Six Pack (1982)

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Writers:

Mike Marvin (writer)
Alex Matter (writer)

Release Date:

16 July 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Kenny Rogers is Brewster Baker. His racing career was going in reverse, until six car-crazy kids joined his pit crew and put him back on the track.

Plot:

Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home...

Plot Keywords:

Sheriff | Car | Car Driver | Children | Orphan

Cast

Kenny Rogers	...	Brewster Baker
Diane Lane	...	Breezy
Erin Gray	...	Lilah
Barry Corbin	...	Sheriff
Terry Kiser	...	Terk
Bob Hannah	...	Diddler
Tom Abernathy	...	Louis
Robbie Fleming	...	Little Harry
Anthony Michael Hall	...	Doc
Robby Still	...	Swifty
Benji Wilhoite	...	Steven
Buddy Baker	...	Himself
Gary McGurrin	...	Hank
Charles Kahlenberg	...	Stan
Roy Tatum	...	Harley

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Lion Share

Trivia:

Cameo: [Burt Reynolds]Man walking in front of Brewster & Lilah in the bar at about 01:32. Says: "Hey Brew! You're going to win tomorrow."

Goofs:

Factual errors: While Brewster is in the bar, the kids are out in the parking lot raiding other race cars for parts to put back on Brewster's car. One of the kids is shown removing the lug nuts off a potential donor car. The wheels on this car have the standard lug pattern common to stock production vehicles. Brewster's car is running wide five hubs on all four corners. While the potential is there to use the tires, the rims would be useless and thus make for a pretty senseless heist, seeing as how his car needs both rims and tires.

Quotes:

Sheriff: Get your asses out here on the double!

Movie Connections:

References Rocky (1976)

Soundtrack:

Rainbow Stew

Fantastic movie

I'm with amyjo79 with this movie, as I saw it on TV years ago and videotaped it, then just bought the DVD when I finally found it had been released.

Yes, it has its corny parts and some bad language in it, but as was already said, Kenny Rogers' character chides the kids for swearing and they stop doing it for the most part. Yes it is predictable to a certain degree as well, but since the DVD arrived here, my three boys aged between 4 - 9yrs have not stopped watching it! They love the fast cars, the music and the plot in general, and I won't stop them watching it. My boys understand that they are not allowed to swear and that it's only a movie and not real.

I have always liked Kenny Rogers' music and always will, and if you like his music too, I'm sure you will like the move as well.