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Maximum Overdrive
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4.6/10   8,079 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Stephen King (short story "Trucks")
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Release Date:
25 July 1986 (USA) more
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Plot:
A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal. full summary | add synopsis
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3 nominations more
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Runtime:
97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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An accident occurred on 31 July 1985 during shooting in a suburb of Wilmington, North Carolina where a radio-controlled lawnmower used in a scene went out of control and struck a block of wood used as a camera support, shooting out wood splinters which injured the director of photography Armando Nannuzzi; as a result, he lost an eye. Nannuzzi sued Stephen King on February 18, 1987 for $18 million in damages. The suit was settled out of court. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When the trucks start to go wild at the Dixie Boy as a gang, the camera and crew are momentarily reflected by the red car. more
Quotes:
Man At Cashpoint: [First lines]
[as the ATM machine is calling him an asshole]
Man At Cashpoint: Honeybun! This machine just called me an asshole!
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Soundtrack:
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) more

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highway to hell, 20 May 2003
7/10
Author: colinwhitefan

A classic, I know the acting wasn't all that great, you had to love the AC/DC soundtrack. When you mention Maxiumum Overdrive you think of AC/DC, trucks and machines killing and injuring anyone in their way. I liked this movie and really had nothing bad to say about it, I thought it was a good idea for a horror film and maybe not executed out like it could have been, but still very good and entertaining.

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