And the most fantastic part is when Howell just gives up crying in that terrific road diner scene, and he asks Hauer "why me" and he just answers " You're bright kid, you'll figure it out." and then he leaves bullets on the table for Howell's gun and walks away. Oh. Genius.
such a good movie, this was one of the first horror/suspense movies I ever saw at the age of 4 or 5. the scene with the semi truck pretty much traumatized me to where every time I saw this movie listed on the tv guide that scene would automatically pop in my head.
They totally still do hand-deliver cars, most of the time dealerships will have people drive them to regional auctions, but sometimes a dealer will get a buyer from out of area and will need to deliver the car. I live in se Iowa and have driven cars, for dealerships, to Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City for auctions and personal delivery. It pays better than minimum wage, but they usually hire retired dudes to do the job. If it's to auction then there are usually cars that need delivered back to the dealership as well. Great video guys, I have loved this movie since I saw it when I was a teenager, surfing randomly on digital cable. I was hyped for the remake, but the original is totally the best. Thanks for looking this stuff up, didn't know any of the behind the scenes stuff you researched. Breakdown reminds me a lot of this movie as well, the Kurt Russell movie where his wife goes missing.
This was such an underrated film, for many reasons... this story pulls you in from the moment Jim Halsey says... "My mother always told me never to do this." Rutger Hauer and the rest of the cast blend so well nothing is over the top as far as the storyline goes. Stand-out performances by Jennifer Jason Leigh and C. Thomas Howell. Don't waste your time on the reboot which was disappointing or even worse, the sequel they did with Jake Busey, which was complete garbage. And by the way you guys definitely need to check-out Nighthawks, by far one of Rutger Hauer's greatest performances... his first American Film too.
Hi guys! Well, I was kinda like Tom in that I had not heard of this one. My late Dad told me about it after it was in the rental market. I'd never heard him describe a movie like he did this one. If he had not told me about it, I doubt I would have ever heard of it. So, I had to see it (in the mid-90s or so) and was not disappointed. As always, you guys nailed it and this was definitely an underrated movie. Jenny is right about the off-screen violence. Sometimes NOT seeing it but knowing that it happened is scarier/creepier. Rutger Hauer--of course!--played an awesome bad guy. I also think that C. Thomas Howell was the BEST 80s brat-packer around. He was the perfect person to play this part and did it very well. Tom Cruise could never have pulled this off. The marketing must have been underdone on this; one of those movies that picked up more of a following after its theatrical run. Super review!
Always thought Rutger would have made the perfect Lestat. I know the music is crazy off in Ladyhawke & Matthew Broderick's accent is terrible but I love ❤️ him in it.
The Hitcher is a classic. Matthew Modine would’ve been a good choice but C. Thomas Howell was good. He also played pony boy in The Outsiders. Split-second was the sci-fi movie from 1991. I’ve done a “Drive-away with my father in 1983, you get paid and get a chance to see the country wasn’t bad. Agreed the character was an allegory of evil. Brutal death for Jennifer Jason Leigh. RIP Rutger Hauer. Underrated movie and underrated actor. Nighthawks is pretty good with Sylvester Stallone and Billy Dee Williams from 1981. Yes a lot of movie politics going on! Thanks. This was a story of good versus evil
I love The Outsiders; I need to watch it again one of these days. And yeah, I could see Matthew Modine in this role too; he would have been good, I think. The character of Jim needed to be someone who you could believe was a good-hearted, somewhat naive guy who wasn't used to having to fight for his life, but you could also believe he could do all the stuff he had to do in this movie to survive. It needed to be a sort of everyman. That's why I don't think Tom Cruise would have worked; he's too self-assured and arrogant, and he doesn't usually come off as a compassionate, gentle guy, which I think this role needed.
I'm just mad I won't be able to name my Etsy store Hooters, because that name's already taken, hahahaha. Man, there was SO MUCH MACRAME in my house growing up...
Great show guys. I also saw this movie on cable. After I gotta high school I worked for a car dealership, I would wash cars, move cars etc. On occasion I would also deliver cars, not cross country though, from Los Angeles to San Diego was the furthest I ever delivered a car. Rutger Hauer was great in this film, not sure why it wasn't a hit. I saw the remake, it wasn't that bad. Sean Bean was good as John Ryder. The plot of the remake was a little different, what I liked better in the remake was the car, Jim was driving a 68 or 69 Oldsmobile 442.
@@johnr7279 and if you look the beginign of the remake is more scary the starting at the gas station very dark night raining and the situation in the car with bean its absolutly terrefyng
