Andersen Gabrych and Chris Stafford in Edge of Seventeen (1998)

Edge of Seventeen

Movie1998• TV-MA• 1h 39m
ComedyDramaRomance
⭐ 6.8 / 10(7,413)

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.

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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

⭐ 8/10

Edge of Seventeen

šŸ‘ 8 Ā· 2/3/2020
⭐ 8/10

Well-written, if a little uneven

šŸ‘ 15 Ā· 7/12/1999
⭐ 6/10

Beautiful Indie Portrayal of Homosexual Development

šŸ‘ 5 Ā· 6/11/2021

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby SR
Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
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