Suburbia (film)

Suburbia
Directed by	Penelope Spheeris
Produced by	Bert Dragin Roger Corman
Written by	Penelope Spheeris
Starring	Bill Coyne Chris Pedersen Jennifer Clay Timothy Eric O'Brien Wade Walston Mike B. the Flea
Music by	Alex Gibson
Cinematography	Timothy Suhrstedt
Editing by	Ross Albert
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date(s)	April 13, 1984 (USA)
Running time	94 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]

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."^[2]

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". In turn, the movie inspired the Pet Shop Boys song "Suburbia."

References

1. ^ Suburbia at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Screen: Down-And-Out Youths In 'Suburbia' - New York Times

v • d • e Films directed by Penelope Spheeris Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales (1968) • I Don't Know (1972) • The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) • Suburbia (1984) • The Boys Next Door (1985) • Hollywood Vice Squad (1986) • Dudes (1987) • The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988) • Thunder and Mud (1990) • Wayne's World (1992) • The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) • The Little Rascals (1994) • Black Sheep (1996) • The Decline of Western Civilization III (1998) • Senseless (1998) • Hollyweird (1999) • We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll (2001) • The Kid & I (2005)

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