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 Road Movies
- Road Documentaries
- Road Movies (by Richard F. Weingroff, Federal Highway Administration, Office of the Associate Administrator for Program Development)
- Road Movies (by Sam North)
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- Aaltra: A Road Movie (France / Belgium, 2004)
- Directed by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine. Cast: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern, Jan Bucquoy, Pierre Carl, Michel de Houx, Isabelle Delepine, Jason Flemying, Noel Godin, Christine Grulois, Aki Kauresmaki, Bouli Lanners, Vincent Patar, Benoit Poelvoorde, Chrisophe Salengro, Vincent Tavier.
In this hilarious comedy two rural neighbors who hate each other, end up paralyzed after they get tangled in a tractor during a fight. Full of spite they decide to roll across Europe to exact revenge from the tractor's manufacturer. 90 min. DVD 6304
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- Adventures of Felix (Drole de Felix) (France, 2000)
- Directors, Olivier Ducastel & Jacques Martineau. Cast: Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue, Maurice Benichou. This French comedy-drama features Felix, an unemployed, gay Frenchman of Arab descent, who has a series of adventures during a trek through the French countryside. The film examines the familiar theme of a man's search for his identity. Felix is forced toconfront the anger he feels toward his father forabandoning him, and the fear and shame he feels, living as an outsider in a predominantly straight, Caucasian world. 95 min. DVD 1706
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- Pratt, Murray. "Felix and the Light-Hearted Gay Road Movie: Genre, Families, Fathers and the Decolonization of the Homosexual Self." Australian Journal of French Studies. 41 (3): 88-101. 2004 Sept-Dec.
- Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. (Australia, 1994)
- Directed by Stephan Elliott. With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits. 102 min. DVD 2204
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- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
- Directed by Martin Scorsese; featuring Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter, Diane Ladd, Vic Tayback, Harvey Keitel. Alice Hyatt's husband dies accidentally, leaving her to care for their son, Tommy. Unskilled, Alice decides to return to Monterey, California, where she was once a singer. Because she is short of funds, she must work her way across the country. As they travel they encounter many difficult situations until they encounter a rancher in Phoenix where she falls in love. 112 min. DVD 2857; vhs 999:1875
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- Alice in the Cities (Alice in den Städten) (West Germany, 1974)
- Directed by Wim Wenders. Phillip, a footloose 31-year old journalist on the road from the United States to Europe, suddenly finds himself with a new traveling companion: a 9-year old girl named Alice. 110 min. 999:138
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- Another Day in Paradise (1997)
- Directed by Larry Clark. Cast: James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser, Natasha Gregson Wagner. In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up on a cross-country crime spree committing various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong leading to dissent, violence and murder. 101 min. DVD 5779
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- Ariel (Finland, 1989)
- Directed by Aki Kaurismaki. Cast: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpaa. A mixture of comedy and crime about a Finnish miner who loses his job and embarks on a cross-country trip in a huge white Cadillac. What begins as a relaxing drive becomes a crime spree as he gets involved in a mugging, a jailbreak, a car theft, and eventually murder. 74 min. 999:3015
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- Badlands (1973)
- Directed by Terrence Malick. Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri. Set in South Dakota in 1959, this is the story of Kit and his girlfriend Holly, two people alienated from everyday life, who go on a killing spree. Based loosely on the 1950's killing spree by Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. 95 min. DVD 201
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- Danks, Adrian. "Death Comes as an End: Temporality, Domesticity and Photography in Terrence Malick's Badlands." Senses of Cinema Online: http://www.sensesofcinema.com
- Henderson, Brian "Exploring Badlands." Wide Angle 1983, 5:4, 38-51.
- McGettigan, Joan. "Interpreting a man's world: female voices in 'Badlands' and 'Days of Heaven'." Journal of Film and Video v52, n4 (Wntr, 2001):33 (11 pages).
- The Blues Brothers(1999)
- Directed by John Landis. Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Henry Gibson, Steve Lawrence, Jake and Elwood Blues, two hoodlum brothers searching for redemption, set out to locate and reenlist the members of their defunct rhythm and blues band in order to raise some honest money to save an orphanage. They may be on a "mission from God," but they're making enemies everywhere they go. 148 min. DVD 1563
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- Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
- Directed by Arthur Penn. Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Michael J. Pollard. A likeable young couple embark on a series of increasingly violent crimes during the darkest days of the Depression. 112 min. DVD 70; vhs 999:2
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- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
- Directed by Larry Charles ; screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen; produced by Sacha Baron Cohen, Jay Roach. Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Pamela Anderson. Fictional Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than in pursuing his assignment. In this mockumentary film his ignorance, prejudice, and boorish behavior produce humorous results. Special features: Censored footages (8 deleted scenes); Propaganda ("Global propaganda tour", "Musics infomercial", "Coming Kazakhstan in 2028"). 84 min. DVD 7632
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- Jaafar, Ali. "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." Sight and Sound 16.11 (Nov 2006): 50(2).
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- Lee, Nathan "Persona non grata." Film Comment Vol XLII nr 6 (Nov-Dec 2006); p.22-24
- Monaghan, Peter. "'Borat' and Bias Against Romany People." The Chronicle of Higher Education 53.15 (Dec 1, 2006): NA.
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- Muravchik, Joshua. "Borat!." Commentary 123.1 (Jan 2007): 44(4).
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- Saunders, Robert A. "In defence of Kazakshilik:, Kazakhstan's war on Sacha Baron Cohen.(Author abstract)." Identities 14.3 (May-June 2007): 225(31).
- Schwartz, Stephen, Rafael Medoff, L.H. Blum, Lon Jacobs, and Joshua Muravchik. "No laughing matter?(Letters from Readers)(Letter to the editor)." Commentary 123.4 (April 2007): 16(3).
