River's Edge
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| River's Edge | |
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 River's Edge DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Tim Hunter |
| Produced by | Sarah Pillsbury Midge Sanford |
| Written by | Neal Jimenez |
| Starring | Crispin Glover Keanu Reeves Ione Skye |
| Release date(s) | September 10, 1986 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Language | English |
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River's Edge is a 1986 crime/drama movie starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, and Dennis Hopper.
While the screenplay is fiction, it draws from the 1981 murder of Marcy Conrad, who was raped and killed by Anthony Jaques Broussard in Milpitas, California. [1] [2]
[edit] Plot summary
A close group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth their reactions vary. Layne, the self-proclaimed leader of the group, is certain on keeping the murder a secret and protecting Samson, while the rest of the group (Matt, Clarissa, Maggie and Tony) want to go to the police. Matt's tough little twelve-year-old brother knows about the body and also knows which one of the five friends has been disloyal to Samson by telling the cops.
[edit] Cast
- Crispin Glover ... Layne
- Keanu Reeves ... Matt
- Ione Skye ... Clarissa
- Daniel Roebuck ... Samson 'John' Tollet
- Dennis Hopper ... Feck
- Roxana Zal ... Maggie
- Joshua John Miller ... Tim
- Josh Richman ... Tony
- Phil Brock ... Mike
- Tom Bower ... Det. Bennett
- Constance Forslund ... Madeleine
- Leo Rossi ... Jim
- Jim Metzler ... Mr. Burkewaite
