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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."
Convoy (1978) Rarely does a theme song predate a movie, but "Convoy" is based on C.W. McCall's 1975 chart-topping country anthem of the same name. The film stars Kris Kristofferson as trucker ...
Convoy" also peaked at number two in the UK. The song capitalized on the fad for citizens band (CB) radio. The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy, for which McCall rerecorded the song to fit the film's storyline. [4] The song received newfound popularity with its use during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).
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The end of the movie (an homage to VH1's Pop-Up Video) reveals that the song becomes a hit for Cora and Alex, the film version of Sloan's novel flops with critics and moviegoers (destroying his career), PoP! reunites for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, after which their lead singer Colin Thompson (who left the band with ...
With a deeply disturbing turn by Jesse Plemons, one scene in "Civil War" encapsulates the film's combustible political balancing act. It almost didn't happen.
Jennifer Lopez is looking ahead to a clean slate.. A source tells PEOPLE that the star is "focused on her own life" after filing for divorce from Ben Affleck in August. "She has had a rough year ...