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- Bound for Glory (1976)
- Directed by Hal Ashby; featuring David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland, Randy Quaid. Set against the grim backdrop of depression America, this film joyously celebrates the life of Woody Guthrie, America's great folk balladeer and poet. As he traveled across America his buoyant spirit and soul-rousing music surrounded him with a quiet strength enabling him to do battle with the social injustice which surrounded him. 149 min. 999:1749
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- The Brave Little Toaster(1987)
- Directed by Jerry Rees. Animated Feature. Disney. Voices: Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Tim Stack, Deanna Oliver.
In this animated feature film five electrical appliances find that their young owner has disappeared. The toaster takes charge, rounding up the vacuum cleaner, the electric blanket, bedside lamp and radio. Together they take off for the big city in search of their master. 90 min. DVD DVD 9101
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- Broken Flowers (2005)
- Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Heather Alicia Simms, Brea Frazier, Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Lange. Confirmed bachelor Don becomes compelled to reflect on his past when he receives a mysterious pink letter by mail. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for his father. Urged to investigate the contents of the letter by his closest friend Winston, Don embarks on a cross-country trip in search of clues from four former loves. Unannounced, he visits each of these women and finds that they hold new surprises for Don as he confronts his past. 106 min. DVD 5052
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- Butterfly Kiss (UK, 1995)
- Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Cast: Amanda Plummer, Saskia Reeves, Paul Brown Freda Dowie, Des McAleer, Ricky Tomlinson. When unpredictable and dangerous Eunice falls for sad and solitary Miriam who is hard of hearing, they take to the roads of grimy England. When Eunice turns out to be a sociopathic killer, can Miriam save her before she herself is ruined? 90 min. DVD 3616
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- Bye Bye Brazil (Bye Bye Brasil)(Brazil, 1979)
- Writer, director, Carlos Diegues. Performers: José Wilker, Betty Faria, Zaira Zambelli, Fabio Junior. Film follows a troupe of carnival-type entertainers in a land caught up in an avalanche of social change. 999:614
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- Johnson, Randal. "Film, Television and Traditional Folk Culture in Bye Bye Brasil." Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 18 no. 1. 1984 Summer. pp: 121-132.
- Close to Eden (Urga) (France / Soviet Union, 1991)
- Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. In this cross-cultural comedy, Gombo, a Mongolian shepherd, and Sergei, a Russian road builder, strike up a friendship and go on the road together, headed for the city. Intending to buy a TV and condoms because he already has 2 children (the limit set by the Chinese governement), Gombo is on his way to becoming a modern man. But present-day ways may not be so alluring after all. 109 min. 999:2260
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- Caro Diario (Dear Diary) (Italy / France, 1994)
- Directed by Nanni Moretti. Nanni Moretti stars as himself in this whimsical comedy about a man who takes off on his motorcycle across Italy and the Lipari Islands of the Mediterranean in search of the true meaning of life. 100 min. 999:1602
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- Rascaroli, Laura. "New voyages to Italy: postmodern travellers and the Italian road film." Screen v. 44 no. 1 (Spring 2003) p. 71-91
- Delusion (1990)
- Directed by Carl Colpaert. Cast: Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor.
A man who has just embezzled money from his company is driving through the Nevada desert. He picks up a pretty girl and her seemingly goofy boyfriend. The girl is a Las Vegas showgirl and the boyfriend turns out to be a professional killer, and he has no intention of letting the motorist finish the trip. 100 min. 999:148
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- Desperate (1947)
- Directed by Anthony Mann. Cast: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley. An innocent man is framed for the murder of a police officer, but his framers don't know how dangerous a desperate man can be. When he escapes, both the police and the mob are after him. 999:476
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- Detour (1946)
- Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason. After his girlfriend Sue has left for the West Coast, Al Roberts decides to join her and starts a journey hitchhiking westwards. When he finds a driver who'd given him a lift dead, he decides to get rid of the body and take the man's identity, fearing he'd be accused of murder if he would go to the police. However, Vera, a hitchhiking girl Al picks up, sees through him and starts blackmailing him into going along with her schemes which get him deeper and deeper into trouble. [from the Internet Movie Database] DVD 2746; DVD 391; vhs 999:723
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- Down by Law(USA / West Germany, 1969)
- Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie, Roberto Benigni, Ellen Barkin. A small-time pimp, an out-of-work disk jockey and an Italian tourist break out of a New Orleans jail and escape to the bayou, barely surviving each other's company much less the swamp. 90 min. 999:1915
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- Drugstore Cowboy(1989)
- Directed by Gus Van Sant. Cast: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Remar, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, William Burroughs, Max Perlich, Grace Zabriskie, Beah Richards. A band of drug addicts, led by a husband and wife team, resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. They are successful in avoiding capture until their luck begins to run out, and the husband has to accept the fact that he must give up drugs to survive. 104 min. DVD 4975; vhs 999:1878
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- Easy Rider(1969)
- Director, Dennis Hopper. Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson. " Two long-haired bikers from Los Angeles take off on a cross-country trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. On the way they meet several unusual characters. A rancher and his family, a hitchhiker and the hippie commune where he lives, hookers, red-necks, but most noticeably George Hansen played by Jack Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson gained national attention for his role as the "law'er with the ACLU". Dennis Hopper won "Best New Director" at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival." [Internet Movie Database] DVD 4647; also vhs 999:229
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- Osgerby, Bill. "Sleazy riders: exploitation, "otherness," and transgression in the 1960s biker movie." Journal of Popular Film and Television Fall 2003 v31 i3 p98(11) UC users only
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- Everything Must Go (Alles moet weg) (Belgium, 1996)
- Directed by Jan Verheyen. Cast: Stany Crets, Peter Van den Begin, Jaak van Assche, Camilia Blereau, Alice Toen.
