American History X

“Some legacies must end.”

8.3(12,663)19981h 59m

Drama

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

Director

Tony Kaye

Budget

$20.0M

Revenue

$23.9M

Derek's Out of Prison

Clip

Cast

Edward Norton

Derek

Edward Furlong

Danny

Beverly D'Angelo

Doris

Jennifer Lien

Davina

Ethan Suplee

Seth

Fairuza Balk

Stacey

Avery Brooks

Sweeney

Elliott Gould

Murray

Stacy Keach

Cameron

William Russ

Dennis

Guy Torry

Lamont

Joe Cortese

Rasmussen

News and articles

Reviews

4 reviews

Geronimo1967

9d ago

7.0

"Danny" (Edward Furlong) isn't making much progress at school so his teacher "Sweeney" (Avery Brooks) gives him a project. He is to document the life of his elder brother "Derek" (Edward Norton) whom he adores. "Derek" was a neo-Nazi - and an active one at that who has only recently been released from prison for killing two men who tried to steal his car, but after spending time behind bars he has...

GenerationofSwine

7mo ago

1.0

You could use this as a skinhead recruitment film because it failed so miserably in the message it was trying to push, and it failed miserably because they were too concerned about pushing the message that they forgot how they were framing the film. So a bunch of skinheads win a turf war basketball game, to stop the gang violence around the basketball courts, and then one of the Black people on...