Taglines: She’s 15. The only adult she admires is Johnny Rotten.
Out of the Blue movie storyline. Cindy “Cebe” Barnes is a rebellious adolescent tomboy being raised by her heroin-addicted mother, Kathy, in rural British Columbia. Cebe’s father, Don, an abusive alcoholic, is serving a prison sentence for a road accident in which he drunkenly crashed his semi-truck into a school bus, killing all of the school children onboard; Cebe was in the truck cab with him when the crash occurred. In Don’s absence, Kathy has carried on an affair with Paul, the owner of the restaurant where she is employed as a waitress. Don’s friend, Charlie, makes lecherous advances toward Cebe, and also forces a sexual relationship with Kathy, to whom he provides heroin.
Cebe finds escapism in idolizing musicians such as Elvis Presley, Sid Vicious, and Johnny Rotten, and spends time alone in her father’s wrecked semi-truck, which has been left abandoned on her family’s property. She seeks further refuge from her unstable home life by sneaking into local bars, and hitchhiking to Vancouver. On one occasion in the city, Cebe accompanies a cab driver to his apartment to smoke marijuana. She narrowly escapes when the cabby and his prostitute girlfriend make sexual advances toward her
Out of the Blue (released in Canada as No Looking Back) is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by and starring Dennis Hopper. The film was written and produced by Gary Jules Jouvenat. It competed for the Palme d’Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. This was the first film Hopper directed since 1971’s The Last Movie, stepping in at the last minute to replace the original director (screenwriter Leonard Yakir.
Film Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum considers it one of the 15 best films of the 1980s. It centers on Cebe, a rebellious and troubled young girl, played by Linda Manz — interested only in Elvis Presley and punk rock music — as well as her ex-convict father Don Barnes (Dennis Hopper), and her high-strung mother Kathy (Sharon Farrell). The title is taken from the Neil Young song “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)”.
The film was made in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and various icons of Vancouver in that era are featured in the film, including the Pointed Sticks, one of the leading bands of Vancouver’s punk era.
The film was aired in full on UK TV Channel 4 as part of the Red Triangle series on January 10, 1987. The song “Kill All Hippies”, from British rock band Primal Scream’s 2000 album XTRMNTR, features a sample of Manz’ dialogue from the movie.
Out of the Blue (1980)
Directed by: Dennis Hopper
Starring: Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon. Raymond Burr, Eric Allen, Fiona Brody, David L. Crowley, Joan Hoffman
Screenplay by: Leonard Yakir, Brenda Nielson
Production Design by: Leon Ericksen
Cinematography by: Marc Champion
Film Editing by: Doris Dyck
Set Decoration by: Peter Young
Art Direction by: David Hiscox
Music by: Tom Lavin
Distributed by: Discovery Films
Release Date: May 1, 1980
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