Coast to Coast (1980)

Regisseur:

Joseph Sargent

Drehbuchautor:

Stanley Weiser (writer)

Premierendatum:

3. Oktober 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Either way, love will win in the end

Plot:

Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome...

Plot Keywords:

Chase | Escape | Revenge | Journey | Road

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Well, they'll never remake this movie!

Besetzung

Dyan Cannon	...	Madie Levrington
Robert Blake	...	Charles Callahan
Quinn K. Redeker	...	Benjamin Levrington (as Quinn Redeker)
Michael Lerner	...	Dr. Frederick Froll
Maxine Stuart	...	Sam Klinger
William Lucking	...	Jules (as Bill Lucking)
Ellen Gerstein	...	Nurse #1
Patricia Conklin	...	Nurse #2
David Moody	...	Chester
Rozelle Gayle	...	Orderly
Martin Beck	...	Albert
Karen Rushmore	...	Callahan's Wife
Mae Williams	...	Waitress at Truckstop
George P. Wilbur	...	Billy Ray
Tom Pletts	...	Attendant

Alternativ:

Von Küste zu Küste (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]
Wilde Flucht nach Kalifornien (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

95 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Norway:11 | USA:PG

Drehorte:

Farmington, California, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

This film was supposed to be a drama. Star Robert Blake felt that the film should be a comedy instead. So the script was rewritten during production to make it funnier.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: After Madie drives the truck through the house at the end, the tractor is pointed 45 degrees down from the front, but from the side it's straight.

Dialogzitate:

Charles Callahan: [Last Lines]
[to the repo man]
Charles Callahan: The keys are in the cab.
Madie Levrington: And the cab is in the living room.

Soundtrack:

Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')

Well, they'll never remake this movie!

COAST TO COAST is an obscure big studio film few have seen or even heard of. It stars two actors who are short, jittery and have lotsa hair. In other words, it stars two Ewoks. OK, enough with the silliness. COAST TO COAST stars Robert Conrad and Dyan Cannon, who do look like Ewoks. Dyan does her usual nervous Blond ditz who talks a mile a minute, while Robert plays it light (for once) but is rarely convincing playing cute. Usually built like a Pit Bull, Conrad here looks chubby. His ultra tight jeans don't help dispel the weight gain.

The story is about a trucker who...stop it there. A trucker? Oh it's one of those road movies made during the CB trend of the 1970s. It's a trend that truly belongs in the 70s and will most likely never resurface again until the end of time. The film itself is harmless enough so there's no point of really trashing it but needless to say, it's not really good. The story is obvious, never convincing and the two stars are not interesting enough to carry an entire film, as lightweight as it is. The film is not on DVD yet. I watched on video. I doubt it'll ever make it on DVD in the near future.