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"Somewhere along the line I knew there'd be girls, visions, everything;
somewhere along the line the pearl would be handed to me."
— Jack Kerouac [1922-69] in "On The Road", 1957

Road Movie entry at Wikipedia
search on keywords 'road movie' {450+ results} at Internet Movie Database
search VHS & DVD on keywords 'road movie' at Amazon
search poster catalog on keywords 'road movies' at AllPosters.com

B o o k s

"The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey" [1993] by Douglas Brinkley A college professor takes a busload of students on an experimental class thru thirty states, visiting a Bob Dylan concert in Seattle, a Las Vegas casino, Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Elvis Presley’s Graceland, William Faulkner’s Rowan Oak, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield, Harry Truman’s Independence [Missouri], and Theodore Roosevelt’s North Dakota badlands – with unplanned experiences including a California earthquake, and meetings with William S. Burroughs [1914-97] and with Ken Kesey [1935-2001], who took them for a spin in his own psychedelic bus, Further. Thunder's Mouth Press 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $11.53 Harcourt 9¾x7½ hardcover [3/93] out of print/many, many used

	"Romance of The Road: The Literature of The American Highway" [1996] by Ronald Primeau Bowling Green State Univ 9x6 pb [8/97] for $17.95 Bowling Green State Univ 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/96] out of print/used
	"RoadFrames: The American Highway Narrative" [1997] by Kris Lackey Univ NE Press 8x6 pb [2/99] for $15.00 Univ NE Press 8¼x6½ hardcover [9/97] for $50.00
	"The Road Movie Book" [1997] Edited by Steven Cohan & Ina Rae Hark Routledge 9x6 pb [11/97] for $34.15 Routledge 8¾x6½ hardcover [11/97] for $140.00
	"Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of Road Movies" [1999] by Jack Sargeant & Stephanie Watson Creation Books 9½x6¾ pb [10/99] out of print/used
	"Driving Visions: Exploring The Road Movie" [2002] by David Laderman Univ TX Press 9x5¾ pb [7/2002] for $30.00 Univ TX Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [7/2002] out of print/used
	"Crossing New Europe: Postmodern Travel and The European Road Movie" [2006] by Ewa Mazierska & Laura Rascaroli Wallflower Press 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $26.00 Wallflower Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2006] for $80.00
	"Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle" [2006] Foreword by R.K. Stratman, essays by Steven E. Alford, Randall E. Auxier, Craig Bourne, Fred Feldman, Jonathan Goldstein, Graham Harman, David Jones, Gary L. Kieffner, Alan R. Pratt, Graham Priest & Bernard E. Rollin Open Court Publng 8¾x6 pb [2/2006] for $13.46
	"The Road Story and The Rebel: Moving Through Film, Fiction & Television" [2006] by Katie Mills Southern Illinois Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/2006] for $28.50 Southern Illinois Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2006] out of print/used

"100 Road Movies (B.F.I. Screen Guides)" [2007] by Jason Wood movies examined include"Alice In The Cities" [Germany 1974] directed by Wim Wenders; "Candy Mountain" [Canada 1988]; "Cold Fever" [Iceland 1995]; "Dear Diary (Caro Diario)" [Italy 1993]; "Detour" [1945]; "Easy Rider" [1969]; "Familia Rodante" [Argentina 2004]; Russ Meyer's "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" [1965]; "Kikujiro" [Japan 1999]; "Kings of The Road" [Germany 1976] directed by Wim Wenders; "La Strada" [Italy 1954] directed by Federico Fellini; "Landscape In The Mist" [Greece 1988]; "Le Grand Voyage" [Morocco 2004]; "Leningrad Cowboys Go America" [Finland 1989] directed by Aki Kaurismäki; "Motorcycle Diaries" [Brazil 2004]; "Priscilla, Queen of The Desert" [Australia 1994]; "Radio On" [U.K. 1980]; "Red Lights (Feux Rouges" [France 2004]; "The Searchers" [1956] directed by John Ford; "Sideways" [2004]; "Simple Men" [1992]; "Stranger Than Paradise" [1984] by Jim Jarmusch; "Thelma & Louise" [1991]; "Two-Lane Blacktop" [1971]; "Vanishing Point" [1971]; "Week End" [France 1967] by Jean-Luc Godard; "The Wizard of Oz" [1939]; "Women's Story" [China 1988]; and "Y tu Mamá También" [Mexico 2001] Palgrave Macmillan 6½x5 pb [1/2008] for $19.95 Palgrave Macmillan 6¾x5 hardcover [3/2007] for $76.50

"Road Movies: From Muybridge and Melies To Lynch and Kiarostami" [2007] by Devin Orgeron Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $85.00

Selected Films, A to Z
search on keywords 'road movie' {450+ results} at Internet Movie Database
search VHS & DVD on keywords 'road movie' at Amazon

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"Alice In The Cities" [Germany 1974] /tt0069687/
Directed by Wim Wenders

"Badlands" (1973) /tt0069762/
Directed by Terrence Malick

"Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia" [1974]
Directed by Sam Peckinpah [1925-84]

"Bustin' Loose" (1981) /tt0082121/

"Candy Mountain" [Canada 1988] /tt0092719/

"The Cannonball Run" [1981] /tt0082136/
This hit comedy film fits in both the 'road movie' and the 'auto-racing movie' categories, since the story is based
on the actual "Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash" outlaw events that ran from
New York & Connecticut to the Pacific Ocean at Redondo Beach in California (the last race was in 1979).

"The Cannonball Run" remake [2012?]
Announced 10/2011: A remake of “The Cannonball Run” [1981] with possible financial backing from General Motors
(giving them exclusive product placement rights for next year's models essentially makes the film a two-hour commercial).
Al Ruddy is producing, Guy Ritchie will direct, the likely studio is Warner Bros. Potential setting is Germany's
Autobahn, which has no speed limit.

"Cars" animated feature [Pixar/Disney June 2006]

A collection of classic automobiles set out for adventure on Route 66. Directed by John Lasseter & Joe Ranft; with voices of Tim Allen, Mario Andretti, George Carlin, Billy Crystal, Paul Dooley, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Keaton, Larry The Cable Guy, Jay Leno, Cheech Marin, Paul Newman, Richard Petty, Tony Shalhoub & Owen Wilson Walt Disney Home Ent widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2007] for $19.49 Walt Disney Video widescreen color DVD [11/2006] for $13.99 "Cars" movie posters at AllPosters.com full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • Disney official movie site

sequel "Cars 2" animated feature  
[Pixar/Disney for June 2011? release]

Race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck pal Mater travel overseas and get tangled in international espionage. Directed by John Lasseter & Brad Lewis; with voices of Owen Wilson, John Ratzenberger, Bonnie Hunt, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Michael Caine, Jason Issacs, Emily Mortimer & Larry The Cable Guy DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Cold Fever" [Iceland 1995] /tt0109028/

"Convoy" [1978]
Directed by Sam Peckinpah [1925-84]

"Corvette Summer" [1978] /tt0077372/

"Deadhead Miles" [Paramount 1972]

A quirky comedy about an odd-ball trucker driving a twice-stolen yellow Peterbilt 18-wheeler across America; barely-released by Paramount. Co-produced & directed by Vernon Zimmerman; script by Terrence Malick; starring Alan Arkin, Paul Benedict, Charles Durning, Hector Elizondo, Richard Kiel, Avery Schreiber, Barnard Hughes & Loretta Swit, with cameos by Bruce Bennett, John Milius, George Raft, Ida Lupino & Allen Garfield DVD/Blu-ray not available (available on Netflix Instant?) • full credits at IMDb

"Dear Diary (Caro Diario)" [Italy 1993] /tt0109382/

"Detour"
Fate provides a hitchhiking loser with a car, and he picks up a hitchhiking sadistic femme fatale.

