Suburbia (film)

Infobox Film
name = Suburbia


caption = DVD cover from 'Roger Corman Early Years' collection release
director = Penelope Spheeris
producer = Bert Dragin
Roger Corman
writer = Penelope Spheeris
starring = Bill Coyne
Chris Pedersen
Jennifer Clay
Timothy Eric O'Brien
Wade Walston
Mike B. the Flea
music = Alex Gibson
cinematography = Timothy Suhrstedt
editing = Ross Albert
distributor = New World Pictures
released = April 13 1984 (USA)
runtime = 94 min.
rating = R
country = United States
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:47520
imdb_id = 0086589

:"See subUrbia for the 1996 film based on the play by Eric Bogosian.""Suburbia", also known as "Rebel Streets" and "The Wild Side", is a 1984 film written and directed by Penelope Spheeris about suburban punks who run away from home. The kids take up a minimalist, punk lifestyle by squatting in abandoned suburban tract homes. The punks are played by Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne and Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea, amongst others. [imdb title|id=0086589|title=Suburbia ]

With the exceptions of Chris Pedersen and Bill Coyne, who are professional actors, director Penelope Spheeris recruited street kids and punk rock musicians to play each role, rather than hire young actors to portray punk rockers.

Vincent Canby called it a "clear-eyed, compassionate melodrama about a bunch of young dropouts" and "probably the best teen-agers-in-revolt movie since Jonathan Kaplan's "Over the Edge"." [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E7D61738F930A25757C0A962948260 Screen: Down-And-Out Youths In 'Suburbia' - New York Times ] ]

The movie contains live footage of D.I. performing "Richard Hung Himself", TSOL performing "Wash Away" and "Darker My Love" and The Vandals performing "The Legend of Pat Brown".

Trivia

The Pet Shop Boys song "Suburbia" was partly inspired by this film.

The "TR" house shown in the film was part of a development tract condemned under eminent domain to make room for the Century Freeway (Interstate Highway 105).

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