A group of truckers are being harassed by a blackmailing policeman named lyle wallace. The great sam peckinpah the wild bunch directed this action classic based on the runaway hit song, convoy. An uneven and silly screenplay by bill l norton, subsequently turned to mediocre director. Eric, a brilliant young german officer, is transfered back to berlin. This film is filled heavy with jokes too, but the story is, in comparison of the top three movies, very poor. Kristoffersons performance is as monotone as his singing. Rent convoy 1978 starring kris kristofferson and ali macgraw on dvd and bluray. Watching it now, i even see an attempt at some sort of heroic message here but the real draw to the film is basically a western using big rigs. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah, based on the 1975 countrywestern and novelty song convoy by c.
Convoy internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Truckers form a mile long convoy in support of a truckers vendetta with an abusive sheriff. Emis 110minite version actually its 106 min of convoy went into mass release at the end of june 1978. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Convoy is a 1978 trucker film directed by sam peckinpah and stars kris kristofferson as a renegade truck driver who butts heads with a corrupt sheriff ernest borgnine. The soundtrack for the movie is just great and i can remember just loving and singing the original convoy song which was the inspiration for the film. Gallery of 33 movie poster and cover images for convoy 1978. Sam peckinpah directed a feature film entirely based of nothing more than a gimmicky country song about truckin.
Movie title from the film convoy 1978, directed by sam peckinpah, starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw and ernest borgnine. Convoy the movie this is the whole movie awesome convoy 1978 truckers form a mile long convoy in support of a truckers vendetta with an abusive sheriff. For the first time in his career, sam peckinpah let a studio take a film away from him without putting up a fight. At a diner, duck and his buddies beat up cottonmouth and some other cops, handcuff the downed officers to the barstools and start a convoy to get out of arizona by way of an old dirt road. You might just be driving by rubber ducks legendary truck from this classic film. Convoy is a 1940 british war film, produced by ealing studios, directed by pen tennyson and starring clive brook, john clements and edward chapman. Near the end of the film when spider mike is rescued from a town. Its good film to push you little up and take the stress away.
The cb citizens band radio fad had nearly run its course when this feelgood action film was made by director sam peckinpah. It was a novelty song about a group of truck drivers who form an unstoppable convoy of trucks, thwarting the authorities attempts to stop them, and was filled with the whimsical jargon b. Convoy has one huge advantage over the song that inspired it. Convoy, directed by sam peckinpah, is a 1978 action film based upon the country song convoy by c. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Theres a certain tacky, truckstop grandeur to witnessing so many huge vehicles traveling together like a pack of steel, gasolinefueled animals. The chase scenes in convoy are all pretty much derivative of the many movies that came before it, in particular smokey and the.
The 1970s was a golden age for american highway movies featuring charismatic antiheroes leading inept police on high speed chases. It analyzes fiveminute segments of the 1978 film convoy in extensive detail. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, burt young, madge sinclair and franklyn ajaye. Con paul smith, michael coby, giuliana calandra, mario brega, antonio cantafora, dominico berto. Rubber ducks legendary truck from convoy go by truck. He would direct just one more feature film after this one, 1983s the osterman weekend.
Saw this back in september 1978 when it was first shown at the cinema. Convoy 1978 trucker martin rubber duck penwald kris kristofferson and his buddies pig pen burt young, widow woman madge sinclair and spider mike franklin ajaye use their cb radios to. Convoy 1978 trucker martin rubber duck penwald kris kristofferson and his buddies pig pen burt young, widow woman madge sinclair and spider mike franklin ajaye use their cb. Convoy 1978 plot summary 4 truckers form a mile long convoy in support of a truckers vendetta with an abusive sheriff. Director sam peckinpah packed this movie with plenty of action and fun with exemplary camera work provided. Truckers form a milelong convoy to protest the actions of an abusive sheriff. Yet after leaving the town, in a series of shots showing the rubber ducks truck.
Its one thing to hear about a mighty convoy, but its quite another to see it. Convoy was tennysons last film before he was killed in an aircraft crash, while serving in the royal navy. It is cohosted by alan joyce and hervey okkles a name used by mark mollineaux. His superior officer tells him about his new assignment on the russian front and then invites him to a luxurious villa. Convoy 1978 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Id like time to time watch this pair of castaways which doing absolutely bad everything. The film was made when the cb radiotrucking craze was at its peak in the united states, and followed the. While driving through the arizona desert, albuquerque based independent trucker martin penwald who goes by the handle rubber duck.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Ive always liked this film, this song convoy just sets the mood of it well, with the likes of ali macgraw and kris kristofferson in it and the bear in the air ernest borgnine, the film is great fun, seriously hilarious. The next time that you see a truck on the highway, look closely. Music from the motion picture convoy 1978, vinyl discogs. Convoy 1978 movie is a 1978 action film directed by great director sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson. Taut excitement throughout, beautifully photographed and with spectacular trucks scenes and some images filmed in slow moving. Interesting enough, and i would even go so far as to call the film good up to that point. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, franklyn ajaye and burt young. Mccalls humorous trucker song convoy from the mid1970s convoy is a feel good movie that pits truckers against a sheriff who is intent on making their lives miserable. Gathered in the mansion are the most beautiful women. What i like on this film is, that it create nice positive atmosphere. The feature was one of the last films to be directed by peckinpah before his death in 1984, although at this point, peckinpah was dealing with a deep struggle with drug addiction, leading to much of the film. Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by sam peckinpah and starring kris kristofferson, ali macgraw, ernest borgnine, burt young, madge sinclair and franklyn. Convoy trailer truck driver kristofferson butts heads with corrupt sheriff borgnine in this excuse for a series of chases and crashes.
It loses the bullbars on the front, and the windbreaker on the roof is flattened against the roof of the cab. The movie is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song convoy by c. Trucker martin rubber duck penwald kris kristofferson and his buddies pig pen burt young, widow woman madge sinclair and spider mike franklin ajaye. An earful of convoy is a podcast 20152017 with episodes typically two hours long. Convoy mastered in hd when the western film, for many decades the staple of the american cinema, suffered a decline in the seventies, a new subspecies helped fill the void the trucking epic. In 1978, the national maximum speed law which prohibits speeds exceeding 55 mph is in full force, and the countrys truck drivers dont much like it. Eric is stupefied to recognize renata among the women, who. Using their cb radios, the truckers organize a convoy, to be led by rubber duck, who has been pushed beyond what he can stand. Some say that the best known truck from the movie, the 1977 rs712lst, has been reworked and revised by truck enthusiasts and still exists to this day. The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song convoy by c.