Trucker Movies

[George70]

For a number of years, I was one who enjoyed a good trucker movie, and I was wondering if any of you here remember seeing any of them at one time or another.

Now, I will admit, some of them are worth watching while some are real dogs.

I welcome your comments on this subject, as I would like to hear from you on this subject.

[Shawn`]

Do you have any examples maybe..?

[PuRock]

What the hell is a trucker movie. The only ones that come to mind are:

Over the top - Sylevester Stalone turns his hat backwards and changes from a caring dad to a bad *** dude who arm wrestles.
[img]http://blog.rhapsody.com/over_the_top__1987_.jpg[/img]

Black Dog - Patrick Swayze stops being a ghost and tries to prevent crime all from the seat of his semi
[img]http://i43.tower.com/images/mm106970172/black-dog-patrick-swayze-dvd-cover-art.jpg[/img]

Smokey and the Bandit - Burt Reynolds mustache can seduce me alone. That and Sally was hot in that movie.
[img]http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/Smokey_and_the_Bandit.JPG[/img]

[JonM229]

Does the movie Breakdown count? Kurt Russell's wife is kidnapped by a trucker after their car breaks down on the side of the road. He tracks down the men responsible and kills them all.

This review contains spoilers

[FlaccoFlicker]

Joy Ride has truckers in it

[Purple Nurple]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1283957205' post='469168']
What the hell is a trucker movie.
[/quote]

Just like it sounds.

Convoy, thats the only one I remember as a kid. Those were mid 70's I guess, right George?

[George70]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1283961573' post='469236']
Just like it sounds.

Convoy, thats the only one I remember as a kid. Those were mid 70's I guess, right George?
[/quote]

Yeah, Purple, it was the seventies, I guess one had to be there.

Two more examples I can think of are "High-Ballin'", with Jerry Reed and Peter Fonda and was filmed in Canada, and "F.I.S.T.", which was a Stallone movie that was - to some - too much like Jimmy Hoffa's story.

[PuRock]

[quote name='George70' timestamp='1283973528' post='469401']
Yeah, Purple, it was the seventies, I guess one had to be there.

Two more examples I can think of are "High-Ballin'", with Jerry Reed and Peter Fonda and was filmed in Canada, and "F.I.S.T.", which was a Stallone movie that was - to some - too much like Jimmy Hoffa's story.
[/quote]

I guess that counts me out. I was born on the cusp of a new generation. 1980.

[K-Dog]

smokey and the bandit is as far as I go.

[thewarden86]

Smokey and the Bandit is the best.
MAYBE Convoy after that.

[Guest Maryland1]

[font="Verdana"][size="2"]You also had the NBC television series, [i][b][color="#006400"]Movin' On[/color][/b][/i], 1974-1976.

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[thewarden86]

[quote name='Maryland1' timestamp='1283998056' post='469707']
[font="Verdana"][size="2"]You also had the NBC television series, [i][b][color="#006400"]Movin' On[/color][/b][/i], 1974-1976.

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Well, if we're going there then BJ and the Bear! lol

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[Guest Maryland1]

[font="Verdana"][size="2"]I was hoping nobody would go there! Never understood the premise of BJ and the Bear and how that show ever made it to production.[/size][/font]

[thewarden86]

[quote name='Maryland1' timestamp='1283999399' post='469730']
[font="Verdana"][size="2"]I was hoping nobody would go there! Never understood the premise of BJ and the Bear and how that show ever made it to production.[/size][/font]
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As a kid, it was great.

[PuRock]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283999230' post='469726']
Well, if we're going there then BJ and the Bear! lol

[img]http://cdn1.ioffer.com/img/item/952/837/37/9zIcb4AM8JEbntw.jpg[/img]
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What? There was actually a show about BJ and the Bear? I've heard it before but I never knew it actually existed. Did he have sex with the monkey or something? Who's the bear, BJ?

That's just plain sick. Hate to see the writers try and sell that to the producers. They must've all been drunk!

[thewarden86]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1284000737' post='469744']
What? There was actually a show about BJ and the Bear? I've heard it before but I never knew it actually existed. Did he have sex with the monkey or something? Who's the bear, BJ?

That's just plain sick. Hate to see the writers try and sell that to the producers. They must've all been drunk!
[/quote]

Get help.

[raven084]

[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1283987435' post='469591']
Smokey and the Bandit is the best.
MAYBE Convoy after that.
[/quote]

I agree.

[Purple Nurple]

[quote name='Maryland1' timestamp='1283999399' post='469730']
[font="Verdana"][size="2"]I was hoping nobody would go there! Never understood the premise of BJ and the Bear and how that show ever made it to production.[/size][/font]
[/quote]

Its got a flippin monkey in it for Gods sake. Cmon! Think man, think.


