name | SLC Punk! |
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director | James Merendino |
producer | Jan de Bont |
writer | James Merendino |
narrator | Matthew Lillard |
starring | Matthew LillardMichael A. GoorjianJason SegelAnnabeth GishJennifer LienChristopher McDonald |
music | see below |
cinematography | Greg Littlewood |
editing | Esther P. Russell |
distributor | Sony Pictures Classics |
released | February 27, 1998 |
country | United States |
language | English |
budget | $0.6 million |
gross | $299,569 }} |
The character of Stevo is based on the life of writer/director James Merendino, although the character is named after Stephen Egerton, originally known as Stephen "Stevo" O'Reilly, who played for the Salt Lake City punk band Massacre Guys, and eventually joined the L.A. bands Descendents and ALL. SLC Punk was chosen as the opening-night feature at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
Merendino created the film based on his experience growing up in Salt Lake City. Although not autobiographical, Merendino has said that many characters were based on people he knew, other stuff he just plain made up.
Stevo and Bob live in Salt Lake City, going from party to party while living in a dilapidated apartment. They spend much of their time fighting with members of other subcultures, particularly rednecks. Stevo has a casual relationship with a girl named Sandy (Jennifer Lien), while Heroin Bob is in love with Trish (Annabeth Gish), the manager of a head shop, however he is reluctant to ask her to become his girlfriend.
The two of them are shaped by their experiences with their parents. Stevo's parents, now divorced, are former hippies who are proud of their youthful endeavors; however, Stevo is revolted by what he perceives as their "selling out", which they lamely try to justify. Stevo's grades are actually excellent, but when his father (Christopher McDonald) - a lawyer with a Porsche and a penchant for younger women - sends an application to Harvard Law School and Stevo is accepted; he nevertheless rejects it because of his beliefs. By contrast, Bob's father is a paranoid, drunken wreck who mistakes his son and his friend for CIA operatives, and chases them away with a shotgun when they visit him on his birthday.
Stevo begins to see the drawbacks of living the punk life. Sean, a fellow punk, is a drug dealer who once attempts to stab his mother while under the influence of LSD, before being taken away by the police; Stevo later finds him panhandling on the streets. While he understands that his relationship with Sandy is casual, he's still enraged when he discovers her having sex with another man, and savagely beats him, later loathing himself because his action contradicts his own belief in anarchy. His social circle begins to drift away, as Mike (Jason Segel) leaves Salt Lake City to attend the University of Notre Dame to study botany and save endangered rain forests. Stevo falls in love at first sight when Trish introduces him to a young rich girl named Brandy (Summer Phoenix), who points out that his anarchic clothing and attitudes are more of a fashion choice than an actual political philosophy. Rather than being offended, Stevo takes the criticism thoughtfully and they passionately kiss.
At the same party, Heroin Bob complains of a headache (induced by Spandau Ballet's "She Loved Like Diamond" playing on a stereo), and is given Percodan, which he consumed while intoxicated with alcohol. The accidental drug overdose kills him in his sleep, ironically since he has never taken drugs before, except cigarettes. When Stevo discovers that his best friend is dead, he breaks down completely. At the funeral, he appears with a shaved head and changed clothing, and decides that he's done with his punk lifestyle. He decides to go to Harvard, and suggests in the narration that he marries Brandy. He notes in his closing narration that his youthful self would probably kick his future self's ass, wryly describing himself as ultimately just another poseur.
The entire film was shot on location in Salt Lake City. Numerous scenes took place in locally well-known areas:
name | SLC Punk! |
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type | soundtrack |
artist | Various |
released | March 16, 1999 |
genre | Punk rock |
label | Hollywood Records |
cover | SLC Punk! Soundtrack.jpg }} |
# "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" - The Suicide Machines (originally performed by Lynn Anderson) # "Sex and Violence" - The Exploited # "I Love Livin' in the City" - Fear # "1969" - The Stooges # "Too Hot" - The Specials # "Cretin Hop" - Ramones # "Dreaming" - Blondie # "Gangsters" - The Specials # "Kiss Me Deadly" - Generation X # "Rock N' Roll" - The Velvet Underground # "Gasoline Rain" - Moondogg # "Mirror in the Bathroom" - Fifi (originally performed by The English Beat) # "Amoeba" - The Adolescents # "Kill the Poor" - Dead Kennedys # "Look Back and Laugh" - Minor Threat
Eight Bucks Experiment, the band portraying fictional English band ECP, were featured on a European release of the soundtrack. The three songs they recorded live for the punk concert scene were sent back to the band after filming. They self-released the songs on the One Of These Days EP through their Blue Moon Recordings label website.
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