Street Trash
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| Street Trash | |
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| Directed by | James Muro |
| Produced by | Roy Frumkes |
| Written by | Roy Frumkes |
| Starring | Mike Lackey, R. L. Ryan, James Lorinz |
| Music by | Rick Ulfik |
| Distributed by | Street Trash Joint Venture |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 1987 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Street Trash (1987) is a movie directed by J. Michael Muro (credited as Jim Muro). It won the Silver Raven at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film. It has acquired a status as a cult classic horror-comedy and is one of a number of cult classic movies known as 'melt' movies.
Roy Frumkes wrote the screenplay. In an NBR profile he later said:
- "I wrote it to democratically offend every group on the planet, and as a result the youth market embraced it as a renegade work, and it played midnight shows."
The movie was based on a ten minute student film directed J. Michael Muro and starring Mike Lackey
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[edit] Synopsis
The owner of a liquor store in lower Manhattan finds a case of cheap wine ("Tenafly Viper") in his basement. It's over sixty years old and has gone bad, but he decides to sell it to the local hobos anyway. Unfortunately, anyone who drinks this Viper melts away in a hideous fashion. At the same time, an overzealous cop is trying to get to the bottom of all the deaths. The movie is littered with darkly comedic deaths and injuries. It also contains the notorious 'severed privates' scene where a group of homeless people play catch with the severed member of one of their number, as he futilely attempts to recover it.
[edit] Cast
- Mike Lackey - Fred
- Bill Chepil - Bill The Cop
- Marc Sferrazza - Kevin
- Jane Arakawa - Wendy
- Nicole Potter - Winette
- Pat Ryan Jr. - Frank Schnizer
- Clarenze Jarmon - Burt
- Bernard Perlman - Wizzy
- Miriam Zucker - Drunken Wench
- M. D'Jango Krunch - Ed
- James Lorinz - Doorman
- Julian Davis - The Husband
[edit] DVD Releases
In 2005, Synapse Films marketed an all-new, digitally remastered version of the film. Humorously included with the DVD were sticker-type "labels" of the Viper alcohol featured in the movie.
In 2006 a second release by Synapse Films was announced, featuring a documentary by writer Roy Frumkes and interviews with cast and crew. The DVD was released September 26, 2006.
