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Trucks is a 1997 television horror film directed by Chris Thomson. It is based on Stephen King's short story "Trucks", which also served as the source material for the earlier film Maximum Overdrive, the only film directed by King. It aired on the USA Network on October 29, 1997.

Trucks
Genre	Horror
Based on	"Trucks" by Stephen King
Written by	Brian Taggert
Directed by	Chris Thomson
Starring	Timothy Busfield Brenda Bakke Aidan Devine Roman Podhora Rick Skene Brendan Fletcher
Music by	Michael Richard Plowman
Country of origin	Canada[1] United States[1]
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Mark Amin Derek Mazur Jerry Leider Richard S. Reisberg
Cinematography	Rob Draper
Editor	Lara Mazur
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	Trimark Pictures Leider-Reisberg Credo Entertainment
Distributor	USA Pictures
Release
Original network	USA Network
Original release	October 29, 1997 (1997-10-29)

Plot

In a small Nevada town, the town residents live peacefully. But one day, most trucks mysteriously start to come to life and develop their own minds.

Ray along with his son arrive in Nevada, where they decide to stay in a restaurant. As the trucks start to develop their own minds, a trucker loses control of his refrigerator truck and decides to get out of it to see why the truck stopped. When he decides to check the trailer, he is locked inside by the truck.

Ray meets a Hippie named Jack and a woman named Hope and a man with his daughter. They see an old truck and decide to move it out of the way when the refrigerator truck comes and tries to kill them, but they escape.

The group hides in a restaurant where more trucks come and circle around.

A postal worker drops off some mail at a toy store, however, an RC Tonka dump truck drives through a window and chases after the postal worker. The toy gradually kills the person by driving aggressively into him multiple times.

Two hazmat workers are sent to clean up a chemical spill caused by a chemical truck that crashes into an electric substation, but are killed by their truck. Meanwhile, the group has a plan to fuel up the trucks to calm them down. When the night comes, they decide to fuel the trucks but Ray, his son, and Hope decide to secretly escape. A cook named George tries to shoot the trucks but is killed when the refrigerator truck runs him over and collides with the restaurant, causing the truck to explode.

In that same night, an electrician was working on fixing a power line in a bucket crane truck. He was then killed by his truck when it causes him to fall out of the bucket and be electrocuted.

A few hours later Ray, his son, and Hope see a helicopter in the distance and decide to get inside when the refrigerator truck tries to kill them again but falls in a lake. The group manages to successfully get in the helicopter only to realize that there is no pilot inside.

Cast

• Timothy Busfield as Ray Porter
• Brenda Bakke as Hope Gladstone
• Brendan Fletcher as Logan Porter
• Roman Podhora as Thad Timmy
• Jay Brazeau as Jack
• Amy Stewart as Abby Timmy
• Victor Cowie as George "Georgie"
• Aidan Devine as Trucker Bob
• Sharon Bajer as June Yeager
• Jonathan Barrett as Brad Yeager
• Rick Skene as Trucker Pete
• Don Granberry as Sheriff
• Kirk Harper as Lino
• Harry Nelken as Phil

Trucks used in the film

• Western Star 4964
• Grumman-Olson Kurbmaster
• Ford F-Series
• Chevrolet Task-Force Apache
• GMC New Design
• Ford Econoline
• Ford F-Series
• GMC C6500

Production

Principal photography concluded on August 22, 1997. Shooting took place in Gunton and Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2][3]

Reception

TV Guide rated Trucks 2/4 stars and wrote, "The film is all premise and no plot, a problem made worse by the clumsy addition of extraneous gory sequences."[4]

References

External links

• Trucks at IMDb
• Trucks at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Trucks – Out of Control

Trucks – Out of Control (OT: Trucks) ist ein Film basierend auf Büchern von Stephen King aus dem Jahr 1997. Regie bei diesem Werk führte Chris Thomson. Die Geschichte des Films basiert auf einer Kurzgeschichte mit dem Titel Trucks, welche in drei Büchern von Stephen King veröffentlicht wurde: Katzenauge (1976), Trucks (1976) und Nachtschicht (1978). Die Produktion ist zugleich eine Neuverfilmung von Rhea M – Es begann ohne Warnung (1986).

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- [en] Trucks (film)

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[ru] Зона 51 (фильм)

«Зона 51» (англ. Trucks) — канадский фантастический триллер, снятый в 1997 году, вторая экранизация рассказа Стивена Кинга «Грузовики».

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