![]() ![]() On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a certified "Fresh" rating of 88% based on 40 reviews with an average rating of 7.30/10. "River's Edge" received largely positive reviews from critics. "River's Edge" grossed $67,794 during its opening weekend. By the time we shot River's Edge, it had become a smog pocket-but it was full of river rock houses that gave it a "land that time forgot" feeling." Box Office Filming took place from Januto March of 1986.Īlan Hunter stated: "It was an area where people with tuberculosis could come to sanatoriums for the clean air. Hunter settled on shooting the film in Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles, a community in the foothills above Burbank. The crew arrived to shoot scenes along the American River, but they were forced to leave due to a major flood. But we trusted him and felt like it would work out in the end."Ĭorey Haim was cast in the role of Tim, but had to be replaced by Joshua John Miller after he developed pneumonia during the first several days of filming.Īlan Hunter had originally wanted to shoot the film in Los Angeles, but instead opted to shoot near Sacramento due to it having natural locations more conducive to the screenplay. He was so out there that Sarah and I were a little nervous about what he was doing. Sanford recalled Crispin Glover had auditioned "with a wig and an outrageous take on the part. The casting director saw Danyi Deats (who portrayed the role of Jamie) in the waiting room while she was waiting for her best friend who was auditioning for the same role.įor the part of Feck, director Tim Hunter had wanted John Lithgow the part was also offered to Harry Dean Stanton, who declined and he passed the script on to his friend, Dennis Hopper, who was cast. Ione Skye was cast in the film after a casting director saw a photo of her with her brother, Donovan Leitch, who was an aspiring actor at the time she had no acting experience, and it was her first film.Īuditioning for the role of the brutish Samson, Daniel Roebuck arrived at his audition in full-costume with his hair slicked back with K-Y Jelly and two beer cans in his front pockets. On casting Keanu Reeves, casting director Carrie Frazier recalled: "He walked in the door, and I went, "Oh my god, this is my guy!" It was just because of the way he held his body-his shoes were untied, and what he was wearing looked like a young person growing into being a man. River's Edge was the first major film for many of its actors, including Daniel Roebuck and Ione Skye. The film was in pre-production for four months, with a final budget of $1.7 million. They really responded to the script and said they would finance it with Tim as the director." Producer Midge Sanford recalled: "Hemdale were a small company that made some very good movies, like Salvador and Hoosiers. Hemdale Film Corporation expressed interest in Jimenez's script, and agreed to distribute the film with Tim Hunter directing. Others have noticed similarities between the film and the 1984 murder of Gary Lauwers by his friend, Ricky Kasso. He said that the incident is "merely the inspiration for the screenplay." ![]() ![]() Screenwriter Neal Jimenez was taking screenwriting courses at the University of California, Los Angeles at the time of Conrad's murder and admitted to basing the script partially on the event. Broussard bragged about the crime, showing Conrad's body tat least 13 different people despite this, the crime went unreported for two days. While the screenplay for "River's Edge" is fictional, it draws from the 1981 murder of 14-year-old Marcy Renee Conrad, who was raped & strangled by her boyfriend, Anthony Jacques Broussard in Milpitas, California. ![]() The film follows a group of teenagers from a town in Northern California who are forced to deal with their friend's murder of his girlfriend and the subsequent disposal of her deceased body. ![]()
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