Movie

SLC Punk

by James Merendino, Matthew Lillard, Michael A. Goorjian, Annabeth Gish, Til Schweiger and 21 others

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.

(17 total)

Characters

Matthew Lillard (17)James Merendino (17)Stevo (17)

“I love you guys, don't get me wrong. But for the first time in my life I'm eighteen and I can say fuuuuck youuu.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Fuck You, 18th Birthday

“There's nothing going on. That's what I saw when I looked out over the city: nothing. How the Mormon settlers looked upon this valley and felt that it was the promised land is beyond me. I don't know, maybe it looked different back then.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Mormons, Salt Lake City

“I don't know who started it and I don't give a fuck. The one thing I do know is that we did it harder, we did it faster, and we definitely did it with more love, baby. You can't take that away from us.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: England, punk rock, Fuck

“[about how he ‘beat the shit’ out of a guy who was having sex with his female friend] It wasn't that I loved Sandy, I knew that we had an understanding. But I discovered then that Chris was right, all things had systems, even me. I was about to beat the living shit out of this guy because he had inv…”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Shit, Nature, Territory

“Where were we going? I mean, really, what was happening? This life, it was crazy. I felt tired. I mean, halfway through the season, I just felt, inside, I was so tired. And I had this wave of melancholy just like sweep through me.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: crazy, Melancholy, Tired

“To be an anarchist in Salt Lake City was certainly no easy task, especially in 1985. And having no money, no job, no plans for the future, the true anarchist position was in itself a strenuous job.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: anarchist, 1985, Salt Lake City

“Stevo: There were quite a few punks in the SLC back in '85, but there were equally as many posers. Posers were kids who would dress and act like punks but they did it for fashion. They were fools! They'd say shit like... Poser: Anarchy in the U.K.! Stevo: See what I mean? Posers. ‘Anarchy in the U.K…”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Fucking, Self-Respect, fag, Homophobia, Union Jack

“It's like fucking Jesus Christ took a shit and it landed right here, so you can be happy all you fucking want.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Fucking, Jesus Christ, Shit

“You see life is like that. We change, that's all. You see, the guy I am now is not the guy I was then. If the guy I was then met the guy I am now he'd beat the shit out of me. Those are the facts.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Shit, Life, Change

“See, to me, England was nothing more than a big fucking American state like North Dakota or Canada.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Fucking, England, Canada, North Dakota

“Posers were people who looked like punks but they did it for fashion. And they were fools, they'd say ‘anarchy in the UK.’ What the fuck's that? Anarchy in the UK. What good is that to those of us in Utah, America? It was a Sex Pistols thing. They were British, they were allowed to go on about Anarc…”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: posers, Punk, Fashion, Anarchy in the UK, Sex PIstols

“The sun never sets on the British Empire...well, the sun never sets on my asshole.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: British Empire, Sun Never Sets, asshole

“I like Sandy. Now Sandy has nothing to do with anarchy in general, she's just a beautiful, wonderful, funny, witty, loving, sexy, tough as nails, little weird girl, and I absolutely adore her. I like Sandy a lot.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Anarchy, Tough as Nails, Sexy, Funny, Witty

“The Fight: What does it mean and where does it come from? An Essay: Homo sapien. A man. He is alone in the universe. A punker. Still a man. He is alone in the universe, but he connects. How? They hit each other. No clearer way to evaluate whether or not you're alive. Now. Complications. A reason to…”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: the system, Rednecks, Punks, Mods, Skinheads

“Stevo: Do you love her? Bob: I don't know. I'd have to think about that. Stevo: It's not really a thinking question.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: Love

“What do you do when your foundation falls apart? I don't know. They don't teach you that in school.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: foundation, School

“Only posers die, you fucking idiot!”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

Tagged: posers, Fucking, Idiot