[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1284000737' post='469744']
What? There was actually a show about BJ and the Bear? I've heard it before but I never knew it actually existed. Did he have sex with the monkey or something? Who's the bear, BJ?

That's just plain sick. Hate to see the writers try and sell that to the producers. They must've all been drunk!
[/quote]


[quote name='thewarden86' timestamp='1284000982' post='469746']
Get help.
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What. The. Heck. Pu.

I hope you are kidding, lol.

[PuRock]

[quote name='Purple Nurple' timestamp='1284004642' post='469800']
Its got a flippin monkey in it for Gods sake. Cmon! Think man, think.

What. The. Heck. Pu.

I hope you are kidding, lol.
[/quote]

The guy travels around with a monkey wearing a shirt that say "Here comes Trouble", and I'm the one that needs help. Psssh!

[George70]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1284000737' post='469744']
What? There was actually a show about BJ and the Bear? I've heard it before but I never knew it actually existed. Did he have sex with the monkey or something? Who's the bear, BJ?

That's just plain sick. Hate to see the writers try and sell that to the producers. They must've all been drunk!
[/quote]

As I recall watching this particular program, i remember that Greg Evigan played the trucker, Billie Joe McKay, alias "B.J.", from Milwaukee.

The chimp, "Bear", was named after the legendary college football coach "Bear" Bryant. That explains the chimp wearing the houndstooth hat.

It was amazing that the series lasted as long as it did.

[thewarden86]

[quote name='George70' timestamp='1284064286' post='470318']
As I recall watching this particular program, i remember that Greg Evigan played the trucker, Billie Joe McKay, alias "B.J.", from Milwaukee.

The chimp, "Bear", was named after the legendary college football coach "Bear" Bryant. That explains the chimp wearing the houndstooth hat.

It was amazing that the series lasted as long as it did.
[/quote]

Not a bad memory...., for an older guy.

[George70]

Now that I think about it, this is rather interesting that Claude Akins played a trucker - Sonny Pruitt - in the "Movin' On" series and later played a corrupt sheriff in "B.J. and the Bear" and later another series, "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo".

I'll say this, the man could adapt to any part he played.

[Ngata Chance]

I can't believe no one has said "Breaker, Breaker" yet.

It had Chuck Freaking Norris in it!

[1/28/01]

[img]http://detour-mag.com/assets/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/overthetopb.jpg[/img]

[H8R]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1283957205' post='469168']
What the hell is a trucker movie. The only ones that come to mind are:

Over the top - Sylevester Stalone turns his hat backwards and changes from a caring dad to a bad *** dude who arm wrestles.
[img]http://blog.rhapsody.com/over_the_top__1987_.jpg[/img]

Black Dog - Patrick Swayze stops being a ghost and tries to prevent crime all from the seat of his semi
[img]http://i43.tower.com/images/mm106970172/black-dog-patrick-swayze-dvd-cover-art.jpg[/img]

Smokey and the Bandit - Burt Reynolds mustache can seduce me alone. That and Sally was hot in that movie.
[img]http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/Smokey_and_the_Bandit.JPG[/img]
[/quote]


When I turn my hat around, its like a switch

[Mz.Linda]

As a lover of LARGECARS myself I can't believe nobody mentioned "Duel"
CLASSIC!!!

Mz.Linda

[Malkavian Raven]

Stephen King's -- Maximum Overdrive ... one of the few classics of King's I actually liked. For its time, it was awesome.

[img]http://videoexpresslane.com/manage/images/smmovies/maximum-overdrive.jpg[/img]

[George70]

[quote name='Malkavian Raven' timestamp='1285210251' post='486264']
Stephen King's -- Maximum Overdrive ... one of the few classics of King's I actually liked. For its time, it was awesome.

[img]http://videoexpresslane.com/manage/images/smmovies/maximum-overdrive.jpg[/img]
[/quote]

Yeah, I recall "Maximum Overdrive", but that was due mostly to the technology-turns-on-man storyline that King had written.

King himself called it a "moron movie", and he meant it in that vein, I suppose.

[Purple Nurple]

I met the kid in that movie right after he got the part but before they filmed. I remember watching it with my Mom and she FLIPPED OUT when the electric carving knife started up and cut that ladys arm, lol. I'm talking blood curdling scream. It was the tamest part of the whole machine takeover. I think she had some kind of Thanksgiving flashback.

[flaccopoe]

Stephen King wrote a book that got adapted into a movie: it's called "Pet Sematary." It's got little to do with trucking [i][/i]per se[i][/i] but one of the recurring mottifs is an extremely reckless truck driver speeding around in his 18-wheeler like it's a Ferrari! He has virtually no screen time, but he plays an important role in the film.
P.S. I couldn't find a trucker emoticon, so I had to settle for one with this mode of transportation!!