	Producers Releasing original b&w feature [Nov 1945] Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer; script by Martin M. Goldsmith, from his novel {below}; starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake & Edmund MacDonald; listed on the National Film Registry in 1992; listed on Time Magazine's "All-Time 100 Best Films" (2005) Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2002] for $7.98 Timeless Multimedia b&w VHS [12/91] for $12.99 full credits from IMDb
	color remake [1992 video release] Directed by Wade Williams; based on the prior script, with additional scenes; starring Tom Neal Jr., Lea Lavish, Susanna Foster, Erin McGrane, Duke Howze & Brad Hittiker Ventura Home Ent. color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/rare full credits from IMDb
	"Detour: An Extraordinary Tale" [1939 novel] by Martin M. Goldsmith O'Bryan House pb [10/2005] for $14.95

"Due Date" [Warner Bros. Nov 2010]

Location filming in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia and at Albuquerque, Albuquerque Studios, Las Cruces, Las Vegas & Santa Fe in New Mexico; DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Duel" [1971 TV movie] /tt0067023/
Directed by Steven Spielberg

"Easy Rider" [Columbia Pictures July 1969]

Two long-haired bikers cross America and meet unusual people, including a drunken lawyer played by Jack Nicholson; filmed in California, Arizona & Louisiana, and around Taos, Madrid & Santa Fe in New Mexico. Co-written & directed by Dennis Hopper; co-written by Peter Fonda & Terry Southern; starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson & Karen Black; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor [JN] & Best Original Script; added to National Film Registry (1998) Sony Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2009] for $24.99 Columbia/TriStar 35th Anniv DVD [9/2004] 2 disks for $23.96 Columbia/TriStar DVD [3/2004] for $10.99 Columbia/TriStar VHS [10/99] out of prodn/many used Columbia/TriStar widescreen VHS [3/2000] out of prodn/used Hip-O remastered soundtrack CD [3/2004] 2 disks for $26.99 MCA soundtrack CD [6/2000] for $9.98 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia novelization: NAL pb [12/69] out of print/used screenplay: BFI pb [11/96] out of print/used

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"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
[Searchlight Pictures release in 2011?]
Announced 2008: A movie version of the book with director Gus Van Sant attached; latest info at IMDb

"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" [1967] by Tom Wolfe BDD 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $10.47 Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover [1967] out of print/used BooksOnTape audio [1/92] out of prodn/used book entry at Wikipedia

"Fandango" (1985) /tt0089126/

"Get On The Bus" [1996]
Directed by Spike Lee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_on_the_Bus

"The Getaway" [1972]
Directed by Sam Peckinpah [1925-84]; based on the 1959 novel by Jim Thompson [1906-77]

"Go Further" [indep Nov 2004]

Actor Woody Harrelson & friends take a ride in a biodiesel-powered bus down the Pacific Coast from Seattle to Santa Barbara, meeting with locals to promote alternative fuels and meeting with cultural icon author Ken Kesey at his ranch in Northern California. Co-produced & directed by Ron Mann; written by Solomon Vesta; featuring Woody Harrelson & Ken Kesey Homevision widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $16.99 full credits at IMDb

"Going The Distance" (2004) /tt0388285/

"The Grapes of Wrath" [Fox Jan 1940]

When America was devastated by the 'Dust Bowl' drought, many farmers lost their land, and many of them migrated to California. Steinbeck's epic novel revealed to the world the plight of a family of 'Okies' (from Oklahoma), and caused society to make changes in 'The System'. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize, and is listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005). John Ford's movie remains an unforgettable experience even 70 years later.

Directed by John Ford [1894-1973]; based on the novel by John Steinbeck [1902-68], script by Nunnally Johnson; starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin & Dorris Bowdon; won Oscars for Best Director & Best Supporting Actress (Darwell), nominated for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Actor (Fonda), Best Editing, Best Sound; listed in National Film Registry 1989 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia date of Blu-ray release not known Fox/MGM 'Ford At Fox Edition' b&w DVD [12/2007] for $17.99 Fox b&w DVD [4/2004] for $10.99 extras on both DVDs include Darryl F. Zanuck docufilm from A&E Biography; F.D.R. segment & three 1934 drought segments from Movietone News; still gallery, trailers & outtakes Fox b&w VHS [10/99] for $13.99

