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'Convoy' is a bad joke that backfires on the director. He has neither the guts to play the movie straight as melodrama nor the sense of humor to turn it into a kind of 'Smokey and the Bandit' comedy. The movie is a big, costly, phony exercise in myth-making, machismo, romance-of-the-open-road nonsense and incredible self-indulgence."
The episode Maximum Homerdrive (1999) on The Simpsons features a plot where Homer takes over a truck driver's delivery and finds out that his truck is controlled by an on-board computer. Yeardley Smith, who plays Connie in the film, is the voice of Lisa Simpson in the show.
Police officer George does not make it, but shoots at the trucks, causing one to tip over and become stuck. The leader truck unhooks from the trailer, kills George and gets stuck in the diner after crashing into it. Ray finds a hunting rifle in a truck's body and shoots at the truck in the diner, causing the entire structure to explode. That ...
A single truck was used for the original filming, so the shots of it falling off the cliff and being destroyed had to be completed in one take. [ 16 ] A backup truck—a 1960 Peterbilt 281—was built up for the original filming when the Cat Engine in the original 1957 Peterbilt 281 had begun giving the film production problems during rehearsals.
Take This Job and Shove It was the first film to feature monster trucks. Bob Chandler's Bigfoot #1 is seen throughout the movie as Ray's pick-up truck. Everett Jasmer's USA-1, credited as "Thunderin' Lightning", is the blue truck at the starting line that (in the script) breaks down when the race starts. Jasmer's daily delivery truck was used ...
This category is intended for films depicting truck drivers (truckers) as major characters, as a major theme, or as significant dramatic elements. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
High-Ballin is a 1978 Canadian action comedy film about truckers directed by Peter Carter.The US release was rated PG, with a runtime of 97 minutes. The film primarily depicts a confrontation between a trucker boss and independent truckers. The boss uses a criminal gang to inti
Steel Cowboy; Genre: Drama: Written by: Douglas Wheeler Bill Kerby: Directed by: Harvey Laidman: Starring: James Brolin Rip Torn Jennifer Warren Strother Martin Melanie Griffith
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