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User Rating:
6.6/10   20,640 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Clay Tarver (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)
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Release Date:
5 October 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Don't screw with people you don't know (UK) more
Plot:
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Pretty intense thriller more (307 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Steve Zahn ... Fuller Thomas

Paul Walker ... Lewis Thomas

Leelee Sobieski ... Venna
Jessica Bowman ... Charlotte

Stuart Stone ... Danny, Lewis' Roommate
Basil Wallace ... Car Salesman

Brian Leckner ... Officer Keeney

Mary Wickliffe ... Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk

McKenzie Satterthwaite ... Assistant Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk

Dell Yount ... Gas Station Mechanic
Kenneth White ... Ronald Ellinghouse
Luis Cortés ... Night Manager (as Luis Cortes)
Michael McCleery ... Officer Akins

Jim Beaver ... Sheriff Ritter
Rachel Singer ... Gas Station Manager
Satch Huizenga ... Ice Truck Man
Terry Leonard ... Bartender

James MacDonald ... Local in Nebraska Bar
Gwenda Deacon ... Truck Stop Waitress
Robert Winley ... Truck Stop Manager
Ali Gage ... Waitress
Jack Moore ... Hotwire Consultant
Hugh Dane ... Man at Door
Lee Stepp ... Traveling Salesman

Jay Hernandez ... Marine
Huey Redwine ... Policeman #1

John Maynard ... Policeman #2
Peter Weireter ... Policeman #3
Tim Cooney ... Voice Actor (voice)
Sheryl Giffis ... Voice Actor (voice)
Pamela Senatore ... Voice Actor (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chris Cummins ... Deputy (uncredited)

Walton Goggins ... Police Officer (DVD additional footage) (uncredited)

Matthew Kimbrough ... Rusty Nail (uncredited)

Ted Levine ... Rusty Nail (voice) (uncredited)
Anna Malle ... Porn Actress on Cable TV (uncredited)

Chuck Murphy ... Medic (uncredited)
Patrick Robert Smith ... Police Officer (uncredited)

Vern Urich ... Officer Alexander (uncredited)

Brien Varady ... Paramedic (DVD additional footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Dahl 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Clay Tarver (written by) &
J.J. Abrams (written by)

Produced by
J.J. Abrams .... producer
Jeffrey Downer .... executive producer: additional photography
Bridget Johnson .... executive producer
Patrick Markey .... executive producer
W. Mark McNair .... associate producer
Arnon Milchan .... executive producer
Chris Moore .... producer
 
Original Music by
Marco Beltrami 
 
Cinematography by
Jeff Jur (director of photography) (as Jeffrey Jur)
 
Film Editing by
Eric L. Beason 
Scott Chestnut 
Todd E. Miller 
Glen Scantlebury 
 
Casting by
Mali Finn 
Emily Schweber 
 
Production Design by
Robert Pearson  (as Rob Pearson)
 
Art Direction by
Michael Rizzo 
 
Set Decoration by
Beth DeSort  (as Beth De Sort)
 
Costume Design by
Terry Dresbach 
 
Makeup Department
Kelly M. Beatty .... special makeup effects artist (as Kelly Beatty)
Roxy D'Alonzo .... assistant makeup artist
Shawn McKay .... hair styles supervisor
Leslie Ann Sebert .... makeup supervisor (as Leslie A. Sebert)
Jennifer Turchi .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Danny Valencia .... hair stylist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Ralph Bertelle .... production supervisor: Nevada
Eve Light Honthaner .... production supervisor: New Regency
Patrick Markey .... unit production manager
Jack L. Murray .... production manager: additional photography
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carla Brand Breitner .... second assistant director: second unit
Marisa Ferrey .... second second assistant director
Brian E. Frankish .... first assistant director: second unit (as Brian Frankish)
Eric Heffron .... first assistant director (as Eric N. Heffron)
Terry Leonard .... second unit director (as Terry J. Leonard)
Richard Oswald .... key second assistant director
Jeff Shiffman .... second assistant director
Chip Touhey .... second second assistant director: additional photography
 
