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Apr 16, 1999 · SLC Punk!: Directed by James Merendino. With Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Jennifer Lien. In the early 1980s Stevo, and Heroin Bob are the only two dedicated punks in conservative Salt Lake City.
SLC Punk! is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by James Merendino. The film centers around Steven "Stevo" Levy, a college graduate and punk living in Salt Lake City during the mid-1980s.
Growing up punk in Mormon Salt Lake City wasn't easy in the mid-eighties, and this soundtrack-driven film demonstrates why. 4,196 IMDb 7.4 1 h 37 min 1999. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Romance.
Comedy-drama film written and directed by James Merendino. The film is about the young punk rock fan Steven "Stevo" Levy, a college graduate living in Salt Lake City. The character is portrayed as a punk in the mid-1980s.
Stevo and Heroin Bob are two typical average anarchist punks of the kind that could be seen all over New York City or the UK in the early-to-mid-1980s. These two, however, live in the most religiously-oppressive place in America: Salt Lake City, Utah; so they are viewed as and treated like aliens or devil worshippers by all the local "rednecks".
Merging anarchic spirit with straightforward melodrama, SLC Punk is a hit-and-miss odyssey of youthful rebellion elevated by Matthew Lillard's dramatically potent star turn. Two former geeks ...
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Jan 25, 2019 · In theory, punk is about progression, moving forward, and radicalism, but anyone who’s been a part of a punk scene knows that it actually gets off on looking backward: what the kids are...
May 14, 1999 · James Merendino's "SLC Punk!'' knows that, and the essential sweetness of its hero is what makes the movie more than just an attempt to shock. It's a memory of Salt Lake City in 1985, the high Reagan era, when Stevo and Heroin Bob are, as far as they know, the only two punks in town.
Apr 16, 1999 · SLC Punk is a film by James Merendino, fueled by a classic punk rock soundtrack and hilarious, energetic performances from Matthew Lillard, Michael Goorjian, and Annabeth Gish.
Fueled by a classic punk rock soundtrack and hilarious, energetic performances from Matthew Lillard (Scream, She's All That), Michael Goorjian (Leaving Las Vegas, Hard Rain) and Annabeth Gish (Beautiful Girls, Nixon), SLC Punk is one punk's madcap search for a way to grow up without selling out.
