of any personality. The school is new and as sterile as all the baseball and football parks that were erected during ... Full Review
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Matt Dillon
Richie White
Michael Kramer
Carl Willat
Pamela Ludwig
Cory
Vincent Spano
Mark
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