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Maximum Overdrive

Year:

1986

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Stephen King

Awards:

3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1986-07-25

Filming Locations: Ontario, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,205,644 (USA) (27 July 1986)

Gross: $7,188,513 (USA) (10 August 1986)

Cast

Actor

Character

Marla Maples

Holter Graham

Maximum Overdrive

Emilio Estevez

Bill Robinson

Pat Hingle

Bubba Hendershot

Laura Harrington

Brett

Yeardley Smith

Connie

John Short

Curtis

Ellen McElduff

Wanda June

J.C. Quinn

Duncan Keller

Christopher Murney

Camp Loman

Frankie Faison

Handy

Pat Miller

Joe

Jack Canon

Max

Barry Bell

Steve Gayton

John Brasington

Frank

J. Don Ferguson

Andy

Leon Rippy

Brad

Robert Gooden

Harry (as Bob Gooden)

R. Pickett Bugg

Rolf

Giancarlo Esposito

Videoplayer

Martin Tucker

2nd Man

Ned Austin

Bridgemaster

Richard Chapman Jr.

Helper

Bob Gunter

Coach

Bill Huggins

Umpire

Phil Adams

Bobby - Deke's Friend (uncredited)

Christine Anne Baur

Dead Woman on Bridge (uncredited)

Noah Bentley

Little League Baseball Boy Walking With Umpire (uncredited)

Jock Brandis

Dump Truck Driver (uncredited)

Chris Britton

Drive-Thru Machine Voice (voice) (uncredited)

George Cox

Guy in Red Convertible on Bridge (uncredited)

Hal Fishman

Anchorman Voice (voice) (uncredited)

Robin Grathwol

White Tanker Truck Driver on Bridge (uncredited)

Gene Hartline

AC DC Van Driver (uncredited)

Kent Hays

Dead Pizza Guy (uncredited)

Stephen King

Man at Bank ATM (uncredited)

Dick Langdon

Dump Truck Driver on Bridge (uncredited)

Julius LeFlore

Guy Falling Off Motorcycle and Going Through Car Window (uncredited)

Evan A. Lottman

Grey Van Driver on Bridge (uncredited)

Denver Mattson

Dead Man Killed by Chainsaw (uncredited)

Gary McLarty

Guy in AC DC Van (uncredited)

Bruce Moriarty

Dead Man on Porch Swing (uncredited)

Elizabeth Mulfaxe

Dead Lady in Hedge (uncredited)

Dean Mumford

Motorcycle Guy Sliding Off Drawbridge (uncredited)

Bernie Pock

Dead Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Glenn Randall Jr.

Dead Ice Cream Man (uncredited)

Connie Smith

Dead Woman in Car (uncredited)

Milton Subotsky

Grey Van Driver on Bridge (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was to have originally released the film (along with Manhunter (1986)), as the last two films of a deal between producer Dino De Laurentiis and the studio. After DeLaurentiis bought Embassy Pictures and renamed it DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, he chose to distribute the film himself and the last two films in the deal didn't happen until the 1990s.

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The symbols flashing on the "Star Castle" video game in the truck stop are those typically used by researchers of clairvoyance and ESP.

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The trailer for this film used the John Carpenter/Alan Howarth score from Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982).

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Goofs

After the electric knife attacks Wanda the waitress, she leans her elbow on the grill, but she doesn't burn herself.

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Signs visible throughout the movie list the price of diesel fuel at the Dixie Boy as $1.08 per gallon. Yet whenever the pumps are being used and the sale amount and gallons pumped are shown, the numbers work out to much less than $1 per gallon, actually just a miniscule amount over 56 cents per gallon.

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When Bill and Handy are talking outside, after feeding the Trucks fuel, the camera and crew is reflected on the windows of the Dixie Boy. Then you can see an umbrella with people sitting under it.

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Quotes

Camp Loman: [upon seeing a semi crash into his new car] Cocksucker!

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Connie: Oh my God. "When we get to that truck stop, everything will be alright." Oh, yes...

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Hendershot: I don't give a ladybug!

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Faq

Is the uncut version with head explosion available anywhere?

While no copies have popped up anywhere, there is supposedly an uncut VHS tape that was released when the film came to VHS. This alleged tape not only has the infamous exploding head steamroller scene, but also an additional 4 minutes of footage.

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