In this black comedy, a pair of young losers face-up to the futility of fighting conservative Belgian Establishment. Tony comes from an upper middle class family. Both of his parents are prominent lawyers. Soon after flunking his legal exams, the aimless Tony steals some of his parents cash and takes off for a cross-country drive in his van. Along the way, he encounters the ex-con Andreeke, a man who loves wandering about and steals for the joy of it. Wanting some kicks, the new buddies rob Tony's house. Afterward, Andreeke departs and returns to the tiny bistro he owns. Tony is still yearning for more trouble so tries to con a cagey, dying old woman. Unfortunately for him, she proves to be the better con artist. Later, Andreeke, who has lost his restaurant, and Tony reteam to try and rob a bank. Only one of them survives the heist. 105 min. DVD 7975
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- Exiles (France / Japan, 2004)
- Directed by Tony Gatlif. Cast: Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Leila Makhlouf, Zouhir Gacem, Habib Cheikh. A young couple, both of Arabic descent, leave Paris with no money, jobs, or connections, and travel to their ancestral home of Algeria. In search of re-connecting to their roots, they cross three countries by foot, bus, train, and hitched rides. 104 min. DVD 5393
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- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- Director, Terry Gilliam. Cast: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Craig Bierko, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey. Fueled by a suitcase full of pharmaceuticals, journalist Raoul Duke and his sidekick Dr. Gonzo set off on a fast and furious ride in Las Vegas through nonstop neon, surreal surroundings and a crew of crazy characters. Based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson. 119 min. DVD 508
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- Freeway (1996)
- Directed by Matthew Bright. Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields, Michael T. Weiss, Bokeem Woodbine. A dark comedy which retells the story of Little Red Riding Hood set against a modern background. A 15-year old girl runs away from home after her mom is arrested for prostitution and her stepdad for molesting her. Along the way her car breaks down and a respectable looking guy picks her up. Turns out he's the freeway rapist the news keeps talking about and now he's set his eyes on her. However, she shoots him and escapes but is arrested by the police and charged with attempted homicide. The papers make her out to be a scumbag and the guy a victim turned hero. 102 min. DVD 1397
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- Get On the Bus (1996)
- Directed by Spike Lee. Cast: Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Isaiah Washington, Ossie Davis, DeAundre Bonds, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Richard Belzer, Albert Hall. Follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. They board the bus as strangers but emerge three days and thousands of miles later as brothers. 121 min. DVD 530; vhs 999:1808
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- Le Grand Voyage (Morocco, France, 2004)
- Director, Ismaël Ferroukhi. Cast:Nicolas Cazale, Mohamed Majd, Jacky Nercessian. A few weeks before his college entrance exams, Reda, a young man who lives in the south of France, finds himself obligated to drive his father to Mecca. The wide cultural and generational gap between the two is worsened by their lack of communication. Reda finds it hard to accommodate his father, who demands respect for himself and his pilgrimage. From France, through Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Syria, Jordan to Saudi Arabia, the two embark on a road trip that will change their lives. 108 min. DVD 6328
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- The Getaway (1972)
- Directed by Sam Peckinpah. Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens. Doc McCoy has been granted parole but the catch is that the sherriff expects a small favor from him for his generosity: robbing another bank! The sherriff does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult. 123 min. DVD 5082
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- Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Directed by John Ford. Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin. The migration of the Joad family to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression. 100 min. DVD 2434; VHS 999:508
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- Guantanamera (Cuba / Spain / Germany, 1995)
- Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío. Cast: Jorge Perugorria, Mirtha Ibarra, Carlos Cruz, Raul Eguren, Conchita Brando. In this romantic comedy, Yoyita, a world-famous diva, returns to her home town of Guantanamo for an elegant reception and a surprise reunion with her once beloved, Candido. Overjoyed with the rekindled memories of her first love, Yoyita's elated heart fizzles while in Candido's embrace. Joining Yoyita's procession back to Havana are her sexy niece Gina, a former professor blacklisted for political nonconformity, and her husband Adolfo, a tasteless government official. As the cortege wends westward across Cuba, its path keeps crossing that of Mariano, a gallant truck driver who once had a crush on Gina and whose recurring presence crystallizes her doubts about her marriage. 104 min. 999:2087
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- Hard Drive (1997)
- Directed by David Fox. Cast: Antony Sprung, John Zerzan, Stephen Dunnifer. Hard Drive is a fictional road-movie in which a man running from technology hits the highways to meet with anarchists, hackers, cyber warriors and the boys from the Pentagon before joining the combatants in the information war. With paranoia spreading like a virus, the U.S. prepares to dominate the international brave new digital age. For many it is a step to far, and the threat is that businesses will use their power to suppress dissenting voices under the guise of protecting national interests. The question is who will win the cyber war? 54 min. Video/C 999:2125
- Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)
- Directed by Richard Rush. Cast: Adam Roarke, Jack Nicholson, Sabrina Scharf, Jana Taylor, Richard Anders. When he loses his job, a gas station attendant falls in with a rough band of Hells Angels who terrorize Northern California in a hellraising frenzy of parties and gang fights. Cast includes actual members of the notorious Northern California Hells Angels. DVD 2494
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- Hell's Belles (19690)
- Directed by Maury Dexter. Cast: Jeremy Slate, Adam Roarke, Jocelyn Lane. This freewheeling adventure follows a motorcycle racer hot on the trail of the low-down low-riders who stole his bike. But when he finds himself saddled with a sullen and sexy chopper chick, his lust for vengeance ignites something far more dangerous. 96 min. DVD 4070
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- Her Uncle Sam (Red Salute; Runaway Daughter; Her Enlisted Man; Arms and the Girl) (1935)
- Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Hardie Albright, Ruth Donnelly, Cliff Edwards. A college girl with communist leanings and in love with a pacifist agitator is shipped to Mexico by her general father with the help of her aunt. She escapes the clutches of her aunt, meets an American soldier and embarks on a cross-country trip. 70 min. 999:3700
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- The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
- Directed by Ida Lupino. Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman. The only true 'film noir' ever directed by a woman, this tour de force thriller is a classic, tension-packed, three-way dance of death about two middle-class American homebodies on vacation in Mexico on a long-awaited fishing trip. Suddenly their car and their very lives are commandeered by a psychopathic serial killer. 70 min. DVD 169
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- In July (Im Juli) (Germany, 2000)
- Directed by Fatih Akin. Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Uner, Jochen Nickel, Branka Katic, Birol Unel, Sandra Borgmann, Ernest Hausmann, Gabor Salinger, Cem Akin, Fatih Akin. Daniel, a young teacher, decides to spend his summer at home in Hamburg. At the local flea market, he meets Juli, who is immediately attracted to him, a fact to which Daniel seems oblivious. On the same day, Daniel meets Melek, a young Turkish girl, with whom he is immediately smitten. Ignoring his earlier plans, he sets out in pursuit of her across the Balkans. Along the way he picks up a hitchhiker, who just happens to be Juli. 96 min. DVD 2849
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- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert. Colbert plays a runaway heiress and Gable is an unemployed journalist who helps her in the cross country flight via bus and by hitchhiking. 105 min. DVD 175; VHS 999:11
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- Kalifornia (1993)
- Directed by Dominic Sena. Cast: Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes. Twisted, psychotic ex-convict Early Grayce has found his ride out of town...and just in time. Early didn't like the way his landlord was "acting up" so he killed him. Lucky for Early and his girlfriend, a young couple writing a book on serial killers needs two people to share expenses for a cross-country trip. The two couples are about to take one unforgettable ride. 118 min. 999:2292
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- Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit) (West Germany, 1976)
- Directed by Wim Wenders. Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schundler, Marquard Bohm, Dieter Traier, Franziska Strommer, Patrick Kreuzer. Depicts the experiences of two young men in Germany. One repairs cinema equipment, the other cannot face the world from which he came. Together they set off on a rambling trip across Germany, listening to rock'n roll, visiting closed movie theatres, meeting strangers and learning what it means to be living in today's Germany. 176 min. 999:310
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- Corrigan, Timothy."Wenders' Kings of the Road: The Voyage from Desire to Language." New German Critique, vol. 24-25. 1981-1982 Fall-Winter. pp: 94-107.
- Gemunden, Gerd."On the Way to Language: Wenders' Kings of the Road." Film Criticism, vol. 15 no. 2. 1991 Winter. pp: 13-28.
- The Last Detail (1973)
- Directed by Hal Ashby. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James, Carol Kane. Two hard-boiled Navy Petty officers are detailed to take a prisoner convicted of a minor crime from Washington to jail in New Hampshire and decide to give the prisoner one last good time. 103 min. DVD 5355
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- Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Finland / Sweden, 1989)
- Directed Aki Kaurismaki. Cast: Katinka Farago, Matti Pellonpaa, Kari Vaananen, The Leningrad Cowboys. The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band. 80 min. DVD 4755
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- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston. Olive is a little girl who dreams of winning the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so dysfunctional that they can barely make it through a day without some disaster befalling them. Olive's father, Richard, is unsuccessful as a motivational speaker. He is barely on speaking terms with Olive's mother. Her uncle Frank has attempted suicide following an unsuccessful romance with a male graduate student. Her brother Dwayne, a fanatical follower of Nietzsche, has taken a vow of silence. And Olive's grandfather is a loser with a drug habit, but at least he enthusiastically coaches Olive in her contest talent routine. Circumstances conspire to put the entire family on the road together with the goal of getting Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine contest in California. Special features: Side A: audio commentary with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and writer Michael Arndt ; 4 alternate endings with optional commentary by directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris ; "Till the end of time" performed by DeVotchka ; trailers -- Side B: audio commentary with directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and writer Michael Arndt ; 4 alternate endings with optional commentary by directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris ; "Till the end of time" performed by DeVotchka ; forced trailer combo. 101 min. DVD 7165
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- Living End. (1992)
- Directed by Gregg Araki. Focuses on the relationship between a pair of young, HIV-positive outcasts. 85 min. 999:1637
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- Lolita. (USA / France, 1992)
- Directed by Adrian Lyne. Cast: Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Dominique Swain. "Adapted from the novel by Vladimir Nabokov (previously filmed by Stanley Kubrick in 1962 -- DVD 52; Video/C 999:106), Lolita stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert, a college literature professor. While looking for a place to live after securing a new teaching position, he meets Charlotte Haze (Melanie Griffith), a pretentious and annoying woman who seems desperately lonely and is obviously attracted to Humbert. Humbert pays her little mind until he meets her 13-year-old daughter Lolita (Dominique Swain)... Humbert moves into the Haze home as a boarder and eventually marries Charlotte in order to be closer to Lolita; when Charlotte finds out about Humbert's attraction to her daughter, she flees the house in a rage, only to be killed in an auto accident. Without telling Lolita of her mother's fate, Humbert takes her on a cross-country auto trip, where their relationship begins to move beyond the traditional boundaries of stepfather and step-daughter..." --Mark Deming [All Movie Guide] 137 min. DVD 78; VHS 999:2250
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- Milky Way (La Voie Lactée) (France / West Germany / Italy, 1969)
- Directed by Luis Buñuel. A surreal comedy on the history of human folly. Two scraggly hippie pilgrims set out on a modern odyssey that sends them travelling through time to meet Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Devil, the Marquis de Sade and a multitude of fools and knaves who wielded power in the name of holiness.
