Trucks, the king short story that spawned this curiosity, also got a redo as source material, in the form of 1997 madefortv movie trucks. Emilio estevez, pat hingle, laura harrington and yeardley smith who voiced lisa simpson in the animated hit show the simpsons. Director mikael salomon already directed another stephen king adaption, namely 2004s twopart television movie salems lot, which was a decent effort. The movies tone is set in the opening scene, in which a man. It is a remake 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. Plot a smalltown truck stop is taken over by driverless trucks, possibly caused by a toxic spill in the city. Oct 30, 2019 too bizarre to feel real, too abrasive to work as camp, the mangler is about as bad as a stephen king movie can get.
Much like king s film maximum overdrive, trucks tells the story of automobiles. Stephen kings 10 most underrated movies screenrant. But with his sole directorial effort, stephen king that great chronicler of retro americana somehow made the perfect drivein movie. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on king s short story trucks, which was included in the authors first collection of short stories, night shift. Released 1997, trucks stars timothy busfield, brenda bakke, brendan fletcher, victor cowie the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 39 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. I mean, this already should give you some sort of indication of this movie s quality level, no.
Trucks is a 1997 canadian and american television horror film directed by chris thomson. David murray and a handful of strangers find themselves trapped together in a freeway truck stop diner after. List of adaptations of works by stephen king wikipedia. The best stephen king movies, ranked from worst to best. See also edit stephen king short fiction bibliography. He also offered the band a role in the film, but acdc declined stating they are not actors. All 58 stephen king movie and tv series adaptations, ranked.
Maximum overdrive is a silly, campy, funny and highly entertaining movie by stephen king with a great soundtrack by acdc. Exploring the only film directed by stephen king maximum overdrive. The one movie king ever directed, and well, you know, stephen king is a wonderful writer who should probably stick with writing. Jun 18, 2019 the big budget hollywood movie version of stephen king s epic fantasy series was a financial flop, but fans of the dark tower know theres plenty left to explore in the adventures of the.
A list of stephen king s movies, organized oldest to newest. Aliens arrive, parking in a geostationary orbit over nevada. Maximum overdrive is a 1986 american comedy horror film written and directed by stephen king. Trucks 1997 stephen king only directed one adaptation of his own work, maximum overdrive, about a mysterious event that brings every machine on earth to murderous life. Note that aside from creepshow 2, it chapter two, and doctor sleep, the sequels are only tangentially related to stephen king s work. In 1986 it was adapted for cinema with the king directed maximum overdrive. Based on the short story by stephen king, this tells the tale of trucks suddenly coming to life and attacking their owners. Trucks is a 1997 madefortv movie based on the short story by stephen king. Trucks, the story, basically tells the story of a bunch of people trapped in a freeway truck stop and. After the trucks cause numerous deaths, the remaining survivors are. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. It is the feature fulllength directorial debut of american director, producer, and screenwriter steven spielberg, and is distributed by universal pictures. This is the story uncle ottos truck and christine want to be but arent. The glorious b movie graveyard shift is easily one of the most fun stephen king films ever made.
In 1986 it was adapted for cinema with the kingdirected maximum overdrive. Despite the awful story, acting and direction, i saw this cult movie again yesterday afternoon and it makes laugh so stupid it is. This notorious crapfest was based loosely on kings story trucks and was his first and last turn as a director. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on kings short story trucks, which was included in the authors first collection of short stories, night shift. There is quite a bit of history to this story, dating back to its first publication in cavalier magazine, june 1973, and later reprinted in kings collection, night shift 1978. Top 30 stephen king movies, ranked from haunted hotels to prisonyard blues, carrie to christine the major adaptations of the iconic authors work, from worst to best. Aug 10, 2012 based on the short story by stephen king, this is christine with a lot more horsepower. Acting allows you to live other peoples lives without having to pay the price. Well you cant and to try to do so would be folly, as demonstrated by the remake of maximum overdrive, trucks. A list of stephen king s movie tv appearances, organized alphabetically.
This is a list of media based on work by stephen king including the richard bachman titles. Duel is a 1971 american road thriller film written by richard matheson, which is based on his own short story. A list of stephen king s movies, organized alphabetically. Trucks, the story, basically tells the story of a bunch of people trapped in a freeway truck stop and diner. Using powers unknown to us, they declare war, and use unmanned trucks as weapons. Posted on thursday, september 7th, 2017 by chris evangelista. From the short story trucks innight shift, this version starring timothy busfield was adapted after the release of maximum overdrive. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the chris thomsondirected movie via subscription can be a challenge, so. Stephen king full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. His most infamous movie yet was undoubtedly maximum overdrive. Made during the 1980s horror movie boom, maximum overdrive is an adaptation of king s short story trucks directed by the man himself. The film was a remake of king s own 1986 film maximum overdrive. A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. Stephen king has been terrifying readers for 43 years, crafting bestselling.
Stephen king is a horror legend, yet despite his critical acclaim, hes had more than a few duds in his massive collection of work. Based on king s short story, the film is set a moldering old textile mill, where john hall david andrews is hired to clean the place out. Children of the corn 1984 stephen king s tale of a young couple trapped in a town overrun by homicidal kids is a great idea for a movie, but fritz kierschs adaptation wanders aimlessly in. A group of survivors is under siege of fierce trucks in the dixie boy truck stop in a gas station and they have to fight to survive. The film stars emilio estevez, pat hingle, laura harrington, and yeardley smith. David murray and a handful of strangers find themselves trapped together in a freeway truck stop diner after semitrailers and other large trucks are suddenly brought to independent life by an unknown force and. Trucks is a tvremake of the only not very successful horror movie that its author stephen king directed himself, about a bunch of lifeless trucks in the area 51 region going berserk without apparent reason, and the fate of humanity lies in the incompetent hands of the ginger artist formerly known as arnold pointdexter the nerd. Stephen king s tale of a young couple trapped in a town overrun by homicidal kids is a great idea for a movie, but fritz kierschs adaptation wanders aimlessly in search of scares, and the over. Fortunately stephen king has given up directing movies.
There are no additional images for this short story. The film was a remake of kings own 1986 film maximum overdrive. In 1997 it was adapted again as the tv movie trucks, starring timothy busfield, which was made on a considerably smaller budget than maximum overdrive but was much more faithful to the original story. Stephen king a list of 39 titles created 03 may 2017 ochophobia a list of 23 titles created 17 jan 2017 stephen king a list of 35 titles. Report missing or broken trailer trucks 1997 trailer. Too bizarre to feel real, too abrasive to work as camp, the mangler is about as bad as a stephen king movie can get. Based on the short story by stephen king, this is christine with a lot more horsepower. Its a real shame more people dont know about it, much less list it among their favorite. There is quite a bit of history to this story, dating back to its first publication in cavalier magazine, june 1973, and later reprinted in king s collection, night shift 1978. Trucks film trucks is a 1997 madefortv movie based on the short story by stephen king. Stephen king is a huge fan of acdc, and when he got to meet them he asked them if they would provide music for this movie. The film starred emilio estevez and is not wellregarded by critics, fans, or stephen king himself. It is the feature fulllength directorial debut of american director, producer, and screenwriter steven spielberg, and is distributed by universal pictures dennis weaver portrays david mann, a business commuter from california driving a plymouth valiant while on his way to meet a client.
Stephen king wrote his first short story at seven, and was first published in a comic fanzine at 18. Trucks tv movie 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Trucks 1997 is a film based on a short story by stephen king. Its about trucks and other machines coming to life, led. After attending the university of maine, he worked as a sportswriter for his local newspaper and labored away for. Yearning to watch trucks on your tv, phone, or tablet.
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