Freeway (1996)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Matthew Bright

Writer:

Matthew Bright (written by)

Release Date:

3 September 1997 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Her life is no fairy tale.

Plot:

A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.

Plot Keywords:

Road | Little Red Riding Hood | Prostitution | Delinquent | Drugs

Awards:

6 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Bob Wolverton
Reese Witherspoon	...	Vanessa Lutz
Bokeem Woodbine	...	Chopper
Paul Perri	...	Cop #1
Robert Peters	...	Cop #2
Ben Meyerson	...	Cop at Truckstop
Craig Barnett	...	Cop #3
G. Eric Miles	...	Cop #4
Wolfgang Bodison	...	Detective Mike Breer
Dan Hedaya	...	Detective Garrett Wallace
Chris Renna	...	Doctor
Kathleen Marshall	...	ER Nurse
Melinda Renna	...	Female Anchor
Guillermo Díaz	...	Flacco
Kitty Fox	...	Naomi Frohlegger - Grandma

MPAA:

Rated R for strong lurid violence and sexual dialogue, some sexual situations, drug content and language.

Runtime:

110 min | Australia:97 min | France:102 min | USA:102 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (No. 34357) (edited for re-rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:Refused Classification (original rating) | Australia:R (edited for re-rating) | Canada:R | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:-16 | Germany:16 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:NC-17 (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Kushner-Locke Company, The

Trivia:

The photo of Vanessa's father that she shows to Bob is of mass murderer Richard Speck.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when Vanessa beats up Bob in the caravan at the end of the film. Her hair is clearly different.

Quotes:

[after getting slashed]
Guard: You didn't have to kill me!
Vanessa: I didn't kill you, you dirty little pervert, now give me your car keys before I cut your pecker off!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

MURGATROID WALTZ IN G

A Cig and a Laugh

This is one of the funniest films I've ever seen. Reese Witherspoon can do no wrong after the performance she gives here - brilliant. She is the Tony Montana of teenage girls! And lets not forget Brook Shields as the uknowing wife of the serial killer standing by her man through the trial.

The best scene is the shoot-out where Reese and the cops walk away smoking cigarettes and laughing as if the whole thing had been a big joke.

Great stuff! Puts "Natural Born Killers" to shame!