Over the Edge is a drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan released in 1979. Due to the negative publicity surrounding a wave of recent youth gang films, Over the Edge had a limited theatrical release in late 1979. It stars Matt Dillon in his feature film debut. Because of its depiction of teenage rebellion, drug and alcohol use by junior high school students, its depiction of suburban life in the late 1970s, and a rock music soundtrack featuring such bands as Cheap Trick and The Cars, Over the Edge has achieved cult film status, and was an inspiration for the music video for the song "Smells... Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. According to the director's and writer's commentary on the DVD, Over the Edge was inspired by actual events that took place in Foster City, California in the early 1970s. Those events were chronicled in a November 11, 1973 article titled "Mousepacks: Kids on a Crime Spree" from the San Francisco Examiner. It is a pervasive internet myth that the writer of the article was Charles S. Haas, who co-wrote the screenplay, but at a 2010 screening Haas confirmed that the original article was not by him, but by James A.
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| Release date: | 1979 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Kaplan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | George Litto |
| Music by: | Sol Kaplan |
| Cinematography: | Andrew Davis |