Terminal City Ricochet

Terminal City Ricochet is a 1990 film directed by Zale Dalen. The name was taken from a hockey team called the Terminal City Ricochets.[1]

Terminal City Ricochet
Directed byZale Dalen
Written byJohn Conti
Ken Lester
Bill Mullan
Phil Savath
Al Thurgood
Produced byJohn Conti
Dan Howard
StarringPeter Breck
Germain Houde
Jello Biafra
Gabe Kouth
CinematographyPaul Sarossy
Edited byHaida Paul
Music byJ. Douglas Dodd
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.8 million

Starring Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys), Terminal City Ricochet is a dystopian comedy critical of television and its collusion with government and consumerism. Terminal City Ricochet is well known in cult film 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.

Cast

Production

The film had a budget of $2.8 million (equivalent to $5,057,143 in 2021) with $1.8 million coming from Telefilm Canada, $500,000 from BC Film, $500,000 from private investments, and $388,000 in deferrals.[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack (released by Alternative Tentacles) features many punk bands including Nomeansno, Jello Biafra, D.O.A., The Beatnigs and others.

References
  1. Buium, Greg (15 April 2005). "Sound and Fury: Reliving Vancouver's punk explosion". CBC. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
  2. Gasher 2002, p. 87.

Works cited


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