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River's Edge
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
1986 · Directed by Tim Hunter · 100 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
Which was worse? The murder or what came after?
Crew
- Written by: Neal Jimenez
- Cinematography: Frederick Elmes
- Edited by: Howard E. Smith, Sonya Sones
- Music: Jürgen Knieper
- Production design: John Muto
- Produced by: Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford
Cast
- Crispin Glover as Layne
- Keanu Reeves as Matt
- Ione Skye as Clarissa
- Roxana Zal as Maggie
- Daniel Roebuck as Samson
- Dennis Hopper as Feck
- Joshua John Miller as Tim
- Tom Bower as Bennett
- Danyi Deats as Jamie
- Constance Forslund as Madeleine
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Hemdale Film Corporation, Island Pictures, Sanford/Pillsbury Productions
- Budget: $1,900,000
- Box office: $4,600,000
- Themes: drug dealer, high school, police, gun, friends, murder, dead body, drugs, apathy, secret
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