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)
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- 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)
Troubled teen Alan Parker (Jonathan Jackson) is hitch-hiking to see his mother in hospital. On the way, he encounters many strange people and before his journey is through, he is forced to confront his demons and make some life-changing decisions.
I must stress that this is not a horror film; there are spooky moments, but these are not necessarily supernatural, and are more likely the result of the lead character's fertile imagination. To me, the film was more about not wasting the gift of life, dealing with guilt, and the importance of making good choices.
Garris attempts some particularly strange visual gimmickry during the telling of this tale, but I personally found his quirky directorial style to be annoying, and a truly awful performance from David Arquette certainly didn't help matters; only one or two genuinely creepy moments manage to stop this from being a complete waste of time. It is ironic that, for a film about 'making good choices', the makers of this movie sure seem to have made some bad ones.
- BA_Harrison
- Aug 16, 2006
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- Also known as
- Stephen King's Riding the Bullet
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- 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
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1