Coast to Coast (1980)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Joseph Sargent

Writer:

Stanley Weiser (writer)

Release Date:

3 October 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Either way, love will win in the end

Plot:

Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome...

Plot Keywords:

Truck | Escape | Mental Institution | Highway | Revenge

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dyan Cannon	...	Madie Levrington
Robert Blake	...	Charles Callahan
Quinn K. Redeker	...	Benjamin Levrington (as Quinn Redeker)
Michael Lerner	...	Dr. Frederick Froll
Maxine Stuart	...	Sam Klinger
William Lucking	...	Jules (as Bill Lucking)
Ellen Gerstein	...	Nurse #1
Patricia Conklin	...	Nurse #2
David Moody	...	Chester
Rozelle Gayle	...	Orderly
Martin Beck	...	Albert
Karen Rushmore	...	Callahan's Wife
Mae Williams	...	Waitress at Truckstop
George P. Wilbur	...	Billy Ray
Tom Pletts	...	Attendant
Henry Wills	...	Chef
Hap Lawrence	...	Mechanic
Tom J. Delaney	...	Drunken Trucker #1
Darwin Joston	...	Drunken Trucker #2
Dick Durock	...	Gregory
Grayce Spence	...	Saleslady (as Grace Spence)
Dorothy Frazier	...	Saleslady
Joe Finnegan	...	Chicken Truck Driver
Jerry Gatlin	...	Stockyard Owner
Leonard P. Geer	...	Old Man on Motorcycle
Cassandra Peterson	...	Dinner Party Guest
Karen Montgomery	...	Dinner Party Guest
Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad	...	Sing Lu (as Arsenio Trinidad)
Vicki Frederick	...	Woman Golfer
John Roselius	...	Policeman #1
Al Robertson	...	Policeman #2
Clarke Gordon	...	Senator
Cynthia Gable	...	Miss Halliburton
Karen McLarty	...	Garden Party Guest

Directed by
Joseph Sargent

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stanley Weiser		writer

Produced by
Jon Avnet	....	producer
Vince Cannon	....	associate producer
Terry Carr	....	executive producer
Steve Tisch	....	producer

Original Music by
Charles Bernstein

Cinematography by
Mario Tosi

Film Editing by
Patrick Kennedy
George Jay Nicholson

Casting by
Penny Perry

Art Direction by
Hilyard M. Brown		(as Hilyard Brown)

Set Decoration by
Ira Bates

Costume Design by
Sandy Davidson		(as Sandra Davidson)

Makeup Department
Bob Mills	....	makeup artist (as Robert J. Mills)
Adele Taylor	....	hair stylist
Jack Wilson	....	makeup artist (as Jack Page Wilson)

Production Management
Terry Carr	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan B. Curtiss	....	additional second assistant director
Michael Daves	....	first assistant director
Robert J. Doherty	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Cal DiValerio	....	construction coordinator (as Cal Di Valerio)
Lavar Emert	....	property master
Martin Emert	....	assistant property master (as Martin L. Emert)

Sound Department
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Gene S. Cantamessa	....	sound mixer
Cecelia Hall	....	sound effects editor
David J. Hudson	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Hudson)
Alan L. Nineberg	....	dialogue editor (as Alan Nineberg)
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Watters II	....	sound effects editor
David Wolpa	....	cable person

Special Effects by
Paul Stewart	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Paul Stewart	....	visual effects (as Paul Hurst Stewart)

Stunts
Jean Coulter	....	stunts
Jerry Gatlin	....	stunt coordinator
Gary McLarty	....	stunt coordinator
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Barrow	....	crane operator
Peter J. Breen	....	dolly grip (as Peter Breen)
Joseph Cosko Jr.	....	second assistant camera
Chuy Elizondo	....	camera operator
Bob Fillis	....	best boy electric (as Robert A. Fillis)
Antonio V. Garrido	....	best boy grip (as Tony Garrido)
Tim Griffith	....	gaffer (as Timothy J. Griffith)
Johnny E. Jensen	....	assistant camera (as Johnny Jensen)
Gerald A. King	....	key grip (as Jerry King)
Joel King	....	photography: second unit
Stephen Vaughan	....	still photographer
Ronald Vidor	....	camera operator
Billy Walsh	....	assistant camera
Larry Yates	....	best boy grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bob E. Horn	....	wardrobe: men
Jennifer L. Parsons	....	wardrobe: women (as Jennifer Parsons)
Thomas Welsh	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Tawny Crist	....	assistant editor
Ann Millgate	....	assistant editor
Ken Tom	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Mike Baird	....	musician: drums
Jolene Cherry	....	music coordinator
Russ Kunkel	....	musician: drums
Milton Lustig	....	music editor
Michael Sembello	....	musician: guitar
Kathy Walker	....	musician

Transportation Department
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: camera car
Ray Mullen	....	transportation captain
John Reade	....	transportation coordinator (as John C. Reade)
Stewart Satterfield	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Joy Anzarouth	....	secretary: Terry Carr
Edle Bakke	....	script supervisor
Carol Chacamaty	....	secretary: Jon Avnet
Phyllis Gardner	....	unit publicist
Michael John Meehan	....	location manager (as Mike Meehan)
Sherry Meller	....	secretary: Mr. Sargent
Don Petrie	....	location auditor
Jimmy Sherwood	....	wrangler (as Jim Sherwood)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1983) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• Truckerflicks (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Modern Film Effects  title and opticals

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:11 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Farmington, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

This film was supposed to be a drama. Star Robert Blake felt that the film should be a comedy instead. So the script was rewritten during production to make it funnier.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Madie drives the truck through the house at the end, the tractor is pointed 45 degrees down from the front, but from the side it's straight.

Quotes:

Charles Callahan: [after waking up from the sleeper as Madie is driving] Where the hell are we?
Madie Levrington: Oklahoma.
Charles Callahan: How the hell did we get to Oklahoma?
Madie Levrington: Clutch, shift, release, clutch, shift. Thank you very much.

Soundtrack:

Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')

One of the early films that made HBO

As an overlooked movie when originally released, this is one of the better films to watch on video. It is also one of the films that gave HBO and the other movie networks great material to televise. Coast to Coast is a fun, timeless tale of two people out of their elements, bonding, and making the most of situations in the lighthearted, Hollywood manner everyone wishes could carryover in real life. This is a fancy feature to view along with Silver Streak and Mother, Jugs, and Speed. While it never reaches the violence displayed in those two pictures, Coast to Coast is a great flick to watch at home, on a date, or whenever you want to look at a film from the 1970s era.