''Terminal City Ricochet'' is a 1990 film directed by
Zale Dalen
Zale Dalen is a Canadian film and television director. He is known for the 1980 film ''The Hounds of Notre Dame'', for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981, the cult films ''Skip Tracer'' (19 ...
. The name was taken from a hockey team called the Terminal City Ricochets.
Starring
Jello Biafra
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.
Initially ac ...
(of the
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978. The band was one of the defining punk bands during its initial eight-year run.
Dead Kennedys' lyrics were usually political in nature, satirizing p ...
), Terminal City Ricochet is a dystopian comedy critical of television and its collusion with government and
consumerism
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. Terminal City Ricochet is well known in
cult film
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circles, but it has only been shown at film festivals, and a few times on pay-TV.
The DVD combo, (containing both the DVD of the film and a CD of the movie soundtrack) has been made available through the Alternative Tentacles Website. It was released in stores in October 2010.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack (released by
Alternative Tentacles
Alternative Tentacles is an independent record label established in 1979 in San Francisco, California. It was used by Dead Kennedys for the self-produced single " California Über Alles". After realizing the potential for an independent label, t ...
) features many
punk
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Genres, subculture, and related aspects
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* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
bands including
Nomeansno
Nomeansno (sometimes stylized as NoMeansNo or spelled No Means No) was a Canadian punk rock band formed in Victoria, British Columbia and later relocated to Vancouver. They issued 11 albums, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, a ...
,
Jello Biafra
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.
Initially ac ...
,
D.O.A.,
The Beatnigs
The Beatnigs were an American, San Francisco-based band, which combined hardcore punk, industrial and hip hop influences, described as "a kind of avant-garde industrial jazz poets collective". The band was the initial collaboration of Michael Fr ...
and others.
Cast
*Mark Bennett as Alex Stevens
*
Peter Breck
Joseph Peter Breck (March 13, 1929 – February 6, 2012) was an American character actor. The rugged, dark-haired Breck played the gambler and gunfighter Doc Holliday on the ABC/ Warner Bros. Television series '' Maverick'' as well as Victori ...
as Ross Glimore
*
Germain Houde as Ace, the Savior
*
Jello Biafra
Eric Reed Boucher (born June 17, 1958), known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and politician. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys.
Initially ac ...
as Bruce Coddle
*Lisa Brown as Beatrice
*
Gabe Khouth
Gabriel Forest Khouth (November 22, 1972 – July 23, 2019) was a Canadian voice and television actor who worked for Ocean Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Career
Khouth had played several roles in anime, most notably Nicol Amalfi in '' ...
as Jim Glimore
*
Marcel Masse
Marcel Masse, (May 27, 1936 – August 25, 2014) was a Canadian politician. He served as a Quebec MLA, federal MP and federal cabinet minister.
Biography
Background
Masse was educated at the Université de Montréal and pursued graduate wo ...
as Wino
*
Nelson K. Skalbania
*
Joe Keithley
Joseph Edward "Joey Shithead" Keithley ( né Keighley; June 3, 1956)
is a Canadi ...
as Cop
*
Gene Kiniski
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as Cop
References
External links
*
Terminal City Ricochet soundtrack at Allmusic.com
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* Computer terminal, a set of primary input and output de ...
*
Terminal City Ricochet at AlternativeTentacles.com
Punk films
1990 films
Canadian black comedy films
Canadian independent films
Dystopian films
1990s black comedy films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Zale Dalen
1990 comedy films
1990s English-language films
1990s Canadian films
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