Terminal City Ricochet
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Terminal City Ricochet is a 1990 dystopian comedy film directed by Zale Dalen. The name was taken from a hockey team called the Terminal City Ricochets.[1]
Starring Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys), Terminal City Ricochet satirizes television and its collusion with government and consumerism. The film was shown at film festivals and on pay cable TV. The DVD combo, which contains both the film and the CD soundtrack, has been made available through the Alternative Tentacles website.[2]
Plot
A young man inadvertently witnesses a killing by his uncle, the corrupt mayor of Terminal City, who retaliates by dubbing him the "Rock and Roll Terrorist" and builds an anti-crime campaign around him.
Cast
- Mark Bennett as Alex Stevens
- Peter Breck as Ross Glimore
- Germain Houde as Ace, the Savior
- Jello Biafra as Bruce Coddle
- Lisa Brown as Beatrice
- Gabe Khouth as Jim Glimore
- Marcel Masse as Wino
- Nelson K. Skalbania
- Joe Keithley as Cop
- Gene Kiniski as Cop
Production
The film had a budget of $2.8 million (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) with $1.8 million coming from Telefilm Canada, $500,000 from BC Film, $500,000 from private investments, and $388,000 in deferrals.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Soundtrack
The soundtrack (released by Alternative Tentacles) features many punk bands including Nomeansno, Jello Biafra, D.O.A., The Beatnigs and others.
References
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External links
- Terminal City Ricochet soundtrack at AllMusic
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- Punk films
- 1990 films
- Canadian black comedy films
- Canadian independent films
- Dystopian films
- English-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Zale Dalen
- 1990 black comedy films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s Canadian films
- English-language black comedy films