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Freeway (1996) -- A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   11,260 votes
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Director:
Matthew Bright
Writer:
Matthew Bright (written by)
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Release Date:
3 September 1997 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Her life is no fairy tale. more
Plot:
A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
6 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Reese Witherspoon Lives Life Down on the 'Pharm'
 (From Get The Big Picture. 18 June 2009, 10:17 PM, PDT)

Reese Witherspoon as a Bad 'Pharm Girl'?
 (From Cinematical. 18 June 2009, 4:03 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
A Cig and a Laugh more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kiefer Sutherland ... Bob Wolverton

Reese Witherspoon ... Vanessa Lutz
Bokeem Woodbine ... Chopper
Paul Perri ... Cop #1

Robert Peters ... Cop #2
Ben Meyerson ... Cop at Truckstop
Craig Barnett ... Cop #3
G. Eric Miles ... Cop #4

Wolfgang Bodison ... Detective Mike Breer

Dan Hedaya ... Detective Garrett Wallace
Chris Renna ... Doctor
Kathleen Marshall ... ER Nurse

Melinda Renna ... Female Anchor

Guillermo Díaz ... Flacco
Kitty Fox ... Naomi Frohlegger - Grandma
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong lurid violence and sexual dialogue, some sexual situations, drug content and language.
Runtime:
110 min | Australia:97 min | France:102 min | USA:102 min (cut version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | USA:R (No. 34357) (edited for re-rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating) | Australia:R (edited for re-rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:-16 | Germany:16 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:NC-17 (original rating)

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Trivia:
Twin actresses Brittany Daniel and Cynthia Daniel were offered and turned down the part of twins Brenda and Bonnie in the movie. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the opening scene, Vanessa can hardly read the simple sentence "The cat drinks milk", but she seems to have no trouble reading the menu in the "Hi-Way cafe". more
Quotes:
Woody Wilson: I am claustrophobic.
Vanessa: Well I get claustrophobic suckin' strange dick, now get in there!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
SURE FEELS GOOD more

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19 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
A Cig and a Laugh, 29 June 2003
10/10
Author: shan3st3r from New York

This is one of the funniest films I've ever seen. Reese Witherspoon can do no wrong after the performance she gives here - brilliant. She is the Tony Montana of teenage girls! And lets not forget Brook Shields as the uknowing wife of the serial killer standing by her man through the trial.

The best scene is the shoot-out where Reese and the cops walk away smoking cigarettes and laughing as if the whole thing had been a big joke.

Great stuff! Puts "Natural Born Killers" to shame!

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