I have seen this movie more than ten times and I never tire of watching it. It's got everything: humor, action, romance, Blaise Pascal's pensees (remember Nixer's French Fry/Human Condition analogy), and most of all, red hot rock and roll music. Rodriguez's films were lost on me after El Mariachi, but this little gem I cannot praise highly enough. Anyone looking for the songs from the film, check with Norton Records (their 1980s re-issue covers are all over Dude's garage).
The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge".[1] The impetus for the series, according to Arkoff was, "what it would be like if you made Rebel Without a Cause today. It would be more lurid, sexier, and much more dangerous, and you definitely would have had Natalie Wood's top off".[2] Originally, Arkoff wanted to call the series, Raging Hormones but Showtime decided on Rebel Highway instead.[3] Arkoff and Hill invited several directors to pick a title from one of Samuel Arkoff's movies, hire their own writers and create a story that could resemble the original if they wanted.[3] In addition, they had the right to a final cut and select their own director of photography and the editor.[4] Each director was given a $1.3 million budget and 12 days to shoot it with a cast of young, up and coming actors and actresses. According to Arkoff, the appeal to directors was that, "They weren't hampered by big studios saying, 'You can't do this or that.' And all the directors paid very close attention to the detail of the era. We want these shows to be fun for the younger generation and fun for the older generation".[3]
The series premiered with Robert Rodriguez's Roadracers on July 22, 1994.
If Echobridge Acquired all these films from Miramax It would make one hell of a collection to own!!
(*)Girls in Prison Directed by John McNaughton and starring Anne Heche and Ione Skye.
Dragstrip Girl Directed by Mary Lambert and starring Mark Dacascos and Natasha Gregson Wagner.
Shake, Rattle and Rock! Directed by Allan Arkush and starring Renée Zellweger and Howie Mandel.
(*)Runaway Daughters Directed by Joe Dante and starring Julie Bowen and Paul Rudd.
(*)Roadracers Directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring David Arquette and Salma Hayek.
Reform School Girl Directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Aimee Graham and Matt LeBlanc.
Motorcycle Gang Directed by John Milius and starring Gerald McRaney and Jake Busey.
Jailbreakers Directed by William Friedkin and starring Antonio Sabato Jr. and Shannen Doherty.
(*)Cool and the Crazy Directed by Ralph Bakshi and starring Jared Leto and Alicia Silverstone.
Confessions of a Sorority Girl Directed by Uli Edel and starring Jamie Luner and Alyssa Milano.
FILMS WITH A (*)NEXT TO IT ECHOBRIDGE EITHER HAS RELEASED OR WILL BE RELEASING SOON
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Robert Rodriguez shows the masses of raw directing talent he has in this made for TV movie. The directing is energetic and stylish and even more impressive when you realise that it was shot in only 13 days! On top of this Rodriguez also wrote and directed this mini masterpiece. A brilliant homage to the 50's drive in teenage angst rock and roll movies. It succeeds where Walter Hill failed with "Streets of Fire". David Arquette is perfect as Dude but Nixer, played by John Hawkes, is a scene stealer as the geeky guy we all knew in high school.Want Roadracers (2012) Discount?
A fun flick about a nutty kind of Dude who always goes for broke in everything he does/wants. No PC moments in this film, and maybe that's what makes it fun to watch. Not a great film, but plenty entertaining. You'll recognize most of the cast from appearances with Tarantino and Rodriguez. Video is fine, audio so-so. Not alot of punch with the car and gun sounds.Save 25% Off
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