"Grapes of Wrath" novel [Viking April 1939] by John Steinbeck Kindle Edition from Penguin Publng [2006 edition] for $12.99 Penguin 8¼x5¾ pb [1/2002] for $11.03 Bantam mass pb [1964] out of print/used Penguin 7½x5 library hardcover [3/2006] for $20.59 book entry at Wikipedia

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"Gun Crazy"
aka 'Deadly Is The Female' [United Artists Dec 1949]

A man who loves guns meets a sharp-shooting sideshow performer and marries her, and they set off on a cross-country robbery spree. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis; script by MacKinlay Kantor & [blacklistee] Dalton Trumbo, from Kantor's story; starring Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger & Morris Carnovsky; listed on the National Film Registry (1998) Warner b&w DVD [7/2004] for $17.99 Fox b&w VHS [4/91] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb red 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com green 11"x17" poster available at AllPosters.com

"Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films"
documentary [2003] /tt0372321/

"Highway 61" (1991) /tt0102035/

"Honkytonk Man" (1982) /tt0084088/
Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood

"Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip" [2003]
Directed by Ken Burns
http://www.amazon.com/Horatios-Drive-Americas-First-Road/dp/B000BITUHA/
http://www.amazon.com/Horatios-Drive-Americas-First-Road/dp/B0000A02Y2/

"It  Happened  One  Night"
[Columbia Feb 1934]

the first Oscar 'grand slam': won for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Script The father of a spoiled, spunky socialite annuls her marriage, so she jumps off his yacht and runs away. An out-of-work reporter realizes he has a choice story when he meets her on a cross-country bus, and he trades his silence and help for an exclusive. But during their travels together, they reluctantly fall in love – though neither is able to admit it. Produced & directed by Frank Capra [1897-1991]; script by Robert Riskin, based on the Samuel Hopkins Adams novel "Night Bus"; starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale & Ward Bond; listed on National Film Registry 1993 Sony b&w DVD [12/99] for $18.99 Sony b&w VHS [6/94] out of prodn/used movie poster giclee art print {4 sizes} available at AllPosters.com full credits from IMDb

"Jackie" [Netherlands 2012?]  
Announced 11/2011: Dutch twin sisters travel to America to look for their long-lost mother, portrayed by
Holly Hunter; the siblings are played by real-life sisters Carice and Jelka van Houten; directed by
Antoinette Beumer • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • not yet listed on IMDb

"Kikujirô no Natsu" [Japan 1999]
Directed by Takeshi Kitano

"Kikujiro" soundtrack album [2000] Composed by Joe Hisaishi won Best Music Score Award of the Japanese Academy Milan Records music CD [6/2000] 12 tracks for $13.98 "Kikujirô no Natsu" [1999] credits at IMDb

"Kings of The Road" [Germany 1976] /tt0073152/
aka "Im Lauf der Zeit (In The Course of Time)" Directed by Wim Wenders

"Landscape In The Mist" aka "Topio stin omichli"
[Greece 1988, U.S.A. Sept 1990]

Cinematic poetry, a masterpiece of magical realism; the tale of two Greek children who believe that their father is in Germany and leave home to find him. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos, Aliki Georgouli & Dimitris Kaberidis New Yorker Films color DVD [11/2005] for $26.99 New Yorker Films color VHS [11/98] for $14.20 full credits from IMDb

"Le Grand Voyage" [Morocco 2004] /tt0361670/

"Leningrad Cowboys Go America" [Finland 1989] /tt0097728/
Directed by Aki Kaurismäki

"Little Miss Sunshine" [2006] /tt0449059/

"The Long Long Trailer"

"Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search For A Kool Place"  
[A&E / Magnolia Aug 2011]

Described as 'archival cinema verité', a documentary film made from Ken Kesey & Neal Cassady's mostly-silent footage of their 1964 road trips (and acid trips) in The Magic Bus 'Further', with Sixties-era commentary. Co-written & directed by Alex Gibney & Alison Ellwood; featuzing Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, Wavy Gravy, The Grateful Dead Band {then The Warlocks}, and the Merry Pranksters DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Motorama" [1991]
A ten-year-old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a Mustang;
he rides off into a surreal America playing 'Motorama', a game sponsored by the Chimera Gas Company.

