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Ken Park

2003-01-30 · 97 min · ★ 6.0

Drama · Thriller

Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people who knew him: Shawn, the most conventional; Tate brims with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother; and Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.

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Production details

Directors
Larry Clark, Edward Lachman
Production companies
Cinéa, Kasander Film Company, Ken Park, Inc.
Countries
United States of America, France, Netherlands
Status
Released
Budget
USD 1,300,000
Revenue
USD 447,741

Top Cast

James RansoneJames RansoneTate
Tiffany LimosTiffany LimosPeaches
Stephen JassoStephen JassoClaude
James BullardJames BullardShawn
Mike ApaleteguiCurtis
Adam ChubbuckAdam ChubbuckKen Park
Amanda PlummerAmanda PlummerClaude's Mother
Wade WilliamsWade WilliamsClaude's Father
Maeve QuinlanMaeve QuinlanRhonda
Richard RiehleRichard RiehleMurph
Bill FagerbakkeBill FagerbakkeBob
Julio Oscar MechosoJulio Oscar MechosoPeaches' Father
Patricia PlacePatricia PlaceTate's Grandmother
Harrison YoungHarrison YoungTate's Grandfather
Eddie DanielsShawn's Mother
Ashley CrispRebekah
Shanie CalahanHannah
Zara McDowellZoe
Lazavier JamesRebekah's Friend
Daniel HelwickFriend #1

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