SLC Punk (1998) on Netflix
In Salt Lake City in 1985, Stevo and Bob are the only dedicated punks around, filling their days with parties and clashes with rednecks. Stevo's father pushes him toward Harvard Law.
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- Rotten Tomatoes63%
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Plot summary
Stevo has finished college and lives as a punk in Salt Lake City in 1985, alongside his best friend Bob, nicknamed Heroin. Bob's nickname is ironic, since needles frighten him and he considers most drugs dangerous. The pair drift from party to party and trade clashes with members of other subcultures, rednecks above all. Stevo's divorced parents were hippies who became wealthy professionals, and he reads their success as selling out. His grades are excellent, so his father applies to Harvard Law School for him, and Stevo turns the acceptance down.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about SLC Punk (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The band Eight Bucks Experiment played the fictional group ECP in the film's concert scene, and after the three songs they recorded live were returned to them, they self-released the tracks as an EP on their own label.
- Merendino created the film from his own experience of growing up in Salt Lake City; although the film is not autobiographical, he has said that many characters were based on people he knew.
