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Trucks (1997) -- Based on the short story by Stephen King, this tells the tail of trucks suddenly coming to life and attacking their owners.
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User Rating:
3.5/10   1,177 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Stephen King (short story)
Brian Taggert (teleplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 December 2000 (UK) more
Tagline:
U-Turn, U-Die!
Plot:
Based on the short story by Stephen King, this tells the tail of trucks suddenly coming to life and attacking their owners. full summary | full synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Blog: Maximum Overdrive
 (From Fangoria. 15 October 2008, 7:15 PM, PDT)

User Reviews:
Pointless remake which contains funniest movie death ever! more (47 total)

Cast

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Timothy Busfield ... Ray
Brenda Bakke ... Hope

Aidan Devine ... Trucker Bob
Roman Podhora ... Thad
Jay Brazeau ... Jack

Brendan Fletcher ... Logan
Amy Stewart ... Abby
Victor Cowie ... George
Sharon Bajer ... June
Jonathan Barrett ... Brad
Rick Skene ... Trucker Pete
Don Granberry ... Sheriff (as Don Granbery)
Barbara Lee Edwards ... TV Reporter
Gene Pyrz ... Refrigerator Truck Driver
Kirk Harper ... Lina
Harry Neeken ... Phil
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Directed by
Chris Thomson 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Stephen King (short story)

Brian Taggert (teleplay)

Produced by
Mark Amin .... executive producer
Bruce David Eisen .... co-producer
Jerry Leider .... executive producer
Jonathon Komack Martin .... co-producer
Derek Mazur .... executive producer
Michael J.F. Scott .... co-producer (as Michael Scott)
 
Original Music by
Michael Richard Plowman 
 
Cinematography by
Robert Draper (director of photography) (as Rob Draper)
 
Film Editing by
Lara Mazur 
 
Casting by
Ellen Meyer 
 
Production Design by
David Ferguson 
 
Costume Design by
Darena Snowe 
 
Makeup Department
Rosemarie Diekmann .... key hair stylist
 
Production Management
Lara Mazur .... post-production supervisor
Lesley Oswald .... production manager
 
Art Department
Kristen Deem .... art department assistant
Ken Wills .... property master
 
Sound Department
Michael Colomby .... sound re-recording mixer
Gordon Durity .... sound effects editor
Gordon Durity .... sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Haskill .... sound effects editor
Philip Hunter .... dialogue editor
Gael MacLean .... sound designer
Gael MacLean .... sound supervisor
Dave Stephens .... sound editor
 
Special Effects by
Cara E. Anderson .... special effects assistant
Rory Cutler .... special effects coordinator
Erich Martin Hicks .... special effects: pick-up shots
Kevin Stadnyk .... special effects crew
 
Stunts
David Brown .... stunts (as Dave Brown)
Chuck Robinson .... stunt driver
Rick Skene .... stunts
Geoff Williams .... stunt driver
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Allan Belyea .... grip
Grace Donaldson .... grip
Keith Holland .... additional cinematographer
Stephan Lentz .... key grip
David Perkins .... focus puller: "a" camera
Norman Porticella .... assistant camera
 
Editorial Department
David C. Whitten .... color timer
 
Transportation Department
Dave Perich .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Ken Friss .... script supervisor
Ross Ikeda .... post-production accountant
Nghia Nguyen .... legal services
David Porter .... chef
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence/terror and a scene of sensuality.
Runtime:
Australia:95 min
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Language:
Color:
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Germany:18 | UK:18 | USA:PG-13 (original rating) | USA:R (edited for re-rating)
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Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: 9 minutes and 45 seconds into the movie when the man gets out of his truck you can see the mechanical linkages/cables used to move the side view mirror especially when the mirror moves. more
Quotes:
Ray: Get back inside!
Trucker Bob: No way.
Ray: [he points the gun at him] Now!
Trucker Bob: You're bluffin', and I know it.
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Movie Connections:
References "The Twilight Zone" (1959) more

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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Pointless remake which contains funniest movie death ever!, 15 October 1999
4/10

Why bother re-making 'Maximum Overdrive'? This is just another of the universe's imponderables, but stick with this movie, your patience will be rewarded with what must be the funniest movie death ever: a gormless mailman is battered to death by a Tonka toy, and the gore sprays like raspberry jam from a doughnut. In the cast is the marvellous Brendan Fletcher, one of the finest actors of his generation, and again the question recurs:WHY WHY WHY?

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