Joy Ride

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Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

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Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.

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Awards
- 5 nominations

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Joy Ride

Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Leelee Sobieski in Joy Ride (2001)

Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski in Joy Ride (2001)

Steve Zahn and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Venna, Fuller & Lewis

Brien Varady as the a Paramedic in "Joy Ride" (deleted scene)

Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

Fulleras Fuller

Lewisas Lewis

Leelee Sobieski

Vennaas Venna

Charlotteas Charlotte

Danny (Lewis's Roommate)as Danny (Lewis's Roommate)

Car Salesmanas Car Salesman

Officer Keeneyas Officer Keeney

Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerkas Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk

McKenzie Satterthwaite

Asst. Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerkas Asst. Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk

Gas Station Mechanicas Gas Station Mechanic

Ronald Ellinghouseas Ronald Ellinghouse

Night Manageras Night Manager
(as Luis Cortes)

Michael McCleery

Officer Akinsas Officer Akins

Sheriff Ritteras Sheriff Ritter

Gas Station Manageras Gas Station Manager

Ice Truck Manas Ice Truck Man

Bartenderas Bartender

James MacDonald

Local in Nebraska Baras Local in Nebraska Bar

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

5.1

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

Running Scared

7.3

A Perfect Getaway

6.5

A Perfect Getaway

Vacancy

6.2

Jeepers Creepers

6.2

Jeepers Creepers

Joy Ride 3: Road Kill

4.7

Joy Ride 3: Road Kill

Into the Blue

5.9

Frozen

6.1

Wrong Turn

6.1

Disturbia

6.8

Stir of Echoes

7.0

The Crazies

6.5

College student Lewis decides to drive across the country to see Venna, a friend who doesn't know that Lewis is interested in her romantically. Unfortunately for his plans, Lewis gets saddled with his raucous-spirited older brother, Fuller, whose on-the-road pranks get the brothers and Venna sucked into a nightmare when a psychopathic truck driver takes offense. —Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

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Taglines
- Don't screw with people you don't know (UK)
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for violence/terror and language
Parents guide

Trivia
For the nighttime chase scenes, the headlights of the trucks and cars were replaced by aircraft landing lights for extra brightness. This helped to bring down the exposure enough to keep the sky consistently black even at early dawn.

Goofs
As Lewis, Venna, and Fuller are driving out to the corn field, Fuller is wearing a blue shirt with a brown jacket. While running through the corn field away from Rusty Nail, however, Fuller is wearing a cop's hat and cop's jacket, obviously from the original ending.

Quotes
Rusty Nail: [34:11] Apologize.
Fuller Thomas: No. Listen, you sick fuck, you pathetic, lonely, walkie-talkie, freak-show motherfucker. You're not getting anything from me. Know why? Because I have something that's more powerful than your psychosis. It's called a volume knob, and the only thing I have to do to make you go away is to turn it counterclockwise. You got that? You copy that?
Rusty Nail: You know, Black Sheep, you really ought to get that fixed.
Fuller Thomas: Get what fixed?
Rusty Nail: Your taillight.

Alternate versions
DVD and Blu-ray include 29 minutes long original ending and three alternate endings.

Connections
Featured in The Making of 'Joy Ride' (2002)

Soundtracks
You're Mine
Written by Ken Cooper, Marti Frederiksen
Performed by Sinomatic
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

Top review

7/10

"How about that one 'Candy Cane', cum'on...break, break!"

In "Joy Ride", two brothers (Zhan & Walker) get involved with a big rig driver over the CB radio while on the open road. They set him up as a practical joke and unleash all hell on themselves as the unseen subject of their prank, known only as "Rusty Nail", turns out to be a maniacal killer. "Joy Ride" is a well crafted thriller which methodically builds suspense while avoiding the usual gore and guts of horror flicks. With only a few plot holes, this thriller should keep most on the edge of their seats. Worth a look especially for those who enjoyed "Duel" (circa 1971) which is now circulating on cable.

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Mar 12, 2002

In the end is Rusty Nail dead or alive?

Release date
- October 5, 2001 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Candy Cane
Filming locations
- Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $23,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $21,974,919
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,347,259
- Oct 7, 2001
Gross worldwide
- $36,642,838

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 37min
Sound mix
- Dolby
- DTS
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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