Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: Watch out for children, making Over the edge" interview with director Jonathan Kaplan; Coming of age, writing Over the edge: interview with screenwriter Charlie Haas; My father told me, scoring Over the edge: interview with Jonathan Kaplan about his father, composer Sol Kaplan; Wide streets + narrow minds: a 7-part retrospective documentary; audio commentary with Jonathan Kaplan, producer George Littlo and screenwriters Charlie Haas & Tim Hunter; audio commentary with actor Michael Kramer and journalist Mike Sacks; isolated music and effects track; Destruction, fun or dumb?: the full educational video excerpted within the film; trailers & TV spots. Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig.
Summary:
Tomorrow's city...today is how the planned suburban paradise of New Granada promotes itself, but something has been left out of the plans. No one is paying attention to the town's teens. Jonathan Kaplan directs this hot-blooded cult classic about kids left to discover their values and coming up with enough discontent to push everyone Over the Edge. Fourteen-year-old Matt Dillon makes his screen debut as the kids' charismatic, doomed leader Richie. The anthemic soundtrack by Van Halen, The Ramones, Cheap Trick, and others provides the film's rock-n-roll heart.
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