Trucks (film)

Trucks

Directed by	Chris Thomson
Produced by	Robert Simonds
Written by	Brian Taggert
Based on	Trucks by Stephen King
Starring	Timothy Busfield Brenda Bakke Aidan Devine Roman Podhora Rick Skene Brendan Fletcher
Music by	Michael Richard Plowman
Production company	DawnField Entertainment(VHS/DVD)
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures
Release dates	October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Canada^[1] United States^[1]
Language	English

Trucks is a 1997 Canadian and American television horror film directed by Chris Thomson. It is based on Stephen King's short story "Trucks", which also serves as the source material for the earlier film Maximum Overdrive, the only film directed by King.

Synopsis

In a small American town, the town residents live peacefully. But one day, trucks mysteriously start to come to life and develop their own minds. The trucks end up prompting violence, starting to destroy houses and kill people. The rest of the townspeople have to figure out a way to destroy them all, before they kill all the residents of the town.

Cast

Timothy Busfield as Ray Porter
Brenda Bakke as Hope Gladstone
Aidan Devine as Trucker Bob
Roman Podhora as Thad Timmy
Jay Brazeau as Jack
Brendan Fletcher as Logan Porter
Amy Stewart as Abby Timmy
Victor Cowie as George "Georgie"
Sharon Bajer as June Yeager
Jonathan Barrett as Brad Yeager
Rick Skene as Trucker Pete
Don Granberry as Sheriff
Kirk Harper as Lino
Harry Nelken as Phil

Production

Principal photography concluded on August 22, 1997. Shooting took place in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[2]

Reception

TV Guide rated it 2/4 stars and wrote, "The film is all premise and no plot, a problem made worse by the clumsy addition of extraneous gory sequences."^[3]

References

1 2 "Trucks (1997)". AllMovie. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ Hindes, Andrew (1997-08-22). "Trimark ups telepic ante". Variety. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
↑ "Trucks". TV Guide. Retrieved 2016-09-25.

External links

Trucks at the Internet Movie Database
Trucks at Rotten Tomatoes

Adaptations of works by Stephen King

Films

Single films

The Shining (1980) Cujo (1983) The Dead Zone (1983) Christine (1983) Cat's Eye (1985) Silver Bullet (1985) The Running Man (1987) Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) Graveyard Shift (1990) Misery (1990) The Lawnmower Man (1992) Sleepwalkers (1992) Needful Things (1993) The Dark Half (1993) Dolores Claiborne (1995) Thinner (1996) The Night Flier (1997) The Green Mile (1999) Hearts in Atlantis (2001) Dreamcatcher (2003) Secret Window (2004) Riding the Bullet (2004) 1408 (2007) The Mist (2007) Dolan's Cadillac (2009) A Good Marriage (2014) Mercy (2014) Cell (2016) The Dark Tower (2017) It (2017) Gerald's Game (2017)

Multiple films

Carrie	Carrie (1976) The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) Carrie (2002) Carrie (2013)

Creepshow	Creepshow (1982) Creepshow 2 (1987) Creepshow III (2007)

Children of the Corn	Disciples of the Crow (1983) Children of the Corn (1984) The Final Sacrifice (1992) Urban Harvest (1995) The Gathering (1996) Fields of Terror (1998) Isaac's Return (1999) Revelation (2001) Children of the Corn (2009) Genesis (2011)

Different Seasons	Stand by Me (1986) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Apt Pupil (1998)

Firestarter	Firestarter (1984) Rekindled (2002)

Trucks	Maximum Overdrive (1986) Trucks (1997)

Pet Sematary	Pet Sematary (1989) Pet Sematary Two (1992)

The Mangler	The Mangler (1995) The Mangler 2 (2002) The Mangler Reborn (2005)

Television

Single films, episodes, or miniseries

"Gramma" (1986) "Sorry, Right Number" (1987) It (1990) The Tommyknockers (1993) The Stand (1994) The Langoliers (1995) The Shining (1997) Quicksilver Highway (1997) "The Revelations of Becka Paulson" (1997) Storm of the Century (1999) Stephen King's Desperation (2006) Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) Bag of Bones (2011) Big Driver (2014)

Multiple films or miniseries

Salem's Lot	Salem's Lot (1979) A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) Salem's Lot (2004)

Sometimes They Come Back	Sometimes They Come Back (1991) Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) Sometimes They Come Back... for More (1998)

Rose Red	Rose Red (2002) The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (2003)

Series

Golden Years (1991) The Dead Zone (2002–2007) Kingdom Hospital (2004) Haven (2010–2015) Under the Dome (2013–2015) 11.22.63 (2016)

Book

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