A teenage rebel obsessed with Elvis and the Sex Pistols, a trucker father in prison after drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus, and a junkie waitress mother who takes refuge in the arms of other men form the rough-cut family at the center of this independent classic that slipped through the cracks on its initial release. Originally hired just to act in Out of the Blue, Dennis Hopper took over directing two weeks into production, rewrote the screenplay, and made a raw, unforgettable poem about alienation that features one of the greatest performances of all time by Linda Manz.