When a man finds out his mother is dying and tries to hitchhike his way to the hospital, he is picked up by a stranger with a deadly secret.When a man finds out his mother is dying and tries to hitchhike his way to the hospital, he is picked up by a stranger with a deadly secret.When a man finds out his mother is dying and tries to hitchhike his way to the hospital, he is picked up by a stranger with a deadly secret.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Julian Parker
- (as Barry Levy)
- Alan - Age 12
- (as Jeff Ballard)
- Director
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Did you know
- TriviaThe old red car with the white top is supposed to be a 1958 Plymouth Fury, the same make and model as Christine (1983).
- GoofsWhen Alan cuts himself with the razor blade, on the coffee table is a commercially made plastic bong. The first plastic bong was patented in 1975, six years after the timeline of the movie. Prior to the mid-1970s, bongs were made of bamboo.
- Quotes
Mature Alan: [voice over] Nothing seems to last. But the bullet. The bullet is constant. The bullet is always there. You wait in line, that's all. And when it's your turn to ride the bullet, maybe you ride, maybe you run. Either way it comes to the same thing. Fun is fun. And done is done. Nobody lives forever, but we all shine on.
- Crazy creditsFOR MOM, DAD, and CRAIG.
- ConnectionsEdited into Shooting the Bullet (2005)
It's about a student who learns his mother has had a stroke. Therefore he decides to hitchhike home to see her in hospital. Ignoring the fact that he doesn't seem to have any mode of transport or finances to take public transport, he sets off.
What follows is one random scene after the next. It's like the whole film is just his encounters along the way. Yes, some are well done and quite creepy or unsettling. However, there is simply no story here. He meets one weird character. He leaves them. Rinse and repeat.
Like I say, it has its creepy moments. Plus the acting is decent enough. There just isn't a story here at all. The young man starts at university. He ends up by his mother's side. Along the way are a few instances of weirdness. If you get bored (and I sure did), you can even skip chapters on the DVD. Each chapter is basically one weird/random encounter with a stranger. Therefore you can effectively skip the entire middle part of the film (while he's on the road) and still not miss anything and understand it completely.
Definitely one to avoid. Stick to Pet Sematery.
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- Jul 9, 2014
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- Also known as
- Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $134,711
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $101,107
- Oct 17, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $264,505
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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