It stars reese witherspoon as vanessa, brooke shields as mimi and brittany murphy as rhonda. Obviously inspired by duel is the 1979 television movie death car on the freeway where an unseen driver known. This odd duck is a 1980 freeway ii deluxe, a singlecylinder gas miser engineered by minnesotabased high mileage vehicles corp. We take great care in the creation of your rare dvds for sale so that the content is exactly what you would get from the original studio dvd or the best possible source available. In the beginning of the film there is a dodge van going down the highway. Wesley rickard, 79, of rancho murieta, was driving his silver 2014 honda civic in the no. Investigating a secret service agents death aboard air force one leads gibbs and the team to uncover a terrorists scheme. If little red riding hood were alive today, she would find that the wolves are bigger and badder, and shed need to be a lot more resourceful to stay alive.
That is the lesson if it has a lesson of freeway, a dark comic excursion into deranged pathology. More info for years he terrorized california motorists as he rode the endless. The festival will take over the north door venue, in the heart of austins downtown music district, and promises to deliver all that is dark. A plane crashlands on a southern california freeway, killing a car passenger, the same aircraft that landed safely on the same road in 2000. These small commuter cars had a single seat and were powered by a 12 or 16 horsepower gasoline engine or a 4 hp electric motor. Beyond that curiosity to what a 70s tv movie was like there. A woman died and two men were injured in a collision on highway 50 thursday afternoon. Death car on the freeway 1979 the movie database tmdb. Death car on the freeway, movie made for tv, 1979 pictures provided by. Death car on the freeway first aired september 25, 1979.
A screenshot of video footage of the southwest freeway near elgin in houston, texas on oct. Here is a tv movie which not only features some familiar names and faces from the 70s but is also directed by hal needham who specialised in stunt heavy movies which this certainly is with lots of car action. Death car on the freeway, movie in 29 minutes duration. The improvement that death car makes on other wacky road movies is this. We specialize in offering rare, out of print dvds and movies for sale that you cant find elsewhere at fantastic prices.
It also marks a pivotal point in us film history when tv movies were pushing boundaries harder than most theatrical ones when it. Death by festival will launch in austin, tx on october 28, 2017. Former stuntman hal needham employed several of his old professional comrades in his madefortv death car on the freeway. Accident on the 5 freeway leaves 1 dead, 9 injured. Man killed, boy injured in crash on 71 freeway in pomona. Finally, it pushes janes car across the lanes so that another car crashes onto janes and her car is set on fire.
Documentary tv is an english language documentary channel. A oneday experience of extreme music and independent underground horror films, the event promises to be an experience unlike any other. Officials said one person was killed in some kind of collision on the freeway. Freeway was originally rated nc17 for graphic language.
Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Film crash was born out of the creative tempest of manhattans east village and lower east side during the roaring 80s. Death car on the freeway stars shelly hack charlies angels as janette, the beautiful, intrepid reporter out to find a maniac who has been dubbed the freeway fiddler. Shelley hack survived on screen a lot longer than many people would have predicted back in 1980, costarring in the tv weeklies cutter to houston 1983 and jack and mike 198687, and delivering. Overview of death car on the freeway, 1979, directed by hal needham, with gloria stroock, alfie wise, abe vigoda, at turner classic movies.
A fiery crash involving two big rigs and three other vehicles left one person dead and several injured tuesday, april 25, 2017, on the 5 freeway near the 4 in the griffith park area. Saturday on the northbound chino valley 71 freeway just south rio ranch road. One dead after fivecar crash on sw freeway abc houston. Jan claussen shelley hack is a novice tv news anchor trying to prove herself as a serious investigative journalist in a maledominated field.
Shelley hack, george hamilton, peter graves, frank gorshin, hal needham, harriet nelson, dinah shore. Film crash is an annual film festival showcasing independent short films. Yes, final angel shelley hack switches to final girl as a newswoman fighting sexism in the workplace even as a man in a van the freeway fiddler. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. The less said about this movie in advance of watching it, the better. In a plot similar to steven spielbergs duel, this tells the story of an unseen driver who is dubbed the freeway fiddler the cast features several tv veterans, including george hamilton, frank gorshin, peter graves, dinah shore, harriet nelson, barbara rush and abe vigoda. Death car on the freeway 1979 starring shelley hack. Death car on the freeway is a cool actionpacked tv movie stuffed with 70s muscle cars. Death car on the freeway is the sort of tv movie which you now watch some 30 plus years after it was made out of curiosity. An unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting. A diesel engine was offered, but none were ordered with it. Released 1996, freeway stars kiefer sutherland, reese witherspoon, brooke shields, wolfgang bodison the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of 61 out of 100 on.
Death car on the freeway is a 1979 american madefortelevision crime thriller film starring shelley hack. Death car on the freeway 1979 09241979 us mystery, thriller, tv movie 1h 31m user score. Death car on the freeway by king apparatus on amazon music. Houston ktrk all outbound lanes of the southwest freeway were shut down at westpark drive for several hours on saturday morning while authorities investigated a fatal car accident. Needles a collision between a tractortrailer rig and at least one other vehicle closed westbound interstate 40 east of needles on thursday. No videos, backdrops or posters have been added to. Death car on the freeway 1979 directed by hal needham. Unashamedly proud of its tvmovie status, death car on the freeway could teach some bigdollar boxoffice flops a thing or two about simple, tightly written storylines and realistic stunts. In a plot similar to steven spielbergs duel, this tells. An unknown, psychotic driver uses his van to kill unsuspecting female drivers on the freeway.
With shelley hack, frank gorshin, peter graves, harriet nelson. We are huge movie buffs so we take great pride in bringing you the best possible dvd transfers. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. William bonin raped, tortured, and murdered at least 21 males between 1979 and 1980. Fontana an overheating vehicle led to the death of four people on the 10 freeway on friday afternoon authorities said. Check out death car on the freeway by king apparatus on amazon music. Death car on the freeway has a ridiculous premise a man in a van drives women off the road in broad daylight and just gets away every timei thought it might be like a situation where were following one woman as she drives and tries to escape the death car but no, he chases women in the double digits. A tv reporter is intrigued by the similarities between a series of fatal accidents involving female motorists, and realises a serial killer is using a van to force them off the road. The fiddler likes to taunt his victims on the freeway before he pulls a dukes of hazzard, which causes horrible yet spectacular crashes. The crash closed both sides of the freeway for several hours. A humble tv movie made for cbs in 1979, death car on the freeway arguably owes a lot to steven spielbergs duel, but it inspired a generation of filmmakers to follow, and is a direct ancestor to quentin tarantinos death proof. The black van goes down a slope and joins the heavy traffic of another freeway. The movie retells the grimm fairy tale in a world of poor white trash, sexual abuse, drug addiction and the i5 killer, who prowls.
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