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- Minimal Stories (Historias Minimas) (Argentina, 2004)
- Directed by Carlos Sorin. Cast: Javier Lombardo, Antonio Benedictis, Javiera Bravo, Julia Solomonoff, Laura Vagnoni, Enrique Otranto.
In this road movie nothing will stop three neighbors from reaching San Julian, where they have been promised either fame, love, or redemption. Although they encounter detours along the way, they ultimately get what they wanted, but it will come in unexpected ways. 94 min. DVD 6893
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- The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de otocicleta) (Argentina / USA / Cuba / Germany / Mexico / UK / Chile / Peru / France, 2004)
- Director, Walter Salles. Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Mia Maestro, Rodrigo de la Serna. Filmed adaptation of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara's journals of a road trip across South America. As a young, pre-revolution Guevara, a 23-year-old medical student in 1952, he traveled across the South American continent on a motorcyle with his friend Alberto Granado who co-wrote the source material. As they embark on their journey, both young men come of age and find their individual world views broadened farther than they ever expected. 127 min. DVD 3536
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- Los Muertos (Argentina, 2004)
- Directed by Lisandro Alonso. A 54 year-old man is released from prison in Corrientes, Argentina and decides to canoe through the jungle to find his grown daughter. The journey becomes a primordial adventure, filled with solitude and silence as he crosses great distances in a small boat on the rivers, scoring deep into the jungle. 94 min. DVD 6886
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- My Own Private Idaho. (1991)
- Directed by Gus Van Sant. Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Michael Parker, Flea, Chiara Caselli, Udo Kier. "In this modern restructuring of the 60's road movie, River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves hustle their way through Seattle, Portland, Idaho and Rome on a quest for River's missing mother. With a meticulous lyric style, the film combines sprawling landscapes, scenes of passionless sexuality, and allusions to Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnightas it addresses issues of love, family, politics, and homosexuality." (Facets, catalog 12) 105 min. 999:1316
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- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Directed by Oliver Stone. Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield. Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. DVD 1271 special features: Oliver Stone narration (125 min.) ; uncensored bonus footage compilation ; alternative ending ; music video "Burn" by Nine Inch Nails ; interviews with Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr., and Tommy Lee Jones ; trailer ; scene access ; interactive menus. 118 min. DVD 1271; DVD 773; vhs 999:2153
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- O Brother Where art Thou? (2000)
- Directed by Joel Coen. Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, John Goodman, Michael Badalucco, Holly Hunter. Disenchanted with the daily drudge of a Mississippi prison farm, the silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill busts loose, still shackled to his two chain-gang mates. Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of the three convicts and their adventures as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood. 103 min. DVD 778
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- Paris, Texas (1984)
- Directed by Wim Wenders; featuring Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clement, Hunter Carson. An amnesiac, long thought dead, slowly begins to remember his past. He must reassemble the pieces of his life like a detective solving a mystery. 145 min. DVD 3374; vhs 999:257
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- PowWow Highway (1989)
- Directed by Jonathan Wacks. Cast: A. Martinez, Gary Farmer, Amanda Wyss. Philbert, a Cheyenne Indian from Montana, goes on vision quest to find enlightenment. After he meets Buddy Red Bow, a fiery Indian activist, things really start to happen. 91 min. DVD 3219; vhs 999:445
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- Langen, Toby. "Culture Isn't Buckskin Shoes: A Conversation Around Powwow Highway." Studies in American Indian Literatures: The Journal of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, vol. 3 no. 3. 1991 Fall. pp: 23-29.
- Rain Man (1988)
- Directed by Barry Levinson. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino. Charlie Babbitt is a callous, self-centered young hustler who feels cheated out of his $3 million dollar ihheritance. He discovers he has a brother, Raymond, an autistic savant living in a world devoid of normal perception. Charlie abducts Raymond determined to extort his 'fair share' of the family fortune, but what begins as an act of selfishness evolves into a mystical odyssey of love and self-revelation as they journey across the country together, and Raymond forces Charlie to grow beyond the limits of his own handicapped heart. 134 min. 999:2531
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- Road to Morocco (1942)
- Directed by David Butler. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn. The lone survivors of a ship wrecked in the Mediterranean, our heroes find themselves in the company of a Moroccan Princess Shalimar (Lamour), who has purchased Bob and plans to make him her husband. This would be swell except for the jealousy of nasty Sheik Mullay Kassim. This is the third "Road" picture of the Hope and Crosby comedy team. 82 min. 999:2039
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- Cohan, Steven. "Queering the Deal: On the Road with Hope and Crosby." In: Out Takes: Essays on Queer Theory and Film / edited by Ellis Hanson. pp: 23-45. Durham [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1999. Series Q (Main Stack PN1995.9.H55.O88 1999)
- Road to Perdition (2002)
- Directed by Sam Mendes. Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stanley Tucci, Daniel Craig, Tyler Hoechlin. Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father. 117 min. DVD 3894
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- The Road Warrior (Australia, 1982)
- Directed by George Miller. Cast: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells. A former police officer is now a lone wanderer, travelling through a post-apocalyptic Australia looking for the now-priceless fuel of petrol. He lives to survive and is none too pleased when he finds himself the only hope of a small group of honest people running a remote oil refinery. He must protect them from the bike gang that is terrorizing them, while transporting their entire fuel supply to safety. 94 min. DVD 323; vhs 999:2533
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- Roads to Koktebel (Koktebel) (Russia, 2003)
- Directed by Boris Khlebnikov & Aleksei Popogrebskii. Cast: Igor Chernevich, Gleb Puskepalis, Agirppina Steklova, Alexandr Ilyin, Vladimir Kucherenko, Evgeny Syty. A father sets off from Moscow with his 11-year-old son for his sister's house in Koktebel by the Black Sea. With no money, nor means of transportation, they drift through the expansive and mesmeric landscapes at the mercy of chance. For the father, the journey is an attempt to restore self-respect and win back the trust of his son. For the boy, the mythic coastal town holds the key to a new life. 105 min. DVD 6338
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- Rolling Family (Familia Rodante). (Argentina, 2004)
- Directed by Pablo Trapero. Cast: Marianela Pedano, Carlos Resta, Raul Viñales.
