


Citizen Band radio takes to the freeways for fast-lane thrills. Trucker Kris Kristofferson signals the big 10-4 for help when he's chased through three states by a corrupt speed cop. The green light is given on the CB airwaves for a convoy of moving violations to keep the police off his trail. Review: Great movie - Glad it was on here Review: Fun Watch with Lots of Good Memories - Great for a trip to the past to watch some good old fun with great acting when being good mattered in the movie industry. I highly recommend. The theme song is one of my favorites as a kid!!!














| ASIN | B00SZLEN9U |
| Actors | Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Kris Kristofferson, Lou Reed and Kris Kristofferson |
| Best Sellers Rank | #111,798 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #10,384 in Action & Adventure DVDs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (4,678) |
| Director | Sam Peckinpah |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item model number | 1601 |
| MPAA rating | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Media Format | Anamorphic, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces |
| Release date | February 1, 2020 |
| Run time | 1 hour and 50 minutes |
| Studio | Kino Studio Classics |
M**S
Great movie
Glad it was on here
M**L
Fun Watch with Lots of Good Memories
Great for a trip to the past to watch some good old fun with great acting when being good mattered in the movie industry. I highly recommend. The theme song is one of my favorites as a kid!!!
M**D
Kris Kristofferson fans!
Great movie!
S**R
👍
Great movie
V**K
A Portrait of a Trucker; Peckinpah Paints with Moving Images
1978's "Convoy" starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw was directed by Sam Peckinpah. He later worked on 1983's "The Osterman Weekend" but it was cut by the studio and is sadly, I consider, unfinished although it is in release. "Convoy" is a fitting ending as it is based on the popular song by C.W. McCall and the screenplay is written by B.W.L. Norton and it provides Peckinpah with an excuse to use "Convoy" as a canvas on which he paints a mural of his slow-motion ballets of violence for which he is famous. Far from his masterpieces like 1969's "The Wild Bunch" it is still worth seeing as everything by Peckinpah deserves to be seen, even "The Osterman Weekend." He has worked with Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw before and they are joined by Burt Young, Madge Sinclair and Franklyn Ajaye and especially he again is working with Ernest Borgnine as the villain of the piece. It is Peckinpah's film, but an admirable presentation of the song of which McCall should be proud. I gave the DVD four stars as it is for Kinowelt's widescreen, uncut version which seems made on a computer and could be better, but I appreciate their presenting it uncut. There are a number of other editions, several by Cheezy Flicks (even now a restored version), but the reviews were horrendous and they generally provide cheap editions which are only worth it because they don't cost much. They are sacrifices to less quality. Apparently United Artists, who initially released the film, did not think enough of it to provide better. It is the only Peckinpah film to observe his treatment of film so radically like the art it is. Graeme Clifford, who would later direct Jessica Lange in "Frances," was editor and director of photography was Harry Stradling, Jr. Kinowelt is a German company and the trailer as an extra is in German as is the menu and some copy of the back cover. Moreso it is folklore than a great story, but grand Peckinpah. "Convoy" deserves a bravura presentation, but this will have to do.
D**R
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T**E
I Took a Look Down and Bingo, There It Was...
Long considered a "troubled" Sam Peckinpah film, that general opinion was compounded by the fact that there wasn't a decent DVD edition of Convoy to make it any easier for us regular and irregular folk to make a judgemental decision either way. All that has changed now that Kino has remastered it and slathered on more special features than I would have ever thought possible (the well-produced & exclusive retrospective documentary about the feature alone is nearly as long as the movie itself). So make sure that your DVD is the Kino edition (ordered mine directly from Amazon) and you will be grateful that you did. But is it a good movie? I had never seen it before, so watching it with unblemished expectations, I have to admit I enjoyed the living highway out of it. As a drive-in-type feature film, it entertained and had enough great acting, action, and impressive cinematography to fill the void I was nursing that evening. Afterwards I watched the documetary and then immediately rewatched the main feature with the running commentary selected, and it wasn't until then that I realized why it wasn't very highly regarded by Peckinpah fanatics, but that made it even more enjoyable due to the feeling that I was being educated in the process (plus it did not change the fact that it is one fun piece of cinema). I've come to the decision that a "troubled" Sam Peckinpah film can beat up most other director's "untroubled" films. And that? That'll be that.
A**N
Enjoyed this movie!
Really had fun watching this. