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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
80% of the discussion will be arguments about which film is on the A-roll and which is on the B-roll.
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Our Directors
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Sam Peckinpah - and - Jonathan Kaplan
Convoy
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Premise: Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Over the Edge
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Premise: A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
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Here's a quick list of all movies watched by the SMC. Or if you prefer, here's a more detailed examination.
80% of the discussion will be arguments about which film is on the A-roll and which is on the B-roll.
Our Directors
Sam Peckinpah - and - Jonathan Kaplan
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Premise: Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
Over the Edge
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Premise: A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
Trivia (Convoy)
* Director Sam Peckinpah allowed actor and long-time associate James Coburn to work on the movie as a second-unit director to get his DGA card, and rumor has it that Coburn actually directed some scenes when Peckinpah was "unwell."
* The duck on the hood of Rubber Duck's (Kris Kristofferson) Mack truck was later used in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (2007) as the hood ornament on Stuntman Mike's (Kurt Russell) hotrod. It was created by John Billings, for which he received a thanks credit from Tarantino.
* Steve McQueen was originally approached to play the Rubber Duck, but turned it down.
* A majority of the "Jesus freaks" on the micro bus are played by members of Kris Kristofferson's touring band from the 1970s.
* Sam Peckinpah was using heavy amounts of cocaine, quaaludes and vitamin shots that left him both irritable and irrational. At one point he called his nephew David E. Peckinpah, from the set, ranting that Steve McQueen and the Executive Car Leasing Co. were conspiring to kill him.
* The duck on the hood of Rubber Duck's (Kris Kristofferson) Mack truck was later used in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (2007) as the hood ornament on Stuntman Mike's (Kurt Russell) hotrod. It was created by John Billings, for which he received a thanks credit from Tarantino.
* Steve McQueen was originally approached to play the Rubber Duck, but turned it down.
* A majority of the "Jesus freaks" on the micro bus are played by members of Kris Kristofferson's touring band from the 1970s.
* Sam Peckinpah was using heavy amounts of cocaine, quaaludes and vitamin shots that left him both irritable and irrational. At one point he called his nephew David E. Peckinpah, from the set, ranting that Steve McQueen and the Executive Car Leasing Co. were conspiring to kill him.
Trivia (Over the Edge)
* Was one of the main inspirations for Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' music video.
* Matt Dillon didn't actually want or expect to be cast in the movie. He went to the audition just so he could skip school.
* Originally completed in 1979, the movie was first shown in late 1979, but was not released wide in the USA until two years later. At the time, the studio thought the movie was too controversial and feared that it would spark attacks after several violent incidents had occurred at various showings during screenings of number of 1979 gang movies such as The Warriors (1979), The Wanderers (1979) and Boulevard Nights (1979).
* Tip and his mother are played by Eric Lalich and Irene Lalich, who are mother and son in real life.
* Matt Dillon did not want to miss out on the fun at the end of the movie when the kids revolted, so he is allowed to appear briefly in the riot scene.
* Matt Dillon didn't actually want or expect to be cast in the movie. He went to the audition just so he could skip school.
* Originally completed in 1979, the movie was first shown in late 1979, but was not released wide in the USA until two years later. At the time, the studio thought the movie was too controversial and feared that it would spark attacks after several violent incidents had occurred at various showings during screenings of number of 1979 gang movies such as The Warriors (1979), The Wanderers (1979) and Boulevard Nights (1979).
* Tip and his mother are played by Eric Lalich and Irene Lalich, who are mother and son in real life.
* Matt Dillon did not want to miss out on the fun at the end of the movie when the kids revolted, so he is allowed to appear briefly in the riot scene.
Members: @europe1 @MusterX @Scott Parker 27 @the muntjac @Cubo de Sangre @sickc0d3r @chickenluver @FrontNakedChoke @AndersonsFoot @Tufts @Coolthulu @Yotsuya @jei @LHWBelt @PommyBen @Deus Ex Machina @ArtemV @Bullitt68
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