Choke Canyon (1986)

A "cowboy"-scientist is fighting a corporation who wants to dump atomic waste on a piece of land he has leased.

Director:

Charles Bail

Writers:

Sheila Goldberg, Ovidio G. Assonitis,

Stars:

Stephen Collins, Janet Julian, Bo Svenson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Collins	...	Dr. David Lowell
Janet Julian	...	Vanessa Pilgrim
Bo Svenson	...	Capt. Oliver Parkside
Lance Henriksen	...	Brook Alastair
Nicholas Pryor	...	John Pilgrim
Victoria Racimo	...	Rachel
Robert F. Hoy	...	Buck
Walter Robles	...	Jim
Kurt Woodruff	...	Crane
Mark Baer	...	Orrin
Michael Flynn	...	Governor
Sherry Sailer	...	Mrs. Pilgrim
Alan Gregory	...	Pilgrim's secretary
Michael Phenicie	...	Security guard #1 (as Michael Gates)
Marc Di Nunzio	...	Security guard #2

Storyline

Pilgrim Corporation has leased Choke Canyon to research physicist David Lowell for 99 years. Lowell has built an impressive research laboratory there. When Pilgrim suddenly needs Choke Canyon for toxic waste storage, they resort to violence to force out the renitent Lowell. However, Pilgrim Corportation vastly underestimates Lowell, who is a tenacious, principled, and ingenious man.

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Plot Keywords:

canyon | toxic waste | sabotage | stunt pilot | horse | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der einsame Kämpfer

Filming Locations:

Dead Horse Point State Park - State Highway 313, Moab, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brouwersgracht Investments

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Peter Shepherd:  A scientist in a helicopter.

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Soundtracks

"Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)"
Written by Mike Rutherford (as Michael Rutherford)
Performed by Mike + The Mechanics
Courtesy of Atlantic Records

User Reviews

Weak action movie ..... impressive stunts

Park logic at the door, because the science behind the scientific experiments in "Choke Canyon" is ridiculous. The acting by everyone except Lance Henriksen is below average. Speaking of Lance, his part is not particularly well written, nor very important. In other words a waste of Henriksen. The only redeeming factor is some nice red rock photography, and some really wild and impressive stunt work. I really can't recommend sitting through all the nonsense that precedes the aerial acrobatics however. If the story had been more logical and better developed, this could have been a fairly decent film, but unfortunately that was not to be. Ah me! - MERK