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Convoy [DVD] [1978]

DVD ~ Kris Kristofferson
3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Walter Kelley, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young
  • Directors: Sam Peckinpah
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Sep 2006
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000HEVTB8
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,820 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers speeds along the Arizona highway toward the Mexican border. The tense action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash scenes ever filmed.

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent movie., 27 Oct 2007
By Steveml (Lancs, England) - See all my reviews
Watched this as a teenager. A great feel-good movie,
which makes you want to drive a huge truck and talk
to your mates via CD radio. Even if trucks or CB
radio doesn't interest you. A bit like watching Rocky 3
made people leave the movie thinking they were a boxer,
even if they weren't really interested in boxing.
Come on now - be honest.
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13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Peckinpah muscles in on Burt Reynolds' turf, 14 Dec 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Somewhat surprisingly, the watchable but completely forgettable Convoy was the biggest hit of Sam Peckinpah's career, though by all accounts Peckinpah was so stoned on drugs and booze throughout the shoot that he directed little of it, with assistants and James Coburn filling in on the many occasions he couldn't get up the enthusiasm to leave his trailer. It's the kind of film that makes Smokey and the Bandit 3 look substantial and is pretty much a shoo-in as Peckinpah's worst film. There is one good almost balletic sequence of police cars running off dusty backroads set to the accompaniment of a semi-classical version of the C.W. McCall country-and-western song (originally written as a jingle) that provided what little inspiration there was for the film and some good support from Madge Sinclair's Widow Woman. But you can't help feeling that it's straining for significance a bit at times to hide the thinness of it all - truckers are the last of the real cowboys, just tryin' to live free without rules or reasons, don'tcha know - and that it would have been a whole lot more fun with Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in the Kris Kristofferson and Ernest Borgnine roles. On the plus side at least the action scenes are better handled than in The Killer Elite, although even here some of the signature slow-motion here seems almost accidental, with some scenes fuzzily step-printed in post-production to slow them down (presumably because the few big stunts happened too fast to register onscreen) sticking out like a stylistic sore thumb amid the clarity of the much more effective sequences shot in genuine in-camera slow motion.

A word of warning on the DVD too - the English-language territory releases all omit the three-minute sequence of the governor's aide interviewing the truckers which contains Peckinpah's cameo as one of the camera crew. The German DVD is the uncut version.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Convoy, 3 April 2009
By Pipkin "Louise" (Chesterfield, UK) - See all my reviews
This film was brilliant! I can safely say it is ideal for children too, I have a girl and boy 8 and 12 and they thoroughly enjoyed it. No swearing or sex scenes, good old fashioned staged fight but also a moving story. Am sure I will watch this along with my children many times!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Convoy [DVD] [1978]
DVD arrived within a few days of ordering in good condition and as advertised. Well satisfied with the service.
Published 3 months ago by M. A. Davis

4.0 out of 5 stars A US road movie that helped popularise CB radio in the UK
Convoy is a tale of three truckers who defy a corrupt backwater sheriff and end up becoming a national cause celebre. Read more
Published 8 months ago by LXIX

2.0 out of 5 stars The lamest Peckinpah in history.
(And to think that i am only reviewing this one so as to get the average down!) Couldn't agree more with Trevor Willsmer's comments about this being Peckinpah's worst movie. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. P. B. Koeb

5.0 out of 5 stars Just a sub-zero cool film
This is not the film for girls who like the colour pink...but if ur a petrol head who likes huge trucks and wikid fight scenes in a car chase film this is the one for you, this is... Read more
Published 18 months ago by C. J. Cottrill

5.0 out of 5 stars My film
I watched this everyday when I was little. That is a not a figure of speech. I mean every day. With trucks lind up on the floor copying the film. Awesome. 10-4 good buddy. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. D. C. Fletcher

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