Suburbia

Suburbia (1984)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1984-04-13

Country

United States

Production

New World Pictures

Genre

Drama, Music, Thriller

Budget

$1 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Penelope Spheeris

Actors

Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy Eric O'Brien, Wade Walston, Flea, Maggie Ehrig, Grant Miner, Christina Beck, Andrew Pece
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Scenario

Producer

Roger Corman, Bert L. Dragin

Operator

Tim Suhrstedt

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ross Albert, Michael Oleksinski
All team (17)

• Of everyone who appeared in the film, only Chris Pedersen and Bill Coen were professional actors.
• The child actors performed the stunts themselves.
• Filming took 6 weeks.
• The scene where Razzle shoots the cockroach cost $50 and was the most expensive in the film. The cockroach was specially trained and had its own trainer.
• When the kids are driving in the car, Jack says “Flea,” referring to Razzle. Razzle is played by Michael “Flea” Balzari, the bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• The location of the “outcasts’” settlement was slated for demolition to make way for a highway, but the highway couldn’t be completed for almost 15 years. The expressway that eventually appeared there was featured in Jan de Bont’s action film “Speed” (1994).
• To enhance the realism, Penelope Spheeris cast real teenagers from the street and punks.
• Many of the cases depicted in the film are based on real-life events that the screenwriter and director, Penelope Spheeris, learned about from local newspapers.