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Joy Ride

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  • 1h 37m
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6.6/10
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Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)
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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 psychopathic killer.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 psychopathic killer.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 psychopathic killer.
IMDb RATING
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71K
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    • John Dahl
    • Clay Tarver
    • J.J. Abrams
  • Stars
    • Steve Zahn
    • Paul Walker
    • Leelee Sobieski
    • John Dahl
    • Clay Tarver
    • J.J. Abrams
  • Stars
    • Steve Zahn
    • Paul Walker
    • Leelee Sobieski
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 386User reviews
    • 84Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
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    Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)
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    Steve Zahn and Leelee Sobieski in Joy Ride (2001)
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    Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)
    Venna, Fuller & Lewis
    Brien Varady as the a Paramedic in "Joy Ride" (deleted scene)
    Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)
    Joy Ride (2001)
    Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)
    Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)
    Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, and Paul Walker in Joy Ride (2001)

    Top cast

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    Steve Zahn
    Steve Zahn
    • Fuller
    Paul Walker
    Paul Walker
    • Lewis
    Leelee Sobieski
    Leelee Sobieski
    • Venna
    Jessica Bowman
    Jessica Bowman
    • Charlotte
    Stuart Stone
    Stuart Stone
    • Danny (Lewis's Roommate)
    Basil Wallace
    Basil Wallace
    • Car Salesman
    Brian Leckner
    Brian Leckner
    • Officer Keeney
    Mary Wickliffe
    Mary Wickliffe
    • Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk
    McKenzie Satterthwaite
    • Asst. Salt Lake City Police Desk Clerk
    Dell Yount
    Dell Yount
    • Gas Station Mechanic
    Kenneth White
    • Ronald Ellinghouse
    Luis Cortés
    • Night Manager
    • (as Luis Cortes)
    Michael McCleery
    • Officer Akins
    Jim Beaver
    Jim Beaver
    • Sheriff Ritter
    Rachel Singer
    Rachel Singer
    • Gas Station Manager
    Satch Huizenga
    • Ice Truck Man
    Terry Leonard
    Terry Leonard
    • Bartender
    James MacDonald
    James MacDonald
    • Local in Nebraska Bar
      • John Dahl
      • Clay Tarver
      • J.J. Abrams
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      For the nighttime chase scenes, the headlights of the trucks and cars were replaced by aircraft landing lights for extra brightness. This helped to bring down the exposure enough to keep the sky consistently black even at early dawn.
    • Goofs
      As Lewis, Venna, and Fuller are driving out to the corn field, Fuller is wearing a blue shirt with a brown jacket. While running through the corn field away from Rusty Nail, however, Fuller is wearing a cop's hat and cop's jacket, obviously from the original ending.
    • Quotes

      Rusty Nail: [34:11] Apologize.

      Fuller Thomas: No. Listen, you sick fuck, you pathetic, lonely, walkie-talkie, freak-show motherfucker. You're not getting anything from me. Know why? Because I have something that's more powerful than your psychosis. It's called a volume knob, and the only thing I have to do to make you go away is to turn it counterclockwise. You got that? You copy that?

      Rusty Nail: You know, Black Sheep, you really ought to get that fixed.

      Fuller Thomas: Get what fixed?

      Rusty Nail: Your taillight.

    • Alternate versions
      DVD and Blu-ray include 29 minutes long original ending and three alternate endings.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of 'Joy Ride' (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      You're Mine
      Written by Ken Cooper and Marti Frederiksen

      Performed by Sinomatic

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews386

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    7/10
    A nice well made B-movie, a little winner!
    After KILL ME AGAIN and RED ROCK WEST director Dahl has again made a nice good-looking, really thrilling little B-movie! He must have watched DUEL (which is still better, maybe the best S. Spielberg movie ever, and rates 10/10) and has added something here and there. The Trauma Spielberg handled in his movie is not to be found in here, but it's still and nevertheless a highly enjoyable, also well photographed movie with believable actors and a nice twisted ending (improbable, yes, but still nice). Whereas in DUEL one just had the man (Dennis Weaver is his best movie) and a truck (without the driver ever to be seen), Dahl added more characters and a more visible (actually audible) driver + police, etc, but the basic plot, people running away from mad truck/driver, is left intact. I just wish more such movies would still be made today ...
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    • wmjahn
    • Sep 6, 2006

    FAQ2

    • Did Rusty Nail kill Charlotte or did he let her go?
    • In the end is Rusty Nail dead or alive?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 2001 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA
    • Production companies
      • New Regency Productions
      • Epsilon Motion Pictures
      • Bad Robot
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Dolby
      • DTS

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