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starring: Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien, Christopher McDonald directed by: James Merendino  List Price: $14.94 Amazon.com's Price: $10.99 You Save: $3.95 (26%)as of 09/02/2010 18:59 EDT Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767837392 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767837398 Item Dimensions: Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: 043396040151 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 19, 1999 Running Time: 97 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: April 16, 1999 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In the early 1980's Stevo and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conversative Salt Lake City. Amazon.com: SLC Punk starts out entertainingly enough as a sarcastic snapshot of the punk-rock scene in Salt Lake City in 1985--complete with mohawks, moshing, and vague avowals of anarchy. But gradually, the wanderings of Stevo (Matthew Lillard from Scream) and Heroin Bob (Michael Goorjian) turn into a multilayered exploration of character and culture shock. Though he spends his days drinking and mocking the values of his parents, Stevo turns just as critical an eye on his own rhetoric and lifestyle, and comes to find that aimless rebellion may be just as hollow as the mindless pursuit of money. No character has the right point of view; there are no easy solutions. Despite lacking anything in the way of a plot, SLC Punk sustains its energy through wit, realism, propulsive editing, and excellent performances from Lillard, Goorjian, and the rest of the cast. It's emblematic of the movie's sophistication that Stevo's lawyer father (Christopher McDonald, who played Geena Davis's husband in Thelma and Louise) is treated satirically without being dismissed; though baffled by his son's form of rebellion, he never loses hope that Stevo will go on to law school and continues to cajole Stevo and argue with him about how the world works. By its end, the constantly shifting perspective of SLC Punk achieves a surprising emotional depth. It's also given a lot of energy by a well-chosen soundtrack of energetic but not overly familiar music of the time, including selections from Fear, the Dead Kennedys, the Stooges, and even Roxy Music. --Bret Fetzer Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wesome serviceGreat person to do business with they are quick with shipping thanks man! Made me girlfriend happy on valentines day Rating: - THE BEST MOVIE I EVER SAW IN HIGH SCHOOL!This is the best movie I ever saw in High School. 80' punk was something I never saw but after hanging out with emo kids in 00', my freshman year, was something I adored. Emo kids loved this movie for something I couldn't reach but I loved this movie for what it was, a glorified coming of age tale of adolecence that couldn't be touched without a ten-foot pole. I partied like there wasn't a tomorrow nor a dirrerence of being one after which, but this movie served a greater meaning in my adulthood, mistake the future as the present and forsake the present as something of the past. Rating:  - Fun, but really conservative in punk drag..."SLC Punk" is a shallow good time disguised as a sociological study. While seeming to laude the tenets of both anarchy and punk rock, the film is profoundly conservative and insulting once you dig a little deeper beneath the surface. Lillard is great, even during the obnoxious "speaking-directly-to-the-camera" portions, but what stands out is an underlying contempt for both punk specifically, and rebellion generally. "I didn't sell out, I bought in." That perhaps best sums up the sensibility behind "SLC Punk." Turn off your brain and it's all cool -- otherwise, you will want to hunt down and kill James Merendino. Rating:  - Poignant and Full of ContradictionsSLC Punk is about a couple of punk/anarchists stuck in the middle of conservative, Mormon-dominated Salt Lake City. This is a pretty good film, as long as one bears in mind that the kids in it represent more of a "lifestyle anarchism" than a political philosophy, and as Stevo (the main character and narrator) self-consciously admits at several points, their actions and attitudes often stand as a flagrant contradiction of the punk ethos they espouse. While the movie does not accurately portray the "authentic" punk or anarchist philosophy, it does accurately and poignantly portray a widespread, popular bastardization of it, so it still creates relevant social commentary. As a coming-of-age story, it is poignant and affecting, particularly as tragedy descends upon Heroin Bob, ironically named for his aversion to needles and drugs. Throughout the movie is an undercurrent of dissonance between an anti-oppression philosophy and the characters' aimless,testosterone-fueled adventures. While Stevo and his friends rail against "fascism," they glorify violence and act in ways that perpetuate the "macho" dominant culture. Fights are a way of life, and in one scene, Stevo (who claims earlier that "nobody owns anybody") catches the woman he likes with someone else and proceeds to beat the daylights out of the rival, who he accuses of "invading his territory." A less obvious irony is Stevo's...well...patriotism! He goes to great lengths to extol the superiority of America's punk scene, in one instance harassing a singer from the UK who's been roughed up by Stevo and other patriotic punks. An excellent soundtrack adds another layer to the realism of the film. Rating: - descent movieThis movie is ok, not gonna win any awards. There is a lot of talk about punk posers in this movie. This is not about real punk rock. Which is fitting, because it's about posers. It's entertaining nonetheless. 
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