"Motorcycle Diaries" [Brazil 2004] /tt0318462/
Directed by Walter Salles

"Natural Born Killers" [1994]
Directed by Oliver Stone

"Nu ren de gu shi (Women's Story)" [China 1988] /tt0140700/
Directed by Peng Xiaolian

"On The Road" Project
[American Zoetrope/United Artists for release in 2011?]
Francis Coppola's American Zoetrope bought the movie rights to the classic novel by
Jack Kerouac [1922-69] in 1979; set for filming in Summer 2010; latest info from IMDb
to be directed by Walter Salles; recent casting includes Sam Riley as Sal Paradise {Kerouac}, Garrett
Hedlund as Dean Moriarty {Neal Cassady}, Viggo Mortensen as Old Bull Lee {Wm. S. Burroughs},
Amy Adams as Jane {Burroughs' wife Joan Vollmer}, and Kristen Stewart as Mary Lou Moriarty

"Pickup On 101" (1972 TV movie) /tt0069084/

"Planes, Trains & Automobiles" [1987] /tt0093748/

"Powwow Highway"  [HandMade Films / Warner Bros. Feb 1989]
Filmed in Technicolor in Montana, South Dakota & Wyoming, and in Santa Fe, Taos & Nambe Reservation
in New Mexico; directed by Jonathan Wacks; based on the novel by David Seals; starring A Martinez, Gary Farmer,
Joannelle Nadine Romero, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Wayne Waterman, Margot Kane, Geoffrey Rivas, Roscoe Born,
John Trudell, Wes Studi & Graham Greene; won Filmmakers Trophy at Sundance Film Festival • full credits at IMDb

"Priscilla, Queen of The Desert" [Australia 1994] /tt0109045/

"Radio On" [U.K. 1980] /tt0079773/ Co-produced by Wim Wenders

"Radiostars" [France 2012]  
won the grand prize at the 15th annual Alpe d’Huez comedy festival; a road movie about Parisian radio stars
who travel throughout France on a bus to try and win back their morning audience; starring comedians Manu Payet,
Clovis Cornillac, Douglas Attal, and an emsemble of popular French actors • latest info at IMDb

"Rafferty and The Gold Dust Twins" (1975) /tt0073601/

"Rain Man" [1988] /tt0095953/

"Red Lights (Feux Rouges" [France 2004] /tt0365190/

"The Reivers" [National General Pictures Dec 1969]
Directed by Mark Rydell; script by Harriet Frank Jr. & Irving Ravetch, based on the novel by William Faulkner;
starring Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Ruth White, Mitch Vogel, Michael Constantine, Clifton James, Juano
Hernandez, Lonny Chapman, Will Geer, Rupert Crosse, Diane Shalet, Pat Randall, Diane Ladd, Ellen Geer,
Dub Taylor & Billy Green Bush • full credits at IMDb

"Road, Movie" [India March 2010, USA May 2010]

Eager to escape his boring smalltown life, Vishnu agrees to drive an ancient truck to the seacoast, and after leaving discovers that the truck contains an old touring cinema, with two movie projectors and a library of films; he picks up several hitchhikers and blunders into the domain of corrupt police and a water baron, but they manage to escape each night after showing one of the dazzling movies. Written & directed by Dev Benegal; starring Abhay Deol, Mohammed Faisal, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Yashpal Sharma & Veerendra Saxena DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site

"Road Scholar" documentary feature [1993] /tt0107974/

"Road Trip" [2000] /tt0215129/

"Rolling Family (Familia Rodante)" [Argentina 2004] /tt0359254/

"Route 66" TV Series [Screen Gems/C.B.S. 1960-65]

Innovative hour-long b&w TV series, filmed on location across America; starring Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and George Maharis as Buz Murdock (and later Glenn Corbett as Lincoln Case). The premise was simple, just two guys driving a blue Corvette across America, making their way as they went, meeting a range of people along U.S. Route 66 and finding danger and romance while seeking themselves and the right place to settle down . . . series credits at IMDb

