River's Edge (1986)
River's Edge (1986)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Crispin Glover
Layne
Keanu Reeves
Matt
Ione Skye
Clarissa
Daniel Roebuck
Samson
Dennis Hopper
Feck
Joshua John Miller
Tim
Roxana Zal
Maggie
Danyi Deats
Jamie
Josh Richman
Tony
Phil Brock
Mike
Constance Forslund
Madeleine
Tom Bower
Bennett
Leo Rossi
Jim
Tim Hunter
Director
Phillip Brock
Mike
Neal Jimenez
Writer
Sarah Pillsbury
Producer
Jim Metzler
Burkewaite
Midge Sanford
Producer
Tammy L. Smith
Kim
Yuzo Nishihara
Moko
Jürgen Knieper
Composer
Frederick Elmes
Cinematographer
Taylor Negron
Checker
Christopher Peters
Tom
Howard E. Smith
Editor
Sonya Sones
Editor
Richard Richcreek
Kevin
Maeve Odum
Student
Carrie Frazier
CastingDirector
John Muto
ProductionDesigner
Francis De L'Etanche du Bois
Aunto
Michael Hungerford
Tony's Father
James Terry
Cop
Derek Gibson
Executive Producer
John Daly
Executive Producer
Mark Adler
Music Editor
Anne H. Ahrens
Set Decoration
Lisa Dean
Set Dresser
Michael Silvers
Dialogue Editor
Dennie Thorpe
Foley Artist
David Streit
Unit Production Manager / Co-Producer
Graham Henderson
Executive In Charge Of Production
David Brownlow
Production Sound Mixer
Jack M. Nietzsche Jr.
Boom Operator
Budd Carr
Music Supervisor
Charlotte Brändström
Assistant Editor
Kenny Myers
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Todd Boekelheide
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Shani Ginsberg
Casting Associate
Michael Magill
Assistant Sound Editor
Douglas Murray
Sound Effects Editor
Nancy King
Second Assistant Director
Jane O'Neal
Still Photographer
Craig Pointes
Location Manager
Kirk Corwin
Property Master
Barbara McBane
Dialogue Editor
Laurel Ladevich
Dialogue Editor
Diana Pellegrini
Foley Editor
Claudia Brown
Costume Design
Bonita DeHaven
Assistant Makeup Artist
Rena Sternfeld-Allon
Script Supervisor
David Franklin Bergad
Apprentice Sound Editor
Gábor Kernyaiszky
Makeup Artist
Jay Boekelheide
Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeff Watts
Assistant Sound Editor
Lex duPont
First Assistant Camera
Janet Cunningham
Extras Casting
Michael Katz
Gaffer
Joanne Weiss
Music Coordinator
Richard Hawley
First Assistant Director
Dave Rudd
Second Assistant Camera
Leslie Wilshire
Costume Supervisor
Lynn Stevenson
Apprentice Sound Editor
Liz Galloway
Production Coordinator
William Hein
Music Consultant
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 27, 1986
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$19,000,000
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
River's Edge is a 1986 American crime drama film directed by Tim Hunter, written by Neal Jimenez, and starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye Leitch in her film debut, Daniel Roebuck and Dennis Hopper. It follows a group of teenagers in a Northern California town who are forced to deal with their friend's murder of his girlfriend and the subsequent disposal of her body. Jimenez partially based the script on the 1981 murder of Marcy Renee Conrad in Milpitas, California.
Shot in Los Angeles in 1986, the film premiered that year at the Toronto International Film Festival before Island Pictures purchased it for distribution, theatrically releasing it in the United States in May 1987. Several critics praised the film's performances, and its subject matter resulted in several critics classifying it as a contemporary horror film. It was awarded Best Picture at the 1986 Independent Spirit Awards.
Contemporary film scholars have noted River's Edge as an example of the "killer kid" film, as well as one of the most polarizing youth-oriented films of the 1980s. In a 2015 retrospective, Salon deemed it "the darkest teen film of all time." The film has an original score by Jürgen Knieper, as well as a soundtrack featuring songs from various punk and metal bands, including Slayer, Fates Warning, Agent Orange, and the Wipers.