Art Department
Deana Adkins .... art department production assistant
Karen Agresti .... set decorating buyer
Carl Aldana .... storyboard artist
Jess Anscott .... greens laborer
Robert J. Carlyle .... construction coordinator: additional photography unit
Mike Combs .... greensman (as Michael D. Combs)
Frank Cope .... greens laborer
David A. Davidson .... leadman (as David Alexander Davidson)
Marc Fisichella .... production designer: additional scenes
Jimmy Flores .... set construction foreman
Marc Gillson .... paint foreman (as Marco Gillson)
Matt Golden .... storyboard artist
Randal R. Groves .... propmaker foreman
Wendy Jerde .... scenic painter
George Karnoff .... leadman: re-shoot
Richard Lambert .... leadman
Dina Lipton .... supervising art director: additional photography
Brian Markey .... construction coordinator
Bryce Moore .... assistant property master
Roy 'Bucky' Moore .... property master
Dorit Oberman .... set decorating buyer
William V. Ryder .... assistant art director
Saul Santell .... art department assistant
Ramsey Smith .... construction foreman
Harlan Spatz .... buyer/dresser
Kenny Swenson .... assistant property master
 
Sound Department
Keith Bilderbeck .... sound editor
Trip Brock .... dialogue editor
Tim Cooney .... sound mixer
Tom Fox .... utility sound: reshoots
Tim Gedemer .... sound editor
Armond Ghzanian .... assistant sound editor
William Jacobs .... adr editor
Robert Janiger .... sound mixer: reshoots
William H. Jeffs .... cable person: Nevada
Brian W. Jennings .... assistant sound editor (as Brian Jennings)
Jon Johnson .... supervising sound editor
Val Kuklowsky .... supervising adr editor
Samuel Lehmer .... sound re-recording mixer
Jeffrey Perkins .... supervising sound re-recording mixer
Miguel Rivera .... sound designer
Miguel Rivera .... supervising sound editor
Jackson Schwartz .... foley mixer
George W. Scott .... boom operator: re-shoots
Bill Shotland .... boom operator
Christopher Sidor .... sound recordist
Kevin K. Sorensen .... cable person (as Kevin Sorensen)
Greg Steele .... adr mixer
Edward M. Steidele .... foley artist (as Ed Steidele)
Bruce Stubblefield .... sound editor
Robert Troy .... dialogue editor
Christina Tucker .... adr mixer
Kerry Dean Williams .... adr editor (as Kerry Williams)
Tanya F. Yarbrough .... assistant sound editor (as Tanya Yarbrough)
Paul Drenning .... adr mixer (uncredited)
Jeremy M. Gilleece .... adr recordist (uncredited)
Cindy Jo Hinkleman .... sound assistant (uncredited)
Tim Song Jones .... utility sound technician: reshoots (uncredited)
Jackie Oster .... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
John Rodd .... additional mixing engineer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Chris Bailey .... special effects technician
John Cluff .... special effects technician
Scott Dwyer .... special effects technician
John C. Hartigan .... special effects: additional photography
Scott Inoue .... special effects technician (as Scott Y. Inoue)
Matt Kutcher .... special effects supervisor
Andrew J. Loprino .... special effects technician
Rosario Reyes-Kutcher .... special effects technician (as Rosario R. Reyes)
Ron Rosegard .... special effects
Paul Stewart .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Ken Dackermann .... digital compositor
Martin Hall .... compositor
Derek Ledbetter .... visual effects
Matt Linder .... 3D effects animator (uncredited)
Jeff Wells .... digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Tony Lee Boggs .... stunt double: Fuller
Tony Lee Boggs .... stunts (as Tony Boggs)
Dan Bradley .... stunt coordinator: additional photography
Brian Burrows .... stunts
Hal Burton .... stunts
Phil Chong .... stunts
Tom Elliott .... stunt coordinator
Teri Garland .... stunts
Tabby Hanson .... stunts
Candy Hoskins .... stunts
Kevin Johnson .... stunts
Steven Lambert .... stunts (as Steve Lambert)
Oakley Lehman .... stunt double: Lewis
Oakley Lehman .... stunts
Terry Leonard .... stunt coordinator
Sam Maloof .... stunts
Rick Miller .... stunts
Dana Reed .... stunts
Scott Rogers .... stunts
Ben Scott .... stunts
Stu Shiff .... stunts
Peter Stader .... stunts
Monica Staggs .... stunt double: Venna
Monica Staggs .... stunts
Jim Wilkey .... stunts
Al Wyatt Jr. .... stunts
Kevin N. Johnston .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jamie Anderson .... director of photography: additional photography (as James M. Anderson)
Thomas Bango .... first assistant camera
Greg Banta .... best boy electric
David Boyd .... director of photography: second unit
Nelson A. Castillo .... balloon technician
Stephen Collins .... camera operator: "b" camera
Don Devine .... camera operator
Ron Goodman .... camera operator: SpaceCam
Matt Guiza .... film loader
Jennifer Ann Henry .... second assistant camera
J.D. Ligier .... balloon light technician
David L. Merrill .... key grip
David Morton .... gaffer
Perry H. Patterson .... second assistant camera: "b" camera
David 'D.R.' Rhineer .... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as David Rhineer)
Greg Rhineer .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Shannon Van Metre .... camera loader
Lance Jay Velazco .... video assist operator
Merie Weismiller Wallace .... still photographer
William D. Wynn .... dolly grip
Bonnie S. Blake .... additional camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)
Richard Foreman Jr. .... additional still photographer (uncredited)
Rory Robert Knepp .... Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Rory Robert Knepp .... additional camera operator (uncredited)
John T. Pouncey .... second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
David D. Scott .... video assist operator: second unit (uncredited)
 
