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The movie grossed a modest $7 million at the box office that summer - a wild success when you account for the fact that it seemed no one would be able to sell a single ticket without going to jail. It might be hard to remember just how notorious Larry Clark’s indie-skater odyssey was.
That summer’s youth-oriented movies included Pixar’s first movie Toy Story, the Disney musical Pocahontas - and Kids, in which wayward, stoned teens fuck each other senseless and head-stomp random strangers.
Bill Clinton was president, Rudy Giuliani was mayor of New York, and OJ Simpson was on trial.