When Emilia, an Argentinian grandmother, is invited to be the matron of honor at the wedding of a distant niece, she invites her whole family to accompany her in a 1956 Chevy Viking camper on a cross-country journey to the border of Argentina. 103 min. DVD 6883
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- Sideways (2004)
- Directed by Alexander Payne. Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virgina Madsen, Sandra Oh. Miles is a divorced man and a failed writer who teaches junior high school English. He decides to take his best friend, somewhat famous actor Jack, on a weeklong drive through California's wine country. There they explore their failures and question their relationships. 127 min. DVD 719
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- Smoke Signals (1998)
- Directed by Chris Eyre. Cast: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal. Two Coeur d'Alene Indians--tough, brooding Beach and likable, nerdy Adams--travel from their Idaho reservation to Phoenix to retrieve the remains of Beach's dead father and discover some truths about themselves along the way. This amusing, bittersweet road movie offers a refreshing Native American point of view. 89 min. DVD 1398; vhs 999:2197
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- Stagecoach (1939)
- Directed by John Ford. Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine. Nine passengers board a Cheyenne-bound stagecoach, each with an urgent reason for the journey, each determined to live through the dangerous trip through Indian territory. Special features on DVD 5630: Special features (Disc 1): Commentary by biographer of John Ford, Scott Eyman. (Disc 2): Feature length American Masters retrospective profile "John Ford/John Wayne: the filmmaker and the legend," new documentary "Stagecoach: a story of redemption," audio-only bonus: Radio adaptation with Claire Trevor and Randolph Scott. 98 min. DVD 5630; DVD 98; VHS 999:94
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- Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
- Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Cast: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson, Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen. Eddie and Willie's inert lifestyle is suddenly intruded upon by Willie's Hungarian cousin. At first she's a drag, but the cousin has a few surprises for her American friends. 89 min. DVD 316
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- Sugarland Express (1974)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton. Based on an actual event, this film follows the adventures of a Texas outlaw couple, Lou Jean and Clovis Poplin who intend to kidnap their baby from its foster parents. They take a Texas State Trooper as hostage and lead the police on a wild chase across the state in an effort to save their son from adoption. 109 min. 999:2175
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- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- Directed by Preston Sturges. Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore. A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery--that what the downtrodden need most is laughter. 91 min. DVD 6592; vhs 999:358
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- Cywinski, Ray. Preston Sturges: a guide to references and resources. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, c1984. (UCB Main PN1998.A3 S885 1984)
- Hearle, Kevin. "Sturges and The Grapes of Wrath: Sullivan's Travels as Documentary Comedy." Steinbeck Newsletter, vol. 7 no. 2. 1994 Summer. pp: 5-7.
- Wineapple, Brenda. "Finding an Audience: Sullivan's Travels." Journal of Popular Film and Television vol. 11 no. 4. 1984 Winter. pp: 152-157.
- Tatjana (Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana) (Finland / Germany, 1994)
- Written and directed by Aki Kaurismaki. Cast: Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpaa, Kirsi Tykkylainen, Mato Valtonen. Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana, who are clearly interested in the two men despite the language barrier, but how to get a response from such a lugubrious pair? Non-US (PAL) format DVD. 59 min. DVD 6207
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- Thelma and Louise (1991)
- Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel. Unhappy housewife Thelma and her wise-cracking waitress friend Louise decide to take a break from their lives. They embark on a trip that leads to a tragic incident at a roadside honky tonk. In an instant, their weekend getaway becomes just that as they flee across the American southwest with the police a step behind. 130 min. DVD 2505; VHS 999:961
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- They Drive by Night (1940)
- Directed by Raoul Walsh. Cast: George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns. Paul Fabrini and his brother Joe are wildcat drivers-- men who buy their trucks on installment plans and then worry that loan sharks will repossess their trucks. Asthey drive their truck over rough California roads, night after night, their rough life gets even tougher when they get involved with murder and the mob. 130 min. DVD 3905; vhs 999:2532
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- Thieves Like Us (1940)
- Directed by Robert Alman; featuring Keith Carradine, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Shelley Duvall, Louise Fletcher, Ann Latham, Tom Skerritt. Set in Mississippi during the 1930s Depression, this film portrays the life of a convicted murderer who escapes from a prison farm with two buddies. They are soon wanted for a series of violent bank robberies. These men are not particularly bad people but in this particular time in American history robbing banks was all these pathetic desperadoes could do with any amount of success. 123 min. 999:2238
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- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
- Director, Beeban Kidron. Cast: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Chris Penn.
