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Breakdown was released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures, and is one of the final films featuring J. T. Walsh to be released in his lifetime. It received positive reviews and gained a strong cult following.
Breakdown: Directed by Jonathan Mostow. With Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey. A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Jonathan Mostow
- 1997-05-02
Breakdown (1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sam Montgomery. Screenplay. When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy.
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Jeff Taylor and his wife Amy drive cross-country from Boston to San Diego in their new Jeep Grand Cherokee. While driving, Jeff narrowly avoids colliding with a beat-up pickup truck. Later, at a gas station, Earl, the driver of the pickup truck, confronts Jeff and they exchange hostile words. Shortly after the couple resume their journey, their car...
Kurt Russell as Jeff TaylorJ.T. Walsh as Warren 'Red' BarrKathleen Quinlan as Amy TaylorM. C. Gainey as EarlFilming
Breakdownwas filmed on location in Sacramento, California; Victorville, California; Pyramid Lake; Moab, Utah; Sedona, Arizona; and the Tasmanian Midlands Highway.
The score was written by Basil Poledouris, with contributions from Steve Forman, Judd Miller, Eric Colvin and Richard Marvin.It was released as a limited edition of 3,000 units by LaLaLand Records in June 2011. The release comprises a 3-CD set: the first CD contains the score as heard in the film, which contains material from additional composers. ...
Box office
Breakdowndebuted at first place at the box office with $12.3 million. After initially opening to 2,108 theaters, the film later expanded to 2,348 theaters and grossed a total of $50,159,144 in the United States and Canada.
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 82% of critics gave the film positive reviews based upon a sample of 55, with an average score of 7.2/10. The site's consensus describes it as "A brainy and suspenseful – if somewhat uneven – thriller". At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 73 based on 19 reviews. Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the film, "Breakdow...
Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret. Jonathan Mostow. Director, Screenplay, Story. Sam Montgomery. Screenplay. When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help.
May 2, 1997 · Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan star as a Massachusetts couple driving to California through the deserts of the Southwest. They’ve made two mistakes, as a character later helpfully explains: driving a brand-new red Jeep and having out-of-state plates.
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