
Edge of Seventeen
A teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Released
- 1998
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1998
Storyline
A teenager copes with his sexuality on the last day of school in 1984. It shows him coping with being gay and being with friends.
Top credits
- Chris Stafford ā Eric
Tina Holmes ā Maggie- Andersen Gabrych ā Rod
- Stephanie McVay ā Mom
Did you know
⢠Much of the filming took place in Sandusky, Ohio, with the amusement-park scenes filmed at Sandusky's Cedar Point, the amusement park where the writer actually worked when he was in high school.
⢠When he mentions having a radio show, he says the station call letters are WOSU. WOSU was the classical-music format public-radio station. The student-run station call letters were WOSR.
⢠Film debut of Stephanie McVay (Mom), a Sandusky, Ohio-area local who frequently appears in area productions, most recently (as of 2021) in Swan Song (2021), also directed by "Edge" director and Sandusky native Todd Stephens.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $871,759
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $5,302 (1999-05-02)
User reviews
Edge of Seventeen
Well-written, if a little uneven
Beautiful Indie Portrayal of Homosexual Development
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby SR
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color



















