Terminal City Ricochet
{{Short description|1990 film by Zale Dalen}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Terminal City Ricochet
| image = terminalcityricochet.jpg
| producer = John Conti
Dan Howard
| director = Zale Dalen
| writer = John Conti
Ken Lester
Bill Mullan
Phil Savath
Al Thurgood
| starring = Peter Breck
Germain Houde
Jello Biafra
Gabe Kouth
| music = J. Douglas Dodd
| cinematography = Paul Sarossy
| editing = Haida Paul
| released = {{Film date|1990}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget = $2.8 million
}}
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.{{cite news | last = Buium| first = Greg| title = Sound and Fury: Reliving Vancouver's punk explosion| publisher = CBC| date = 15 April 2005| url = http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/soundandfury.html| access-date =2007-01-23}}
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.{{cite web |title=Terminal City Ricochet DVD & Soundtrack CD |url=http://www.alternativetentacles.com/product.php?product=1822 |website=Alternative Tentacles |access-date=13 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622121645/http://www.alternativetentacles.com/product.php?product=1822 |archive-date=June 22, 2011}}
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 ({{Inflation|CA|2,800,000|1990|fmt=eq}}) with $1.8 million coming from Telefilm Canada, $500,000 from BC Film, $500,000 from private investments, and $388,000 in deferrals.{{sfn|Gasher|2002|p=87}}
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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Works cited
- {{cite book|last=Gasher |first=Mike |title=Hollywood North: The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia |publisher=University of British Columbia Press |date=2002 |url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodnorthfe0000gash}}
External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r215574|pure_url=yes}} Terminal City Ricochet soundtrack] at AllMusic
- {{IMDb title|0100763}}
Category:Canadian black comedy films
Category:Canadian independent films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films directed by Zale Dalen
Category:1990 black comedy films
Category:1990s English-language films
Category:English-language black comedy films
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