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{{short description|1998 film by James Merendino}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = SLC Punk!
| image = SLC Punk.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[James Merendino]]
| producer = Sam Maydew<br />Peter Ward
| writer = James Merendino
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Matthew Lillard]]
* [[Michael A. Goorjian|Michael Goorjian]]
* [[Annabeth Gish]]
* [[Jennifer Lien]]
* [[Christopher McDonald (actor)|Christopher McDonald]]
* [[Devon Sawa]]
* [[Adam Pascal]]
* [[Jason Segel]]
* [[Til Schweiger]]}}
| music = ''[[#Soundtrack|see below]]''
| cinematography = Greg Littlewood
| editing = Esther P. Russell
| studio = Beyond Films<br />[[Jan de Bont|Blue Tulip Productions]]<br />Straight Edge
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Classics]]
| released = {{Film date|1998|09|24|German|1999|04|16|US}}
| runtime = 98 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 97:42--><ref>{{cite web|title=''SLC PUNK'' (15)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/slc-punk-1970-0|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=2000-03-01|access-date=2013-03-17|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073837/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/slc-punk-1970-0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = 
| gross = $299,569
}}
'''''SLC{{nbsp}}Punk!''''' is a 1998 American [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[James Merendino]]. The film centers around Steven "Stevo" Levy, a college graduate and [[Punk subculture|punk]] living in [[Salt Lake City]] during the mid-1980s.

''SLC{{nbsp}}Punk!'' was chosen as the opening-night feature at the 1999 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/02/movies/summer-films-indies-festival-to-festival-a-movable-marketplace.html?pagewanted=all |title="SUMMER FILMS: INDIES; Festival to Festival, a Movable Marketplace," New York Times, Sunday, May 2, 1999 |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090337/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/02/movies/summer-films-indies-festival-to-festival-a-movable-marketplace.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Merendino created the film based on his experience growing up in Salt Lake City. Although the film is not autobiographical, Merendino has said that many characters were based on people he knew.<ref>{{cite news| title=S.L.-filmed 'Punk!' becomes a cult classic| first=Chris| last=Hicks | newspaper=[[Deseret News]]| date=2003-08-08 | page=W05}}</ref>