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Repo Man (1984) -- Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result.

Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   10,685 votes
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Director:
Alex Cox
Writer:
Alex Cox (written by)
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Release Date:
2 March 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
A repo man is always intense... but only a fool gets killed for a car. more
Plot:
Young punk Otto becomes a repo man after helping to steal a car, and stumbles into a world of wackiness as a result. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Flying Fast And Under The Radar, Alex Cox’s Repo Chick Wrapped Last Month ...
 (From Twitch. 28 March 2009, 11:37 AM, PDT)

80s Cult Classics That Need Remakes Now
 (From Spout. 12 December 2008, 8:35 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Best punk movie ever more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Harry Dean Stanton ... Bud

Emilio Estevez ... Otto

Tracey Walter ... Miller
Olivia Barash ... Leila

Sy Richardson ... Lite
Susan Barnes ... Agent Rogersz
Fox Harris ... J. Frank Parnell

Tom Finnegan ... Oly
Del Zamora ... Lagarto

Eddie Velez ... Napo
Zander Schloss ... Kevin
Jennifer Balgobin ... Debbi
Dick Rude ... Duke

Miguel Sandoval ... Archie (as Michael Sandoval)
Vonetta McGee ... Marlene
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
New Zealand:R | USA:R (Approved No. 27271) | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Australia:R (video rating) | Finland:K-15 (re-rating) (2003) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | UK:18 | West Germany:16
Company:
Edge City more

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Trivia:
The concept of the smoking boots remaining after the Chevy Malibu's trunk disintegrates the Police Officer and Archie was lifted directly from Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982), which was co-written by Repo Man's executive producer Michael Nesmith more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning, in the wide shots from behind the car, Parnell is not wearing his shades. It's actually a different actor because Fox Harris couldn't drive. more
Quotes:
Napoleon: Hey buddy, how you doing, huh? Hey, don't you remember me? I was in here yesterday. Listen, I think I left a book o' matches over in your office over there. You wanna go check it out for me, huh? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Veronica Mars: Like a Virgin (#1.8)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
El Clavo y la Cruz more

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34 out of 44 people found the following comment useful:-
Best punk movie ever, 20 August 2002
8/10
Author: nicolopolo77 from Mexico

Today most part of culture is based in consume: we are what we dress, what we drink, what we eat. The punk scene started more that twenty years ago because the young and bold realized this, unfurtunately, we still are what we consume. Repo-man is the best picture I´ve seen that resembles the punk sesibilities of "no future" and "anarchy" and its no wonder Alex Cox later directed Sid and Nancy. In this movie you can find that ugly stetic, nihilistic breath and the wasted youth of the young people who crashes to the capitalistic jaws of a system understood by few. This is one hell of a movie, and 18 years later after being being made, it ended being profetic. In fact,1999`s Figth Club seems to me like Repo Man updated, and the X-files and MIB are previewed here. Repo Man is a brave masterpiece on the "no future"

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