The Survival of Dana

May 29, 1979

1h 36m

★ 0.0

Class of 1980. They're majoring in vandalism and violence! Dana will do anything to belong to this gang-and to survive!

Overview

High school student Dana moves to the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles after her North Dakota parents get divorced and falls in with the wrong crowd.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Crime

Production Companies

Roger Gimbel Productions

EMI Television

The Survival of Dana Trailers

Cast

Dana Lee

Melissa Sue Anderson

Donny Davis

Robert Carradine

Madeline Lee

Marion Ross

Rona Sims

Talia Balsam

Arnold Denker

Michael Pataki

Roy 'Skates' Snider

Kevin Breslin

Francis 'Bear' Honfi

Judge Reinhold

Anthony Cavachi

Dan Spector

Lorna Sims

Barbara Babcock

Mrs. Blake

Shelby Leverington

Joanie

Dawn Jeffory

Coach Tanner

Trent Dolan

Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s song by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".

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