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Permanent Record is a 1988 American drama film starring Pamela Gidley, Michelle Meyrink, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin, and Alan Boyce. It was filmed on location in Portland, Oregon and Yaquina Head near Newport on the Oregon Coast. The film primarily deals with the profound effect of suicide, and how friends and family work their way through ...
The opening shot of “Permanent Record” is ominous and disturbing, and we don’t know why. In an unbroken movement, the camera tracks past a group of teenagers who have parked their cars on a bluff overlooking the sea, and are hanging out casually, their friendship too evident to need explaining. There seems to be no “acting” in this shot, and yet it is superbly acted because it feels ...
Permanent Record: Directed by Marisa Silver. With Pamela Gidley, Alan Boyce, Michael Elgart, Jennifer Rubin. A man who seemingly has it all together, being smart, talented, funny, and popular, is secretly overwhelmed by expectations of himself and those of his parents, and suffers what is assumed to be a horrible accident.
Permanent Record. David Sinclair has it all. He's the most popular guy in high school. He's a promising songwriter. He has a nice car and pretty girlfriend. And one night, during the biggest party of the year, David kills himself. Permanent Record is a powerful, moving story about the people David leaves behind. 374 IMDb 6.3 1 h 31 min 1988.
- 91 min
Brief Synopsis. When a popular and talented high school student commits suicide, his entire town, specifically his best friend Chris, is left in shock, wondering why he did it. As Chris begins to take over many of David's responsibilities, however, he soon finds himself under the same intense pressures and looking.
- Marisa Silver
- Joshua Taylor
Permanent Record (1988) should be up there with River's Edge (1986) as an excellent film in Keanu Reeves early filmography. Two teenage best friends David and Chris, played by Alan Boyce & Keanu Reeves, are graduating High School soon. David is a talented musician and Chris and his other bandmates expect David to succeed in whatever he put his ...
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To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and bandmate, Chris, with a lot of questions. David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful.
