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Director:
Writer:
Bill L. Norton (writer)
Release Date:
10 August 1978 (Netherlands)
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Tagline:
Kristofferson and MacGraw...ain't nothin' gonna get in their way!
Plot:
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall. | add synopsis
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Trucker
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Convoy
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Road Movie
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Truck
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Radio News
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Awards:
1 win
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Rubber Ducky in Quest of Raison D'Etre
(From Vanity Fair. 4 April 2009, 3:04 PM, PDT)
Amusement (DVD Review)
(From Fangoria. 28 January 2009, 7:57 AM, PST)
(From Vanity Fair. 4 April 2009, 3:04 PM, PDT)
Amusement (DVD Review)
(From Fangoria. 28 January 2009, 7:57 AM, PST)
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Pretty good trucker flick
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kris Kristofferson | ... | Rubber Duck aka Martin Penwald |
 | Ali MacGraw | ... | Melissa |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | Sheriff Lyle Wallace aka Cottonmouth |
 | Burt Young | ... | Pig Pen / Love Machine |
| Madge Sinclair | ... | Widow Woman |
| Franklyn Ajaye | ... | Spider Mike |
 | Brian Davies | ... | Chuck Arnoldi |
 | Seymour Cassel | ... | Governer Jerry Haskins |
| Cassie Yates | ... | Violet |
| Walter Kelley | ... | Federal Agent Hamilton |
| Jackson D. Kane | ... | Big Nasty (as J.D. Kane) |
| Billy Hughes | ... | Pack Rat (as Billy E. Hughes) |
| Whitey Hughes | ... | White Rat |
| Bill Coontz | ... | Old Iguana (as Bill Foster) |
| Tommy J. Huff | ... | Lizard Tongue (as Thomas Huff) |
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Runtime:
110 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Netherlands:16 |
West Germany:12 (re-rated) |
West Germany:16 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1987) |
UK:A (original rating) |
Australia:M |
Australia:PG (alternate rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:12 (DVD rating) (2001) |
USA:PG
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Although the movie was inspired by the 1976 song of the same title, the song really didn't have much of a plot. So after the screenplay was written, Bill Fries (aka CW McCall) recorded a new version of the song, with lyrics that incorporated the characters and events of the film. This is the version that is played during the final credits.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Spider Mike's afro occasionally changes from a parted afro (which it's supposed to be) to a smooth afro.
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Quotes:
Sheriff Lyle Wallace aka Cottonmouth:
You oughta be shot right where you're standing! So help me if I had a gun, I'd do it myself!
Rubber Duck: That badge would make it alright, wouldn't it?
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Rubber Duck: That badge would make it alright, wouldn't it?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Keep on the Sunny Side
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Convoy is the shallowest of Sam Peckinpah's films, but by no means the worst. It contains some oddball characters and a number of memorable sequences, and alternately funny and thought-provoking dialogue. It also features one of the very best Ernest Borgnine performances that I can remember - not bad for a man who won an Oscar for Marty!
The story traces the fortunes of some truckers, led by "Rubber Duck" (Kris Kristofferson), as they drive through the states of New Mexico, Texas and Arizona. They are pursued by the law, and gradually more and more truckers join on at the back of the line until they have literally hundreds of lorries, all roaring along the highways in protest of the prejudicial treatment they receive from the cops.
Kristofferson is supremely enigmatic as the leader of the pack. Ali MacGraw is a bit of a bore as his female companion. As mentioned before, the real star is Borgnine, mean and menacing, funny and cruel as the cop who dedicates his life to victimising truck drivers. For such a shallow film, it looks and sounds beautiful. Even the car chase through the sand is poetic. I can't explain what's good about this picture. It sounds dull and pointless, yet to watch it is a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Convoy is a contradiction of itself.... plotless, pointless, thinly plotted, and yet still (somehow) a top notch film!