- Permanent Record (film)
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Permanent Record ".Infobox Film
name = Permanent Record
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caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Marisa Silver
producer = Frank Mancuso Jr.
writer =Jarre Fees Larry Ketron Alice Liddle
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starring =Jennifer Rubin Keanu Reeves Pamela Gidley
music =Joe Strummer
cinematography = Frederick Elmes
editing = Robert Brown
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released = April 22,1988
runtime = 91 min
country =United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0095853"Permanent Record" is a 1988 American drama
film starringKeanu Reeves , Alan Boyce and Jennifer Rubin. It was filmed on location in Portland and Cannon Beach, Oregon.Plot summary
David (Alan Boyce) seems to have everything. He is smart, talented, funny, and popular. He is best friends with Chris (Keanu Reeves), a quirky outsider. He seems to have it all together, yet his personal academic expectations and those of his parents become overwhelming,though he keeps his problems to himself. At a party with his school friends along the coast, he takes a walk to the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. Chris, playful as ever, decides to sneak up on his friend, but when he emerges from behind a rock, David is not there. He has fallen to his death. Originally assumed to be a horrible accident, the situation changes when Chris receives a suicide note in the mail. Chris and David's girlfriend Lauren (Jennifer Rubin) want to hold some type of memorial, but a reluctant school decides against it, leaving the kids to memorialize their friend in their own way. The movie primarily deals with the profound effect the suicide has on his friends, and how they work through their grief.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack featured five songs by
Joe Strummer andThe Latino Rockabilly War , as well as individual tracks byLou Reed ,The Stranglers ,the BoDeans ,The Godfathers , and JD Souther.External links
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*Tagline
* "Everyone thought David had it all...until the day David ended it all."
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