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A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.A high school outcast new to town becomes friends with a violent loner still haunted by the death of his parents.
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- 1 nomination
Jason Lee
- Dennis Pepper
- (as Dennis Pepper)
- Director
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- TriviaSome copies of the DVD include 2 film clippings. Only 1,000 of these were made.
- GoofsAll entries contain spoilers
- Alternate versionsThe DVD features several deleted scenes including:
- Barret going to Ryan's aunt's house to see if she's seen Ryan after he's beaten up by Todd.
- A longer, more disturbing, one take shot of Ryan's speech about the world.
- Ryan explaining it felt good to kill the Whipporwill guy to Barret after shooting Todd in the arm.
- Barret and Augusta getting into a fight shortly after the Whipporwill guy is killed (explaining Augusta's absence from the rest of the film).
- Ryan returning to Asbury Park where he buys the gun.
- ConnectionsEdited into A Better Place: Deleted Scenes (2001)
- SoundtracksWalker Road
Written, Recorded and Performed by Mikael Jorgensen
Copyright 1995/2000 Copyright Control
Featured review
A Philosophical Thriller
The moral stance taken by Barret in this intelligent philosophical thriller is one that precludes any belief in a caring God or for that matter a caring society. Actually, his morality keeps defining itself by the events of the moment. Deeply affected by the horrible tragedy of the death of his parents, he wears a chip on his shoulder and avoids contact with mostly all humanity except for Ryan, who acts as his conscience throughout the film. Ryan maintains his hope for a world that makes sense and is compassionate. But by the end of the story, Ryan himself is engulphed by the blackness of the world, and we witness an awful tragedy.
Kudos to Vincent Pereira, who wrote, edited, and directed this sleeper. The acting and basic quality of the filmmaking is at times a bit amateurish, but who cares, since the object of this film is to make us think about our place in this world. Are people caring or do they exist merely to promote themselves and their own causes. The filmmaker presents a character who sees only the darkness of life, and I believe most of us know that life has many warm and tender moments.
Certainly a must see for thinking people everywhere.
Kudos to Vincent Pereira, who wrote, edited, and directed this sleeper. The acting and basic quality of the filmmaking is at times a bit amateurish, but who cares, since the object of this film is to make us think about our place in this world. Are people caring or do they exist merely to promote themselves and their own causes. The filmmaker presents a character who sees only the darkness of life, and I believe most of us know that life has many warm and tender moments.
Certainly a must see for thinking people everywhere.
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- rsmolin
- Sep 13, 2002
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- The Happy World of Bunnies
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- Budget
- $100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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