Casting Department
Belinda Gardea .... casting associate
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger .... casting assistant (as Lindsey Hayes)
Alice Cassidy .... additional special voice casting (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Doyle .... key set costumer
Leslie Herman .... wardrobe supervisor
Bega Metzner .... set costumer
Fran Murphy .... key costumer (2002)
 
Editorial Department
Gary Burritt .... negative cutter
Paul Covington .... assistant editor
Daniel Craven .... first assistant editor
Patrick Gallagher .... assistant editor: avid
Christein Goldstein .... first assistant editor: additional editorial crew (as Christein M. Goldstein)
Bob McMillian .... color timer
A. Michelle Page .... assistant editor
James Schermerhorn .... assistant editor
Mike Stanwick .... color timer
Adrianna Valencia .... post-production assistant
Sean Valla .... first assistant editor
 
Music Department
Pete Anthony .... conductor
Pete Anthony .... orchestrator
Thomas Bartke .... music transcriptor
Marco Beltrami .... conductor
John Bissell .... music supervisor
William Boston .... orchestrator (as Bill Boston)
Julian Bratolyubov .... music preparation
Johnny Caruso .... music editor
John Kurlander .... scoring engineer
Yvonne McDonald .... music coordinator
Chris McGeary .... music editor
Tristin Norwell .... music engineer
Tristin Norwell .... music producer
John Rodd .... orchestral scoring recordist
Buck Sanders .... composer: additional music
Richard Stewart .... assistant music editor
Ken Watson .... orchestra contractor
Ceiri Torjussen .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Charley Bob Burnham .... transportation coordinator: additional photography
Denny Caira .... transportation coordinator
Wallace Frick .... transportation captain (as Wally Frick)
David Travis Grieb .... grip and electric driver/swing
Mike Shannon .... transportation captain
Raymond Michael Shannon .... transportation captain
Lee Stepp .... transportation captain
David Joseph .... driver: production van (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Anita Boudreaux .... second assistant accountant
Richard Bronskill .... auricle operator
Carol Sue Byron .... production accountant
Chris Cummins .... set production assistant
Danielle Daly .... assistant: Mr. Dahl
Scott Devereaux .... key assistant location manager
Cindy Byron Fields .... second assistant accountant
Cindy Fields .... assistant accountant
Cliff Fleming .... helicopter pilot
Stefan Frank .... development executive
Gerry Ganger .... SpaceCam technician
Kevin Halloran .... location manager: additional photography
Tyler M. Hall .... production assistant
Joshua T. Harris .... office production assistant (as Joshua Harris)
Joe Hartwick Jr. .... production accountant: re-shoots
Pam Jack .... assistant location manager: Nevada (as Pamela Polhemus)
Jimi Johnson .... production assistant
Jonas Juhlin .... office production assistant
Lisa Kopp .... assistant: Bridget Johnson
Stephen A. Marinaccio II .... production coordinator (as Stephen 'Robo' Marinaccio II)
Michael Maxwell .... caterer (as Mike Maxwell)
Morgan .... script supervisor: second unit
Craig Nix .... assistant crane operator: Technocrane
Meighan Offield .... assistant: J.J. Abrams
Mistidawn Peterson .... office production assistant (as Mistidawn N. Peterson)
LaTanya Potts .... production secretary
Kei Rowan-Young .... assistant location manager
