Six Pack (1982)

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Writers:

Mike Marvin (writer)
Alex Matter (writer)

Release Date:

16 July 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Kenny Rogers is Brewster Baker. His racing career was going in reverse, until six car-crazy kids joined his pit crew and put him back on the track.

Plot:

Stopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home...

Plot Keywords:

Sheriff | Car | Car Driver | Children | Orphan

Cast

Kenny Rogers	...	Brewster Baker
Diane Lane	...	Breezy
Erin Gray	...	Lilah
Barry Corbin	...	Sheriff
Terry Kiser	...	Terk
Bob Hannah	...	Diddler
Tom Abernathy	...	Louis
Robbie Fleming	...	Little Harry
Anthony Michael Hall	...	Doc
Robby Still	...	Swifty
Benji Wilhoite	...	Steven
Buddy Baker	...	Himself
Gary McGurrin	...	Hank
Charles Kahlenberg	...	Stan
Roy Tatum	...	Harley

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Lion Share

Trivia:

Cameo: [Burt Reynolds]Man walking in front of Brewster & Lilah in the bar at about 01:32. Says: "Hey Brew! You're going to win tomorrow."

Goofs:

Factual errors: While Brewster is in the bar, the kids are out in the parking lot raiding other race cars for parts to put back on Brewster's car. One of the kids is shown removing the lug nuts off a potential donor car. The wheels on this car have the standard lug pattern common to stock production vehicles. Brewster's car is running wide five hubs on all four corners. While the potential is there to use the tires, the rims would be useless and thus make for a pretty senseless heist, seeing as how his car needs both rims and tires.

Quotes:

Sheriff: Get your asses out here on the double!

Movie Connections:

References Rocky (1976)

Soundtrack:

Rainbow Stew

Entertaining for the kids, even today.

A former stock car driver attempts to make a comeback with six orphans hanging on his coat tails. Kenny Rogers gets a taste of parenting on the road as he gets adopted by six brothers and sisters without any direction in their lives, except a crooked sheriff who wants to take advantage of their unusual skill.

As an actor, Kenny Rogers holds his own, and his interaction with the kids was good. Along with the growing relationship between him and the children is a young lady, played by Erin Gray, who has designs of her own on Rogers, but can't seem to get a commitment out of him.

Another of the main characters is the only daughter, played by Diane Lane, who has become an accomplished actor on her own. This film came out just after I finished high school and she was, virtually, an unknown (but we all know how that's changed).

As my one line summary states, this film is entertaining for the kids, and parents will even be able to tolerate watching it with their children (especially those who are stock car enthusiasts). 6 out of 10.