The Prince of Pennsylvania

1988
R
1h 27m

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Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan, and Fred Ward in The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)

A teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.A teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.A teenager in love, who needs money to arrange his future life with his mistress, kidnaps his own father for ransom, but nobody cares.

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5.6/10

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Fred Ward is first billed, while Keanu Reeves had a bigger role.

Goofs
Earlier in the movie, Rupert puts a lighted electric ice cream cone on the roof of the Twin Twisters diner, and as he and Carla step back and admire it, we see that the sign on the rooftop of the diner reads "Carla's Twin Twisters" - with the name "Carla's" appearing in twinkling lights. Yet a few scenes later when Rupert drives up on his motorbike, the "Carla's" portion of the sign is no longer there, and the sign reads only "Twin Twisters."

Quotes
Jack Sike: I vote no.
Rupert Marshetta: You don't vote in my revolution.

Connections
Referenced in Pump Up the Volume (1990)

Soundtracks
Hammerhead
Performed by Flotsam and Jetsam
Written by Eric Knutson, Edward Carlson, Kelly David-Smith, Jason Newsted, Michael Gilbert
Courtesy of Metal Blade Records

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5/10

Kidnapping in the Coal Mine

High school drop-out Keanu Reeves (as Rupert) gets a weird haircut (long on the left side, short on the right). A biker dude, slash aspiring poet, Mr. Reeves works with conservative father Fred Ward for a coal-mining company. But, Reeves does not want to follow in his father's sooty footsteps. After tailing busty mother Bonnie Bedelia, Reeves confirms she has a sex buddy. Soon, Reeves has one too; it's ex-hippie ice-cream trailer owner Amy Madigan (as Carla). The couple decide to kidnap Mr. Ward, for money

The potentially interesting father/son dynamic never really amounts to much. Instead of working on its own, you're liable to flesh it out by thinking of how well the theme worked in other films. Writer/director Ron Nyswaner includes the intriguing potential for a one woman/two man familial relationship; not with Reeves' parents, of course, but in the proposition he receives near the film's end. The Pennsylvania locations are refreshing (check out the IGA), and Mr. Nyswaner gets good performances from his cast.

***** The Prince of Pennsylvania (5/15/88) Ron Nyswaner ~ Keanu Reeves, Fred Ward, Amy Madigan, Bonnie Bedelia