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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Gary Conway (story) and
David Engelbach (story) ...
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Release Date:
13 February 1987 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Driving headlong towards the biggest fight of his life. more
Plot:
Lincoln Hawk (Stallone) is a struggling trucker who's trying to rebuild his life. After the death of his wife... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
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(10 articles)
User Comments:
Excellent movie and is a life lesson!!! more (95 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sylvester Stallone ... Lincoln Hawk

Robert Loggia ... Jason Cutler

Susan Blakely ... Christina Cutler-Hawk
Rick Zumwalt ... Bob 'Bull' Hurley

David Mendenhall ... Michael Cutler / Michael Hawk
Chris McCarty ... Tim Salanger
Terry Funk ... Ruker
Bob Beattie ... Announcer
Allan Graf ... Collins (as Alan Graf)

Magic Schwarz ... Smasher
Bruce Way ... John Grizzly
Jimmy Keegan ... Big Boy (Richie)
John Braden ... Col. Davis
Tony Munafo ... Tony
Randy Raney ... Mad Dog Madison
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Meet Me Half Way (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Wetton, lead singer of the rock group Asia, sang "Winner Takes It All" for the movie, but after performing the song, it was felt that his voice wasn't "mean" enough, so the song was offered to Sammy Hagar, whose version ended up being the one on the soundtrack. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Mike takes the white pick-up and stops at the stop sign his window is rolled down and when he takes off, his window is rolled up. more
Quotes:
Lincoln Hawk: The world meets nobody halfway. When you want something, you gotta take it. more
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Soundtrack:
Winner Takes It All more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent movie and is a life lesson!!!, 9 April 2005
10/10
Author: bic1983 from Romania

I'm 22 years old and i seeing this movie when i have 8 years old.i like very very much. I watch the movie every year for 8-9 times.Is my favorite. And the soundtrack is the BEST. I like Stallone very much...also i like in Cobra and Rocky all the series. I don't have a DVD!!!!!!!!!!!1 whit this movie,i have a old VHS cassette.I'm form Romania and here i can find the DVD. I search for him years...but no success. And i also cant get the soundtrack..here i cant have this. A great movieeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A great actor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BEST FOR ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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