Amanda Segel .... assistant: Arnon Milchan
Ned R. Shapiro .... location manager (as Ned Shapiro)
Tiffany Shine .... assistant: Patrick Markey
Brad Shoemaker .... general foreman
Deborah Simmrin .... unit publicist
Marybeth Sprows .... assistant: J.J. Abrams
Mike Steaheli .... unit medic
Gregg Stuart .... second assistant accountant
Susan A. Sullivan .... assistant production coordinator (as Susan Sullivan)
Kevin Sutherland .... assistant: J.J. Abrams
Sheryl Swann .... assistant: John Dahl
Brenda K. Wachel .... script supervisor (as Brenda Wachel)
Tiffany Weston .... office production assistant
Amanda White .... assistant: Chris Moore
Marvin Williams .... production assistant
Rich Winograd .... SpaceCam operations coordinator
Paul O. Wright .... craft service
Karen Yokomizo .... first assistant accountant
Penny Brown .... accounting assistant (uncredited)
Carole Fontana .... location scout (uncredited)
Lee Steadman .... location scout (uncredited)
Rick S. Sulier .... assistant accountant (uncredited)
Carter Swan .... production assistant (uncredited)
Ken Twohy .... production assistant (uncredited)
James William Visconti III .... production assistant (uncredited)
Jim Wheelan .... craft service (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Road Kill (Australia) (New Zealand: English title) (UK)
Candy Cane (USA) (working title)
Highway Horror (USA) (working title)
Joyride (USA) (alternative spelling)
Squelch (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence/terror and language.
Runtime:
97 min
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Language:
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
As Lewis is looking at his map in the car, his finger follows the road from Red Rock past Green River and down SW. Director John Dahl's earlier motel based thriller was Red Rock West (1993). more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the teens have the broken tail light on their car fixed, they pull over by a corn field following Rusty Nail's instructions and the tail light is not working again. more
Quotes:
Rusty Nail: I was just playing. more
Soundtrack:
Telephone Song more

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30 out of 34 people found the following review useful.
Pretty intense thriller, 22 February 2004
7/10
Author: Grann-Bach (Grann-Bach@jubii.dk) from Denmark

The idea of this movie is actually pretty good; two teenagers do a prank call on a CB radio, but the prank turns on them. Most teenagers have probably been in a situation where they themselves made a prank call. At the very least, everyone knows about it. The film has some excellent shocks throughout the movie, and all of the 'thrilling' sequences are very intense, sometimes bordering on the extreme. The plot is pretty good, even pretty original, as far as I know. The acting is good enough. The characters are believable and their actions are understandable, most of the time. The movie has some very good cinematography and some pretty good cinematic effects. The ending, though a bit far-fetched, was the perfect way to end it, in my opinion. I couldn't have imagined a better way to end it. I recommend this to pretty much any teen who enjoys thrillers, especially the ones who like to relate to the theme and plot. Nearly every teenager in the world can in some way relate to at least one of the main characters in this film. 7/10

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