En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida and Chi Chi are stranded in a tiny Midwestern town when their 1967 Cadillac breaks down. When their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend. 109 min. DVD 8904
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- `A tout de suite (Right Now) (France, 2004)
- Directed by Benoît Jacquot. Cast: Isild Le Besco, Ouassini Embarek, Nicolas Duvachelle, Laurence Cordier, Forini Kodoukaki. Lili is an impulsive, free-spirited art student living a staid existence with her father in 1970s Paris. When she meets a mysterious young Moroccan man at a nightclub, she falls instantly in love. Soon she learns he was involved in a botched bank robbery -- where a man was killed -- and without hesitation she allows him and his accomplice to hide out in her apartment. The two embark on a wild spree throughout France, Spain, Morocco, and Greece, in a contemporary joy ride. 95 min. DVD 6758
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- Transamerica. (2005)
- Directed by Duncan Tucker. Cast: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Burt Young, Elizabeth Pe~na, Graham Greene. Bree Osborne, a pre-operative transsexual, learns she fathered a child back when she was Stanley Osborne. The wheels of fortune take Bree and her teenaged son on a cross-country trip that will change both their lives. 104 min. DVD 5637
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- True Romance (1993)
- Directed by Tony Scott. Cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken. Lovers find themselves in possession of a suitcase full of valuable mob contraband and plan to take the goods from Detroit to Los Angeles to sell them, but the gangsters and the police have other ideas. 121 min. Video 999:2299
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- Two for the Road(UK, 1967)
- Directed by Stanley Donen. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney, Eleanor Bron, William Daniels, Gabrielle Middleton, Claude Dauphin, Nadia Gray, Georges Descri`eres, Jacqueline Bissett, Judy Cromwell, Ir`ene Hilde, Dominique Joss. Joanna is in a touring girl's choir and Mark is a struggling architect when they first meet on the road in Europe. The film follows their life together - through courtship and marriage, infidelity and parenthood - all on the road. 111 min. DVD 4614
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- Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
- Directed by Monte Hellman. Cast: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson. In this controversial and acclaimed story of drag-racing drifters, the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America for possession of each other's "pinks" and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker. Special DVD features (Disc 2): On the road again ; Make it three yards (Hellman and Taylor interviews) ; Somewhere near Salinas (Hellman and Kristofferson interview) ; Sure did talk (Michael Laughlin interview) ; Screen test outtakes (James Taylor and Lauri Bird) ; Color me gone ; Performance and image ; original theatrical trailer. 103 min. Video DVD 9327; vhs 999:2299
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- Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) (France / UK, 1985)
- Directed by Agnes Varda. Mona, an aimless drifter in the French countryside, deeply touches the lives of the people she meets and confronts them with her own ideas of freedom. 105 min. 999:882
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- The Wild Angels (1966)
- Directed by Roger Corman. Cast: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, the Hell's Angels. Peter Fonda joins up with Hell's Angels of Venice, California as Heavenly Blues, leader of a biker pack hell-bent against conformity. Tragedy strikes when a brawl is stopped short by the Law, and Loser is shot down and captured. 86 min. DVD 4070
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- Viva Cuba (France / Cuba, 2005)
- Directed by Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti. Cast: Malu Tarrau Broche, Jorgito Milo Avila. In a this touching coming-of-age road movie the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malu is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malu's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to travel to the other side of the island to find Malu's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it. 84 min. DVD 7473
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- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Directed by David Lynch. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Glover Crispin, Isabella Rossellini.
Young lovers Sailor and Lula take off for New Orleans following Sailor's release from prison, with Lula's hysterical mother, a weary detective and a sinister hitman after them. During their journey they encounter an assortment of extremely bizarre people while discovering hidden secrets about one another. 124 min. DVD 3281
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- Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
- Directed by William A. Wellman. Cast: Frankie Darro, Rochelle Hudson, Dorothy Coonan, Sterling Holloway, Arthur Hohl, Grant Mitchell, Claire McDowell.
At the bottom of the depression, Tom's mother has been out of work for months when Ed's father loses his job. Not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomore's decide to hop the freights and look for work. Wherever they go, there are many other kids just like them, so Tom, Ed and now Sally stick together. They camp in places like 'Sewer City' as long as they can until the local authorities run them off. Lots of events happen to them including a rape by a train brakeman (pre-code stuff.) They travel all over the Midwest and when they finally reach New York they've become hardened and weary, and are no longer kids. 69 min. DVD 9378
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- Klein, G. "Wellman's 'Wild boys of the road': the rhetoric of a depression movie." Velvet Light Trap nr 15 (Autumn 1975); p 2-6
- The Wild One (1954)
- Directed by Laslo Benedek. Cast: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen. Johnny is the leader of a vicious biker gang which invades a small, sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hellbent for destruction until he falls for Kathie, a"good girl" whose father happens to be a cop. 79 min. DVD 4107; vhs 999:190
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- Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Directed by Victor Fleming. Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, The Munchkins.
When a nasty neighbor tries to have her dog put to sleep, Dorothy takes her dog, Toto, and starts to run away. A tornado appears and carries her to the magical land of Oz. Wishing to return home, she begins to travel to the city of Oz where a great wizard lives. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who needs a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who desperately needs courage. They all hope the all-mighty Wizard of Oz will help them, but they have to get to the Emerald City before the Wicked Witch of the West catches up with them. Special features on DVD 6972: Disc 1. The wonderful Wizard of Oz storybook ; Prettier than ever : the restoration of Oz ; We haven't really met properly ... : character bios ; music-only track ; theatrical trailers -- Disc 2. The wonderful World of Oz : the making of a movie classic (1990 TV special) ; memories of Oz (2001 TCM documentary) ; The art of imagination : a tribute to Oz ; Because of the wonderful things it does : the legacy of Oz ; Harold Arlen's home movies ; outtakes and deleted scenes ; special effects sequences ; from the vault : another romance of celluloid : electrical power (1938 MGM short), cavalcade of Academy Awards (1939 newsreel), Texas contest winners 1939 trailer ; audio vault (selection only) ; Leo is on the air radio promo ; Good News of 1939 radio show ; 12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater broadcast ; stills galleries -- Disc 3. L. Frank Baum : the man behind the curtain ; The Wizard of Oz (1910 short) ; The magic cloak of Oz (1914 short) ; His majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914 feature) ; The Wizard of Oz (1925 feature) ; The Wizard of Oz (1933 animated short). 101 min.DVD 6972; DVD 85; vhs 999:190
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- Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung) (West Germany, 1975)
- Directed by Wim Wenders. Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Nastassia Nakszynski, Hans-Christian Blech, Peter Kern, Ivan Desny. A would-be writer drives across Germany in search of a first-hand experience. Along the way, he meets an ex-Nazi and his mute companion, a wandering poet and an actress who together challenge him to become a writer. 103 min. DVD 6949; vhs 999:247
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- Y Tu Mama Tambien (Mexico, 2001)
- Director, Alfonso Cuaron. Cast: Maribel Verdu, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna. Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Lisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever? 105 min. DVD 1386
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- Gibbs, Jessie. "Y tu mamá también: Road Movies Mapping the Nation." eSharp: Electronic Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts Review for Postgraduates, vol. 4, pp. 1-13, Spring 2005.
