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Titolo originale: Maximum Overdrive
Regia: Stephen King |
Anno: 1986
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Azione Fantascienza Commedia
Tag: man vs machine | gas station | roadhouse | siege | lorry | comet | automation | truck | arcade | exploding truck | exploding gasoline station | inanimate objects come to life | eighteen wheeler | semi truck |
Cast: Emilio Estevez | Pat Hingle | Laura Harrington | Yeardley Smith | John Short | Ellen McElduff | J.C. Quinn | Christopher Murney | Holter Graham | Frankie Faison | Pat Miller | Jack Canon | Barry Bell | John Brasington | J. Don Ferguson | Leon Rippy | Robert Gooden | R. Pickett Bugg | Giancarlo Esposito | Martin Tucker | Marla Maples | Ned Austin | Richard Chapman Jr. | Bill Huggins | Stephen King |

A causa del passaggio della Terra nella coda di una cometa, le macchine impazziscono e si rivoltano contro i loro stessi creatori: in una stazione di servizio, un assortito gruppo di persone cerca di salvarsi fronteggiando un ostile drappello di camion assassini...

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The two draw bridge operators at the beginning of the film are seen playing knock rummy. At the begi [...] D
In the scene where 2 trucks are "killed" with rockets, the weapon is a LAAW (Light Anti-tank Assault [...] D
After shooting up the building, the M60 makes a small growl, hinting that it may be an invisible ali [...] D
Yeardley Smith is greatly embarrassed by this film. D
During the scene with the ferry bridge, a van can be seen with the AC/DC band's logo. They performed [...] D
The "Dixie Boy" truck stop was a set constructed 10 miles outside of Wilmington, North Carolina. It [...] D
Stephen King is a huge fan of AC/DC, and when he got to meet them he asked them if they would provid [...] D
Stephen King, being a former cocaine addict, later admitted that he was "coked out of my mind" the e [...] D
In the film, the Earth passes through the comet's tail on June 19, 1987. On June 19, 1999, King woul [...] D
In the game room of the Dixie Boy truck stop, they had a Bally Night Rider pinball game, a Williams [...] D
The Happy Toyz truck is a 1981 Western Star 4800 (supposedly). D
In Maximum Overdrive, the characters talk about going to an island named Haven where there are no ca [...] D
At 1:00:55 when Bill and Curtis are attempting to rescue the injured bible salesman, there is an Ont [...] D
Gary Busey was interested in starring in the film. D
The logo on the side of the Green Goblin truck reads "Here Comes Another Load Of Joy". D
The song being played by the marauding ice cream truck is 'King of the Road,' by Roger Miller. D
In the film the character Brett says to the Bible salesman "eat my shorts" under her breath. Yeardle [...] D
Among the product's names used on the tractor trailers that are controlled by the comet are Happy To [...] D
Stephen King: Stephen King appears uncredited at the very beginning of the movie standing at the ATM [...] D
The head on the main truck is based on that of Marvel Comics' Green Goblin. D
The title of the film is referenced in I Simpson: Maximum Homerdrive (1999), in which Homer Simpson [...] D
The trailer for this film used the John Carpenter/Alan Howarth score from Halloween III - Il signore [...] D
The price for gas shown on the pumps at the Dixie Truck Stop when the "Green Goblin" Truck is fillin [...] D
If you listen closely you can hear the ice cream truck's tune is "King of the Road". D
At 22:31 when the brown wrecker crashes into the gas station and narrowly misses Curtis you can see [...] D
Stephen King later called this "a moron movie". D
In the scene where the pizza delivery car crashes into a tree, the audience sees that the license pl [...] D
In the movie trailer, Stephen King said he decided to direct the film himself after writing several [...] D
The only Stephen King story turned into a movie to be directed by King himself. D
The film was the first to be made by Embassy Pictures after it had been bought by Dino De Laurentiis [...] D
Film debut of Holter Graham. Film debut of Marla Maples. D
The symbols flashing on the "Star Castle" video game in the truck stop are those typically used by r [...] D
AC/DC was selected to make the music for the movie by Stephen King himself. D
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was to have originally released the film (along with Manhunter - Frammenti di un [...] D
While shooting the scene where the steamroller rampages across the baseball diamond, Stephen King re [...] D
Despite the plot which says that all machines in the world come alive and begin killing people, Camp [...] D
While filming the scene where the ice cream truck flips over, the stunt didn't go according to plan. [...] D
About a year after the movie was released, the Green Goblin truck was taken to Silent Rick's Towing [...] D
In the beginning of the movie when the waitress is cooking she gets cut up by the electric knife. Wh [...] D
It is because of this movie that Evil Dead became a franchise. Stephen King loved La casa (1981) and [...] D
Stephen King originally wanted to cast Bruce Springsteen in the lead. D
It's been long rumored that George A. Romero actually ghost directed a large portion of the film whi [...] D
Several of the radio-controlled trucks used for the Dixie Boy siege broke down throughout filming, w [...] D
Some trucks used in the movie were from local businesses and the actual names of the businesses rema [...] D
An accident occurred on July 31, 1985 during shooting in a suburb of Wilmington, North Carolina wher [...] D
The film takes place in June 1987. D
When asked why he hasn't directed a movie since "Maximum Overdrive", Stephen King responded "Just wa [...] D
The original scripted ending had the Dixie Boy survivors deal with one last obstacle before escaping [...] D
Loosely based on Stephen King's short story, "Trucks", which was included in "Night Shift", King's f [...] D

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