A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.A teenager just trying to make it through life in the suburbs is introduced by a classmate to a mysterious late-night TV show.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 95 nominations total
Jack Haven
- Maddy
- (as Brigette Lundy-Paine)
Tim Griffin Allan
- Lance
- (as Timothy Allan)
Marlyn Bandiero
- Brenda's Friend
- (as Marilyn Bandiero)
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- Writer
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No judgment. Definitely not a traditional "horror" film, but scary none the less. I was a freshman girl in 1996. This is what it felt like.... Fighting to get to the next season of our lives. Fighting to be understood and to understand ourselves. We were in such a hurry to grow up we didn't fully appreciate our youth. Some of us didn't make it. I did and I wonder which outcome is better. We die quickly or we die slowly. This film made me feel very seen and also scared for the next generations. Some things are better and some are way worse. If we do it or not our teenage selves die... it's all about if we become something better. The question is "What is better?"
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- TriviaJust like the rest of the film, The Pink Opaque segments that appear throughout the film were also shot in 35mm, but later transferred to both VHS and Betamax in post-production to create the show's different period-specific degradations.
- GoofsIn the voting machine, the ballot shows the familiar names of candidates in the 1996 U.S. Presidential Election ("Bill Clinton / Al Gore"), but ballots for major elections have the full names of those running. The candidates should be listed as William J. Clinton, Albert A. Gore, Robert J. Dole, etc.
This is not in any way true: candidates are routinely listed with diminutives/nicknames/initials on the ballot all the time if they're more commonly known by that name.
- Quotes
Maddy: Time wasn't right. It was moving too fast. And then I was 19. And then I was 20. I felt like one of those dolls asleep in the supermarket. Stuffed. And then I was 21. Like chapters skipped over on a DVD. I told myself, "This isn't normal. This isn't normal. This isn't how life is supposed to feel."
- SoundtracksAnthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl
Written by Brendan Canning, Emily Haines, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Jessica Moss, Charles Spearin, James Shaw and John Crossingham
Performed by yeule
yeule appears courtesy of Bayonet Records
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- Countries of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Vi el brillo del televisor
- Filming locations
- 601 Main St, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA(The Saint music venue)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,017,817
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $119,015
- May 5, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $5,396,508
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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