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The Resource Convoy, EMI films presents ; a Robert M. Sherman production ; produced by Robert M. Sherman ; directed by Sam Peckinpah ; screen story and screenplay by B. W. L. Norton

Convoy, EMI films presents ; a Robert M. Sherman production ; produced by Robert M. Sherman ; directed by Sam Peckinpah ; screen story and screenplay by B. W. L. Norton

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Summary
When the Western film, for many decades the staple of the American cinema, suffered a decline in the Seventies, a new sub-species helped fill the void - the trucking epic. The great Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch) directed this action classic based on the runaway hit song, Convoy. Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald (Kris Kristofferson, Vigilante Force) who, in pursuance of a feud with Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace (Ernest Borgnine, Marty), unites scores of his fellow-drivers via Citizen Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel-fuel, rolls irresistibly along the Arizona highways towards the freedom of the Mexican border. The stellar cast includes Ali MacGraw (The Getaway), Seymour Cassel (Opening Night) and Burt Young (The Killer Elite) as Bobby "Love Machine" "Pig Pen"
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Note
  • Based on the song by C.W. McCall
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978
  • DVD special features include: audio commentary, "Passion and poetry" - Sam's Trucker movie (73 minutes), TV spots & theatrical trailer, radio spots, promoting convoy featurette, deleted scenes, injokes, friends and cameos, trucker notes from Norway, more production stills
Instance
Label
Convoy
Title
Convoy
Statement of responsibility
EMI films presents ; a Robert M. Sherman production ; produced by Robert M. Sherman ; directed by Sam Peckinpah ; screen story and screenplay by B. W. L. Norton
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
When the Western film, for many decades the staple of the American cinema, suffered a decline in the Seventies, a new sub-species helped fill the void - the trucking epic. The great Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch) directed this action classic based on the runaway hit song, Convoy. Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald (Kris Kristofferson, Vigilante Force) who, in pursuance of a feud with Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace (Ernest Borgnine, Marty), unites scores of his fellow-drivers via Citizen Band radio into a gigantic mile-long convoy which, powered by pent-up frustrations and resentments as much as by diesel-fuel, rolls irresistibly along the Arizona highways towards the freedom of the Mexican border. The stellar cast includes Ali MacGraw (The Getaway), Seymour Cassel (Opening Night) and Burt Young (The Killer Elite) as Bobby "Love Machine" "Pig Pen"
Member of
Cataloging source
JPL
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematographer, Harry Stradling Jr. ; editor, Graeme Clifford ; music, Chip Davis
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG parental guidance suggested
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.C66 1978
PerformerNote
Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Burt Young, Ernest Borgnine, Franklin Ajaye, Brian Davies, Seymour Cassel
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1925-1984
  • 1917-2012
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Peckinpah, Sam
  • Kristofferson, Kris
  • MacGraw, Ali
  • Young, Burt
  • Borgnine, Ernest
Runtime
110
Series statement
KL Studio classics
Technique
live action
Label
Convoy, EMI films presents ; a Robert M. Sherman production ; produced by Robert M. Sherman ; directed by Sam Peckinpah ; screen story and screenplay by B. W. L. Norton
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on the song by C.W. McCall
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978
  • DVD special features include: audio commentary, "Passion and poetry" - Sam's Trucker movie (73 minutes), TV spots & theatrical trailer, radio spots, promoting convoy featurette, deleted scenes, injokes, friends and cameos, trucker notes from Norway, more production stills
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329160128
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
K1601
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn907308195
  • (OCoLC)907308195
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1). Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Convoy, EMI films presents ; a Robert M. Sherman production ; produced by Robert M. Sherman ; directed by Sam Peckinpah ; screen story and screenplay by B. W. L. Norton
Publication
Note
  • Based on the song by C.W. McCall
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978
  • DVD special features include: audio commentary, "Passion and poetry" - Sam's Trucker movie (73 minutes), TV spots & theatrical trailer, radio spots, promoting convoy featurette, deleted scenes, injokes, friends and cameos, trucker notes from Norway, more production stills
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (110 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
738329160128
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
K1601
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • ocn907308195
  • (OCoLC)907308195
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1). Dolby digital
Video recording format
DVD

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