"Route 66 TV Series: The Complete First Season" [1960-61] Roxbury/Infinity Ent. b&w DVD set [8/2008] 30 episodes on 8 disks for $44.99 "Route 66 TV Series: The Complete Second Season" [1961-62] Roxbury/Infinity Ent. b&w DVD set [11/2008] 32 episodes on 8 disks for $44.99 "Route 66 TV Series: The Complete Third Season" [1962-63] Roxbury/Infinity Ent. b&w DVD [1/2010] 30 episodes on 8 disks for $44.32

"Rubber Tramps: A Documentary About Life On The Road" [indep 2002]

A late-life interview of author Ken Kesey is the frame for interviews with 'tramps' in America living life On The Road in their campers and cars. Directed by Max Koetter Just Passing Through Prodns color DVD [6/2005] for $17.95 full credits at IMDb

"Sideways" [2004] /tt0375063/
won Oscar & BAFTA & DGA awards for Best Adapted Screenplay,
6 Independent Spirit Awards & S.A.G. Award for Ensemble

"Smokey and The Bandit" [1977] /tt0076729/

"Something Wild" [1986]

"The Sugarland Express" [1974] /tt0072226/
Directed by Steven Spielberg

"Sullivan's  Travels"  [Paramount Dec 1941]

A successful director of lightweight popular films decides that he wants to make a serious movie about people affected by The Great Depression. When his producers counter that he knows nothing about such lives, the director goes on the road as a hobo. Co-produced, written & directed by Preston Sturges [1898-1959]; starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger, Margaret Hayes, Robert Greig, Roscoe Ates & Eric Blore; listed on National Film Registry (1990) Criterion b&w DVD [8/2001] for $35.99 Universal b&w VHS [3/92] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb

"Thelma & Louise" [1991] /tt0103074/

"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" [1974]
Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood

"Thursday Through Sunday" (De Jueves a Domingo)" [Cinestación Chile 2012]  

A Chilean family drives northward for four days in a spacious Mazda 929; the adult parents are barely able to hold their marriage together; the younger boy is oblivious, but the ten-year-old girl is forced to choose between figuring out what is going on or remaining in the ignorance of childhood like her brother. Written & directed by Dominga Sotomayor Castillo; starring Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Paola Giannini, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Jorge Becker & Axel Dupré DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar" [1995] /tt0114682/

"The Trip" [B.B.C./Revolution Films June 2011]

Feature film edited from the 6-episode 2010 BBC-TV series; a journalist is excited when asked to visit the great restaurants of Britain, but his girlfriend backs out and he is stuck with his longtime but exasperating best friend. Directed by Michael Winterbottom; starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Paul Popplewell, Margo Stilley, Dolya Gavanski, Rebecca Johnson & Kerry Shale DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site "The Trip" 6-episode TV series [BBC-TV Nov 2010] same cast & crew • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb

"Two-Lane Blacktop"  [July 1971 cult classic]
Filmed in Arizona, Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Oklahoma & Tennessee, and at Santa Fe & Tucumcari in
New Mexico; directed by Monte Hellman; starring James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, David
Drake, Richard Ruth, Rudy Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman, Bill Keller & Harry Dean Stanton • full credits at IMDb

"Vanishing Point" [Fox 1971]

Anti-hero Kowalski (Barry Newman) bets that he can drive a new Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco in 15 hours. This existential car-chase proceeds to its inevitable conclusion – just like life (to the existentialist). Directed by Richard C. Sarafian; co-starring Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger & Victoria Medlin Fox Video widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2009] for $20.99 Fox Video widescreen color DVD [2/2004] for $7.99 Fox Video color VHS [1/99] for $33.95 full credits from IMDb

"Week End" [France 1967] /tt0062480/
Written & directed by Jean-Luc Godard

"Wild At Heart" [1990] /tt0100935/

"Y tu Mamá También" [Mexico 2001] /tt0245574/
Co-written & directed by Alfonso Cuarón

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