Like James Dean, Linda Manz appeared in many television shows before starring in three movies by famous directors. The actress was Generation X's Dean, and Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue was her Rebel Without a Cause. Both embodied the spirit of cinematic youth rebellion wrapped in black leather. The 1980 drama started out as a weepy made-for-TV, got hi-jacked by an infamous dope fiend, and became a feral punk masterpiece.
Cebe (Linda Manz) is a teenage rebel obsessed with Elvis and the Sex Pistols. Her trucker father, Don (Dennis Hopper) is in prison after drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus, and her mother, Kathy (Sharon Farrell) is a junkie waitress who takes refuge in the arms of other men, including Don's best friend, Charlie (Don Gordon). With Don's release, the family struggles to reconnect and the trauma of the past looms large as dark secrets slowly begin to emerge.
Initially only hired as an actor in the family-friendly drama 'Cebe', Hopper took over directing duties a week into production, rewriting the script and starting principal photography from scratch. The bleak punk epic that resulted - Out of the Blue - arguably represents Hopper's strongest outing as a filmmaker and features an astonishing performance by Manz.
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