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Roadracers (TV 1994) 6.3
Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff. Director:Robert Rodriguez |
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| David Arquette | ... |
Dude Delaney
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| John Hawkes | ... |
Nixer
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| Salma Hayek | ... |
Donna
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| Jason Wiles | ... |
Teddy Leather
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| William Sadler | ... |
Sarge
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| O'Neal Compton | ... |
J.T.
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Christian Klemash | ... |
Crony 1
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Aaron Vaughn | ... |
Crony 2
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Tammy Brady Conrad | ... |
Julie
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Mark Lowenthal | ... |
Rookie
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| Karen Landry | ... |
Donna's Mom
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| Lance LeGault | ... |
Donna's Dad
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Tommy Nix | ... |
Drummer
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Gina Mari | ... |
Wanda
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| Boti Bliss | ... |
Julie's Friend
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Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 July 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rebel Highway See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written by Gene Vincent and William Davis
Published by Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI)
Performed by Charlie Sexton
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Did You Know?
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Wes Craven was originally supposed to direct, but dropped out to direct New Nightmare. See more »Goofs
Near the beginning of the drag race with Julie's hair on fire, in a wide shot from the front of the cars, Julie's friend can be seen with her sweater on Julie's head before she's seen taking off that sweater to put out the fire a few moments later. See more »Quotes
Sarge: Hey, now you pay attention to something here. These kids ain't the same anymore. And you know what's behind it all? Rock 'n' roll. That music is turning the kids into a bunch of sex hungry, beer drinking, road racing werewolves.See more »
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Interspersed with the cast credits are outtakes. See more »Soundtracks
"Race with the Devil"Written by Gene Vincent and William Davis
Published by Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI)
Performed by Charlie Sexton
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Roadracers is an underrated and hugely enjoyable film. The plot is, of course, not very original (though this could be due to it being a remake of a drive-in classic?? :) ), but I feel that this general plot is hiding the deeper sub-plots of the film. There is Salma Hayek's portrayal of Donna, Hispanic and adopted by 'white' parents. It's rather disappointing that director Rodriguez that he fails to bring Donna's enigmatic family history to the forefront, and we are left wondering why this was even included in the film if it was never going to be solved. The cruelty of authority is (as always) revealed by redneck thug, 'Sarge' who shamelessly will try anything to get rebel Doody out of his town. Primarily, Roadracers is entertaining, and there are countless scenes that are hilarious. One of my particular favourites is the homo-erotic scene which involves 'Sarge', his lieutenant and a sausage roll. Sarge takes such delight in fondling his sausage roll, claiming that his 'momma makes 'em specially for 'im', and instructs his foolish lieutenent to similarly inspect, molest and finally indulge in his own roll. Sarge takes similar glee in producing the pastries firstly from a pocket in his jacket, and then seemingly from another pocket elsewhere... I was almost expecting him to pull one out from another bodily location... Nixer is delightful as Dood's endearing sidekick, and David Arquette does an excellent job on playing the character of the restless teen (he's also mightily aesthetically pleasing- eye candy if you will.) The soundtrack is also great, as are the characters of Teddy Leather and his cronies (my own names for them? :the Pig and Neanderthal Man- I'm sure people who've seen the film know which one is which!!) I basically think that just because Roadracers is a TV movie, it shouldn't be ignored separately from Rodriguez's more recent films - after all you can see in this film the makings of a great director, and most of his usual trademarks.