- Smith, Paul Julian. "Heaven's mouth. Sight & Sound v. ns12 no. 4 (April 2002) p. 16-19UCB users only
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Road Documentaries
- America on the Road (A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers)
- A history of the automobile and its profound effects on American society. 60 min. Video/C 805
- American Postcards: An Almost Californian Journal
- The Italian author Allessandro Agostinelli takes a driving tour across California in the style of Jack Kerouac, exploring the literary haunts of intellectuals, writers and poets from California. In Italian. PAL format. 1999. 36 min. Video/C 8269
- Automobile Advertising of the 60's
- Ads: Volkswagen (4 adds)--Vespa (2)--Comet (1)--Ford trucks (2)--Volvo (2)--Chrysler (2)--Pontiac (1)-- Chevrolet (3)--Buick (2)--Fury (1)--Ford cars (3)-- Oldsmobile (2)--Dodge trucks (3)--Plymouth (2)-- Rambler Marlin (1)--Honda motorcycles (2)--Sprite (1)-- Falcon (2)--Impala (2)--Karmann Ghia (1)--Thunderbird. 47 min. Video/C 6481
- Automobile Advertising of the 70's
- Ads: American Motors Pacer (4 adds)--Chevrolet (3)-- Saab (4)--Fiat (3)--Capri (1)--Volkswagen (4)--Toyota (5)--Triumph (5)--Volvo (2)--Ford (2)--MG (1)--Dodge (3)--Plymouth (4)--Chrysler (3)--Honda (1)--Jeep (1)-- Pontiac (3). 43 min. Video/C 6482
- Automobile Advertising of the 80's
- Ads: Hyundai (5 adds)--Dodge cars (5)--Pontiac (6)-- Honda (4)--Goodyear (4)--Chevron (2)--Honda motorcycle (2)--Chevy (4)--Ford Taurus (2)--Dodge Trucks (1)-- Toyota (8)--Turtle wax (1)--Isuzu (4)--Volvo (4)--Gulf gas (1)--Acura (3)--Mitsubishi (4)--Jeep (4)--Amoco (3)--Audi (2)--Suzuki (3)--Castrol GTX (1)--BMW (1)---Wix oil filter (1)--Sohio (1)--Subaru (2)-- Nissan (2)--Sable (1)--Delco (1). 55 min. Video/C 6483
- Fat of the Land
- This video shows how internal-combustion vehicles can be converted to run on vegetable oil or on grease. Covers the 2,300 mile cross-county demonstration run by five women in their "lard car", a van powered by vegetable oil or grease (mainly grease) and the problems and difficulties encountered in obtaining vegetable oil or grease for fueling this van, and in promoting vehicles powered by vegetable oil or grease in general. Includes interviews with scientists in Colorado who are doing extensive research with vegetable oil as a replacement fuel. 1995. 56 min. Video/C 4648
- No Maps for These Territories: On the Road with William Gibson
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- Road Scholar
- Satirical poet, Andrei Codrescu takes a six week, 4,500 mile odyssey across America in a cherry-red '68 Cadillac convertible. From the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate he makes impromptu detours along the way in search of a nation's heart and soul, meeting an unforgettable assortment of Americans from across the country. Andrei's odyssey is a delightful, ironic and vividly drawn portrait of America in all of its confounding diversity. Based on Road scholar : coast to coast late in the century / Andrei Codrescu. 82 min. Video/C 4329
- Jack Kerouac -- Documentaries/Readings
- SEE The Beat Generation and Its Circle
- Route 66: The Ultimate DVD Collection
- In A journey down Route 66 and Route 66 revisited, host Michael Wallis gives a personal tour of the highway, interviewing people as he travels the historic road from Chicago to Los Angeles, and showing special attractions including tourist spots, quaint towns and historically significant locations. In Route 66 turns 75, Michael Wallis hits the road again reporting on what remains and what's changed along the highway. Disc 1. A journey down Route 66 -- Disc 2. Route 66 revisited -- Disc 3. Route 66 turns 75, a special celebration. 2006. 190 min. DVD 5679
- Taken for a Ride
- Through archival film footage, animation and interviews follows the history of the automobile and the highway system in America. Presenting a long buried trail of auto/oil industry schemes, this documentary exposes the dummy companies, secret stock transactions and propaganda compaigns that removed one third of the nation's streetcars. Tracks were torn up overnight and bone jarring buses took the trolley's place. Scores of American cities lost their streetcars, including five of the nation's ten largest. The same players, organized as "the highway lobby," then campaigned for a network of urban freeways that would destroy America's downtowns. c1996. 55 min. Video/C 9243
- The Trail North.
- Follows anthropologist Robert Alvarez and his ten-year old son as they re-create the journey made by their Mexican ancestors when they immigrated to the United States. 28 min. Video/C 1478
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