Movie
Permanent Record
Overview
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and bandmate, Chris, with a lot of questions.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-04-22
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Chris Townsend
- Alan Boyce as David Sinclair
- Michelle Meyrink as M.G.
- Jennifer Rubin as Lauren
- Pamela Gidley as Kim
- Barry Corbin as Jim Sinclair
- Kathy Baker as Martha Sinclair
- Michael Elgart as Jake
- Phil Diskin as Security Guard
- Lou Reed as Himself
- Garrett Lambert as Producer
- Richard Bradford as Leo Verdell
Crew
- Marisa Silver - Director
- Larry Ketron - Writer
- Alice Liddle - Writer
- Jarre Fees - Writer
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