Maximum Overdrive
Imagine your worst nightmare...machines take over the world!
- 1986
- Rated R
- 1h 38m
- Horror
- Action
- Science Fiction
Rating: 5.8 out of 10TMDB(903 votes)
Overview
When a comet passes close to the earth, machines all over the world come alive and go on homicidal rampages. A group of people at a desolate truck stop are held hostage by a gang of murderous 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines…Or be killed by them.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (1987)
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Box office
Grossed $7.4M worldwide against a $10M budget
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Based on
Based on Trucks
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Filming locations
Filmed in North Carolina
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Setting
Set in North Carolina
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Music
Music by AC/DC
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Armando Nannuzzi
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Stephen KingScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 13, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $7.4M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Emilio EstevezBill Robinson
Pat HingleHendershot
Laura HarringtonBrett
Yeardley SmithConnie
John ShortCurt
Ellen McElduffWanda June
J.C. QuinnDuncan
Christopher MurneyCamp Loman
Holter GrahamDeke
Frankie FaisonHandy- Pat MillerJoe
- Jack CanonMax
- Barry BellSteve
- John BrasingtonFrank
J. Don FergusonAndy
Leon RippyBrad- Robert GoodenBarry
- R. Pickett BuggRolf
Giancarlo EspositoVideoplayer- Martin Tucker2nd Man
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