Ken Park

2003 1h 37m EN

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6.0

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50%

ROTTEN

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5.8

IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 715🥫50%Rotten Tomatoes★5.8IMDB · 31,605

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

James Ransone
Tate
Tiffany Limos
Peaches
Stephen Jasso
Claude
James Bullard
Shawn
Mike Apaletegui
Curtis
Adam Chubbuck
Ken Park
Amanda Plummer
Claude's Mother
Wade Williams
Claude's Father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Larry Clark
Writers: Harmony Korine, Larry Clark
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, France, Netherlands

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 34% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United States of America, France, Netherlands.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Larry Clark, shot by Edward Lachman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrew Hafitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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James Ransone and Tiffany Limos and Stephen Jasso carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0209077 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Larry Clark directs. Edward Lachman behind the camera. Andrew Hafitz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, France, Netherlands. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 34% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 23 years ago.
4International production across 3 countries: United States of America, France, Netherlands.
5Directed by Larry Clark, shot by Edward Lachman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Andrew Hafitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7James Ransone and Tiffany Limos and Stephen Jasso carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0209077 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "infidelity", "california", "home", "pregnancy".