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6.4/10   1,145 votes
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Writers:
Will Kern (play)
Will Kern (written by)
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Release Date:
2 October 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Do you dare pay the fare?
Plot:
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Cast

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Paul Dillon ... Cab Driver
Tim Gamble ... Religious Father
Olivia Trevino ... 4-Year Old Girl
Moira Harris ... Religious Mother
Rana Khan ... Pakistani
Darryl Theirse ... X-Hat

Michael Ironside ... Al
Shanesia Davis-Williams ... Lawyer
Laura Kellogg Sandberg ... Bug-Eyed Woman

Phillip Edward Van Lear ... Father-to-Be (as Phillip Van Lear)
Ora Jones ... Pregnant Woman

Michael Shannon ... Crack Head

Shulie Cowen ... Stoner Girl

Andrew Rothenberg ... Homer
Tracy Letts ... Sports Fan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hellcab (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive strong language, and for sexual content.
Runtime:
USA:96 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original play, "Hellcab", opened in Chicago in 1992. more
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Soundtrack:
Spreadin' Fever more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
The greatest movie to see alone, late at night, when it's Christmas-time, 5 April 2003
10/10
Author: Frankjwilliams from Hengelo, The Netherlands

I saw this movie around Christmas 2002, it was about 02.00 am, I thought I'd make one more walk around the channels. Then I saw a guy in a cab on BBC, and the colors of the movie seemed okay -You know, when a movie is really dumb, or bad, it often has intense and bright colors-. I wasn't doing anything at the moment, so I left it on. Then I became more and more interested in it, and decided to turn of the computer and focus only on the movie. I think this is a movie that truly represents the spirit of Christmas, although I am still not sure what the hell that may be, I'm sure this is it. Paul Dillon, whom I did not know beforehand plays his character brilliantly. He's a quiet guy, who somehow got into the job of cabdriver. He has to work on Christmas-eve and he gets all these strange people in his cab who tell him about what happened to them lately, and that's it! Fantastic. From there you see him trying to say the right things, and that maybe is the most beautiful thing about this movie. The movie is really easy going, you can just sit, do nothing, just watch and let it pass by. Therefore, when watched alone, late at night, at Christmas-time, this is the perfect movie for the moment, and deserves 10 out of 10 points.

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