Da steht der ganze Freeway Kopf

Da steht der ganze Freeway Kopf (1981)

Honky Tonk Freeway

Die Bürger von Ticlaw schäumen vor Empörung. Trotz einer saftigen "Zuwendung" an die Planer des neuen Freeways haben die keine Abfahrt in die Touristen-Stadt gebaut. Während der Bürgermeister noch die Sprengung des Freeways und den Eigenbau einer Abfahrt plant, setzt sich eine Armada von Halbverrückten in Richtung Ticlaw in Bewegung. Müllmänner, die gerade eine Bank ausgeraubt haben, ein ausgeflippter Möchtegernsänger mit einem Rhinozeros auf seinem Lastwagen, Autodiebe, Nonnen, Zuhälter, Freaks und andere ganz normal verrückte Menschen. Sie alle treffen sich zu einem turbulenten Finale auf dem Freeway, oder was in Ticlaw davon stehengeblieben ist.

Erscheinungsdatum
1981-08-21
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (30)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 47 Min.
Genres
Komödie
Regie
John Schlesinger

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Honky Tonk Freeway is a 1981 British comedy film directed by John Schlesinger. The film, conceived and co-produced by Don Boyd, was one of the most expensive box office bombs in history, losing its British backers Thorn EMI between $11 million and $22 million and profoundly affecting its fortunes and aspirations.

Production

The film was the idea of British producer Don Boyd, based on his imagination of American life rather than knowledge. "I hadn't been to the United States since I was a child," he said. "My father worked for the British-American Tobacco Company and was assigned to New York for six months, but I didn't remember a thing about it." Boyd's New York agents put him together with Ed Clinton, an actor who wanted to write.

Boyd originally wanted to direct the film himself on a budget of $2–3 million but Spikings encouraged him to think on a bigger scale with a bigger name director.

"We could have done a fast road movie and still sold toys," said Spikings. "But to do this film right it had to be vast and expensive."

John Schlesinger, who was keen to try a comedy, agreed to direct in January 1979. Schlesinger later said "some of the charm comes from Clinton’s naivete, which was one of my original attractions to the script. Clinton’s writing is fresh and completely original. He is highly imaginative. It is not a smug or knowing film at all. In fact, it’s very charming. It’s also quite intelligent."

The director added, "If we had really wanted to make it totally surefire commercial, we would have hired six gag writers and I wouldn't have directed it. It would have been a series of gags, which is what the public seems to be oriented to... I wanted to do an affectionate comedy that had a dark side, and yet had moments when you could be absolutely serious...

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