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27 April 2001 (USA) moreTagline:
Get ready for the race of your life. morePlot:
A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(20 articles)
Georgia Rule (From Movieline. 28 October 2009, 10:40 AM, PDT)
Emmanuelle Chriqui Joins Val Kilmer in Renny Harlin’s Georgia
(From Collider.com. 27 October 2009, 11:19 PM, PDT)
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Fun Movie; Great DVD more (335 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sylvester Stallone | ... | Joe Tanto | |
| Burt Reynolds | ... | Carl Henry | |
| Kip Pardue | ... | Jimmy Bly | |
| Stacy Edwards | ... | Lucretia Clan | |
| Til Schweiger | ... | Beau Brandenburg | |
| Gina Gershon | ... | Cathy Heguy | |
| Estella Warren | ... | Sophia Simone | |
| Cristián de la Fuente | ... | Memo Moreno | |
| Brent Briscoe | ... | Crusher | |
| Robert Sean Leonard | ... | Demille Bly | |
| Verona Pooth | ... | Nina (as Verona Feldbusch) | |
| Jasmin Wagner | ... | Ingrid | |
| Chip Ganassi | ... | Team Owner | |
| John Della Penna | ... | Team Manager | |
| Dan Duran | ... | Commentator #1 |
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Also Known As:
À toute vitesse (Canada: French title)Champs (USA) (working title)
Formula One (USA) (working title)
Into Thin Air (USA) (working title)
Ruutulippu (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for language and some intense crash sequences.Parents Guide:
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116 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38169) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PGFun Stuff
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Factual errors: Clearly, the race in Germany was americanized for the movie. Commentators would not say "Welcome to Germany", but "Welcome to City, Germany". In addition, German TV does not announce temperatures in Fahrenheit, ever. And German weather maps show Germany, not half of Europe for their forecast. If they do, the countries are named in German, not English. In the movie, the temperatures are in Celsius and Fahrenheit and the weather map shows 'Poland', not Polen, 'Germany' and not Deutschland. moreSoundtrack:
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I am very surprised by how poorly this film has been received by the movie-going public. Both professional film critics from around the country as well as people from the general public are often tearing this film apart on every level - characters are underdeveloped, the editing is too choppy, the story is too simple, etc. I think that people are being overly harsh, by a lot.
DRIVEN is a fun, highly entertaining film that I would recommend to most people. I must admit, however, that I have a soft spot for both Renny Harlin and Sly Stallone. Regarding Renny, I am a fan of Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, and Deep Blue Sea (though I was not as impressed with Cutthroat Island and The Long Kiss Goodnight). I really like his style of film-making and the way he shoots his action sequences. I realize that his films are not worthy of Academy Awards, but they do succeed in what they set out to do. Regarding Sly, I grew up on the Rocky and Rambo films and have been a fan of his for many years. I see all of his movies in the theater, and I've recently been disappointed by some of his choices. Get Carter was fine, but not as good as I had hoped it would be. Thus, when DRIVEN was released I had high hopes for it and really wanted it to be good. As it turns out, I was quite pleased.
Rather than discuss the plot of the film, which can be found in many reviews all over the Web, I thought I should mention The DRIVEN DVD that I just purchased. The DVD is full of extras, all of which are very interesting. Renny's running commentary is engaging, and the behind the scenes featurettes are also quite informative. What is most interesting is the 50 minutes of deleted scenes that are accompanied by a Stallone commentary. Here we get to watch scenes that were cut from the film and hear from Stallone what the original intent of the scenes were. It turns out that the original cut of the film was 4 and a half hours long. Clearly, Sly wrote a script that was filled with character development, but most of those scenes were cut in order to speed up the pacing of the film. This is too bad, because I feel that the inclusion of some of these scenes would have made the film stronger. Also, the DVD looks and sounds amazing. The picture is sharp and the Dolby Digital sound is incredible.
If you are curious about this movie, I think that it is worth a rental, at least. It may not be for everybody, but I think that it's much more fun that most of the movies that came out this summer.