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Over the Edge is a movie completed in 1979 and released on HBO two years later because its controversial content led to a decision to forego a theatrical release. It stars Matt Dillon in his feature film debut.

Because of its depiction of teenage rebellion, marijuana and alcohol use by high school students, a painstakingly accurate depiction of suburban life in the late 1970s, and a rock & roll soundtrack featuring such bands as The Ramones and Cheap Trick, Over the Edge has achieved cult film status.

Over the Edge was inspired by actual events that took place in Foster City, California in the early 1970s, and in turn was the inspiration for the music video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by the band Nirvana, as well as the music video for "1979" by the band the Smashing Pumpkins.

Synopsis

The film follows a group of teenagers living in a fictional planned community called New Granada, which is isolated beyond other existing suburbs of Greeley, in the nearly-treeless plains east of Denver, Colorado. Their needs were not considered by those who designed the community, and so there is nothing for them to do but go to school and hang out at the local recreation center, which closes at six o‘clock. The kids turn to substance abuse and petty crime as a way to kill their boredom, but their outcry falls on deaf ears, as the adults are too concerned with pursuing wealth and stomping out the seemingly-senseless rowdy behavior to actually understand the reasons why the adolescents are acting up. After one of the kids is shot and killed by a police officer, the youths violently rebel against their parents and the authorities, an uprising that results in fiery mayhem in and around the junior high school.

The film is based upon events in the 1970's in a small planned community suburb of San Francisco called Foster City. Locations featured in the film are based on real locations in Foster City. The junior high school is Bowditch Middle School. There is a scene where one character gets thrown into a body of water - this is the lagoon that occupies most of Foster City.

Cast

Michael Eric Kramer : Carl
Matt Dillon
: Richie
Pamela Ludwig : Cory
Harry Northrup : Sgt. Doberman
Vincent Spano
: Mark
Tom Fergus : Claude
Andy Romano: Fred Willat
Ellen Geer : Sandra Willat

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