Driven (2001)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writers (WGA):

Jan Skrentny (story) &
Neal Tabachnick (story) ...

Release Date:

27 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Get ready for the race of your life.

Plot:

A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance.

Plot Keywords:

Romantic Rivalry | Teamwork | Car Crash | Automobile Racing | One Word Title

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Dec. 6

12:30 PM

MAX

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Joe Tanto
Burt Reynolds	...	Carl Henry
Kip Pardue	...	Jimmy Bly
Stacy Edwards	...	Lucretia Clan
Til Schweiger	...	Beau Brandenburg
Gina Gershon	...	Cathy Heguy
Estella Warren	...	Sophia Simone
Cristián de la Fuente	...	Memo Moreno
Brent Briscoe	...	Crusher
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Demille Bly
Verona Pooth	...	Nina (as Verona Feldbusch)
Jasmin Wagner	...	Ingrid
Chip Ganassi	...	Team Owner
John Della Penna	...	Team Manager
Dan Duran	...	Commentator #1

Also Known As:

À toute vitesse (Canada: French title)
Champs (USA) (working title)
Formula One (USA) (working title)
Into Thin Air (USA) (working title)
Ruutulippu (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some intense crash sequences.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Australia

Language:

English | German | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #38169) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:12 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago Motor Speedway - 3301 S. Laramie Avenue, Cicero, Illinois, USA

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Jimmy Bly's helmet is almost the same as former CART/Champ Car driver Mark Blundell's helmet. The only difference is Blundell's has his initials MB on the top as opposed to JB on Jimmy Bly's helmet. Blundell also drove for Pac West Racing which Jimmy Bly's car is based on

Goofs:

Continuity: Jimmy's hair by the pool, sometimes in his eyes, sometimes brushed aside.

Quotes:

Carl Henry: What about the fear?
Joe Tanto: It's gone.
Carl Henry: The fear is never gone.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Driven (#8.3)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Out Of Control

This has to be the WORST movie ever written!

This movie was so bad that the producers owe us another movie just to bring the rating up to zero. It is an insulting slap in the face to every race fan who ever lived and I would suggest that viewers immediately initiate a class action lawsuit to recover the money they wasted on this picture and compensation for the time spent watching it. The ONLY technical aspect of racing that they got right was the fact that the cars, at least SOME of the time, had four wheels. Otherwise, it was obvious that the writer knew absolutely nothing about motor racing. I would suggest that Sylvester Stallone should have at least watched an Indy car race before he wrote this piece of junk.

The computer-generated images were so bad that they probably set back the acceptance of CGI in movies another 50 years. The acting was about as real as the cartoon-like car crashes and all the actual Indy car drivers should have had their agents collectively sue to have their names replaced in the credits by "Allan Smithee."

I would watch this movie again only if forced to, and only for the pleasure of walking out of it and demanding my money back again.