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Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.Trouble ensues when a motorcycle gang stops in a small southern town while heading to the races at Daytona.
Tina L'Hotsky
- Sportster Debbie
- (as Tina L'hotsky)
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- TriviaDebut credited role in a movie of Willem Dafoe.
- GoofsAfter visiting the liquor store, Vance downs a pint of Thunderbird wine and throws the empty bottle out of the car. The sound of the glass breaking on the pavement is heard while the bottle is still in the air.
- Crazy creditsThe closing credits includes the following information: "Robert Gordon is an RCA recording artist"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ultravox: Hymn (1982)
- SoundtracksTitle Theme
Written by Robert Gordon
Arranged by Tim Wisner (as Jim Wisner) and Robert Gordon
Music Coordinator Artie Kaplan (as Art Kaplan)
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Hyperrealism in real time.
I think this movie comes closest to what bikers experience while on the road. Boredom, waiting, mechanical problems, prejudice of the locals. I have done many transcontinental motorcycle rides alone, and this one captures it best. You're not going to come across Timothy Leary in the middle of nowhere (Roadside Prophets), or pick up Nicholson and get blown away (Easy Rider). There are long stretches where absolutely nothing happens. There is a scene where Dafoe sits in the bar and it is filmed in real time, security-camera style. Unbearable minutes go by and nothing happens at all, while a gorgeous Brenda Lee song "I Want To Be Wanted" plays in the background.
The loneliness of riding alone and coming into town alone is what makes this movie poignant and beautiful in a quiet way.
This movie is also a rockabilly heaven. Eddy Dixon's superb opening song Relentless is possibly one of the most difficult songs to find in print. NYC rockabilly singer Robert Gordon also serves up some over-the-top method acting here. DaFoe's narrative voice is already wonderful here, as is Bigelow's filmmaking style. Sometimes I explain this movie to people as one where the tables are turned and men get objectified. It's an interesting dynamic to see what mainstream films have done for so long to women done to men.
The plot is about a group of bikers who are en route to Florida to see some auto/bike racing. They are coming from different states and planning to converge at a meeting point. One of the biker's Harleys break down and there is a delay that holds them up in a small Georgia town. Dafoe runs into a daughter of a redneck at a gas station and hooks up there. Everything finally hits the fan at the local bar.
Lots of nice shots of vintage bikes. Harley shovelheads and knuckleheads are in effect throughout the movie.
The loneliness of riding alone and coming into town alone is what makes this movie poignant and beautiful in a quiet way.
This movie is also a rockabilly heaven. Eddy Dixon's superb opening song Relentless is possibly one of the most difficult songs to find in print. NYC rockabilly singer Robert Gordon also serves up some over-the-top method acting here. DaFoe's narrative voice is already wonderful here, as is Bigelow's filmmaking style. Sometimes I explain this movie to people as one where the tables are turned and men get objectified. It's an interesting dynamic to see what mainstream films have done for so long to women done to men.
The plot is about a group of bikers who are en route to Florida to see some auto/bike racing. They are coming from different states and planning to converge at a meeting point. One of the biker's Harleys break down and there is a delay that holds them up in a small Georgia town. Dafoe runs into a daughter of a redneck at a gas station and hooks up there. Everything finally hits the fan at the local bar.
Lots of nice shots of vintage bikes. Harley shovelheads and knuckleheads are in effect throughout the movie.
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- 271 North Coastal Highway, Midway, Georgia, USA(Midway motel on U.S. 17)
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- $800,000 (estimated)
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