The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines which premiered on November 11, 1980, and was presented by Joseph Papp at The Public Theater, NYC.

The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" which premiered on November 11, 1980, and was presented by Joseph Papp at The Public Theater, NYC. Conceived and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with assistant director Chas Cowing and music by Philip Glass.—The Mabou Mines Website

The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids", a production of the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines, which premiered on November 11, 1980, and was presented by Joseph Papp at The Public Theater, NYC. Conceived and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with assistant director Chas Cowing and music by Philip Glass and David Byrne.—The Mabou Mines Website

"Dead End Kids" is not a belated entry in Leo Gorcey/Huntz Hall manifest, but instead the film adaptation of The Mabou Mines' off-Broadway play. The full title is "Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power", and that is essentially that. Scientific articles, interviews and eyewitness accounts are woven together to trace the history and consequences of nuclear energy. The cast includes David Byrne and Philip Glass, who also wrote the film's music. Though its visual style cannot be described as cinematic, "Dead End Kids" is one of the best of the many filmed "readings" on the subject of nuclear power that appeared in the mid-1980s.—Sundance Film Festival