Devil's Playground

2002
1h 17m

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Amish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose.Amish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose.Amish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose.

Director
- Lucy Walker
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7.0/10

2.7K

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Director
- Lucy Walker
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Appeared on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen in the Jul 16, 2012 issue.

Alternate versions
The 77-minute cut was edited down by the filmmakers to a 50 minute version, for the British Channel 4 TV station.

Connections
Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003)

Soundtracks
CD 1- Track 1
Written and Produced by Aphex Twin (as Richard D. James)
Performed by Aphex Twin
From the Album "Selected Ambient Works, Volume #2"
Published by Chrysalis Songs (BMI)
Courtesy of Warp Records Limited and Sire Records, by arrangement with Warner Special Products

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great multi-view and soundtrack!

I've seen this documentary twice now, at least 9 months apart. I think it needs to be seen a couple of times to really take different views within the film. It does leave me worrying about the pre-programming of young minds before they are fully able to disseminate the whole; I say this because of my upbringing in South Africa when the Apartheid regime was in full swing, and the potential 'programming' this could imprint on young minds. A bit of a departure from the Amish nature of the film, I know, but I could'nt help getting the impression from these young folk of the sense of 'helplessness' of their life choices and futures. That apart, a great film to be viewed a couple of times, and equally a super sound track that would be great as a CD release... so how about it folks?