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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Watch With Your Teen Movie Release: 1988 DVD Release: 02/17/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 31 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age

High school student Alan Boyce has it all: looks, charm, popularity, excellent grades, a promising future. So why does Boyce abruptly commit suicide? As the shock waves of the boy's death reverberate through the halls of his school, the other students--particularly Boyce's best friend Keanu Reeves--ask themselves if they, too, are capable of self-destruction. As for the adults, Boyce's suicide is one more of a myriad of mysteries concerning "Generation X" (though it was not yet so labelled in 1988). While the film offers no easy answers, either for the characters or the audience, Permanent Record ultimately demonstrates that there are ways to cope with the pressures of life other than taking one's own life. An added bonus: the teenagers in the film act like genuine teenagers, not like TV sitcom wisecrackers or oversexed cretins. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Alan Boyce - David Sinclair
Keanu Reeves - Chris Townsend
Michelle Meyrink - M.G.
Jennifer Rubin - Lauren
Pam Gidley - Kim

Marisa Silver directs Keanu Reeves in one of his early films, Permanent Record. The drama about a high-school suicide comes to DVD in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English subtitles are accessible. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but the inexpensive list price for this Paramount release mitigates that fact. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide