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by NateAbel on January 1st, 2007

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What is the kid at the party in Garden State talking about when he yells "attica!!"?

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  • by mike blair on January 1st, 2007

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    It is a reference to the famous riots at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York in 1971, in which approximately 40 people died.

    In 1980, a movie was made about the uprisings, called "Attica." In a memorable scene from the film, just as the riots are gearing up, the inmates begin banging and rattling the bars of their cells with metal drinking cups and chanting "Attica! Attica!"

    This phrase has become synonymous with uprising and rebelling against authority.

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    • one hundred percent correct. I live about a five minute drive from the famous attica prison prison. my high school band has played numerous concerts for the guards and workers inside the prisons gymnasium.

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      by imhisjuliet on March 7th, 2009

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