Road Games [Blu-ray]

Overview

Hollywood's Stacy Keach stars in Australia's Road Games. Keach is a truck driver who takes the law in his own hands to capture a serial killer. When the police fail to nab the murderer of hitchhikers, Keach takes to the road, conducting his own search. En route, he picks up hitcher Jamie Lee Curtis--and it is her presence that brings the killer out of hiding and into the bloody finale. Director Richard Franklin's fondness for Hitchcock, which would come to full fruition in Psycho II (1982), is very much in evidence throughout Road Games.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/12/2019
UPC:	0826663203691
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	PG
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	14,087

Special Features

1080p High-Definition; New interview with actor Stacy Keach; New commentary with cinematographer Vincent Monton, production coordinator Helen Watts and costume designer Aphrodite Kondos, moderated by filmmaker Mark Hartley; New 1980 script read with producer/director Richard Franklin and actors Stacy Keach and Marion Edward; New composer Brian May music demos accompanied by stills and poster gallery; Audio commentary with Richard Franklin; "Kangaroo Hitchcock: The Making of Road Games" - featuring interviews with Richard Franklin and Stacy Keach; Extended interviews from Mark Hartley's documentary Not Quite Hollywood featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, Stacy Keach, Richard Franklin, stunt Coordinator Grant Page, screenwriter Everett De Roche, Vincent Monton and assistant director Tom Burstall; Lecture on the making of Road Games with Richard Franklin, co-producer Barbi Taylor and Brian May, introduced by critic Tom Ryan; 2001 audio interview with Richard Franklin; 1981 profile on Richard Franklin; 2016 interview with Stacy Keach; 2016 audio interview with Grant Page; And more...

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stacy Keach	Patrick 'Pat' Quid
Jamie Lee Curtis	Hitch / Pamela
Marion Edward	Frita
Grant Page	The Killer
Bill Stacey	Capt. Careful
Thaddeus Smith	Abbott
Alan Hopgood	Lester
John Murphy	Benny Balls
Robert Thompson	Sneezy Rider
Colin Vancao	Fred Frugal
Brian May	Composer

Technical Credits

Everett De Roche

Richard Franklin	Director,Producer
Everett De Roche	Screenwriter
Bernard Schwartz	Executive Producer
Grant Page	Stunts
Andrew London	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

This Hitchcock-influenced thriller has aged quite well thanks to its smart, low-key approach, and remains effective today because it never panders to the viewer. Everett de Roche's clever script replaces the usual sex and violence this kind of scenario might offer with a sly blend of wit and slow-burning suspense. Just as important is the fact that he populates the story's landscape with a variety of unique characters that add plenty of flavor to the story. Said characterizations are further enriched by nice work from the cast, especially Marion Edward as a particularly obnoxious hausfrau and Jamie Lee Curtis' beguiling turn as the witty, mysterious hitchhiker. The film, however, truly belongs to Stacy Keach, who tackles the role of Quid with great energy and charismatic verve, making this memorably offbeat hero one for the record books. Finally, director Richard Franklin assembles all these elements with great precision and creates a number of beautifully crafted set pieces along the way, the most memorable of which are a foot chase that has a totally unexpected ending and a finale that features one of the most unusual car chases ever filmed. All in all, Road Games is a tight little thriller that's well worth a look for any suspense fan in search of something that delivers the goods in an unexpected way.

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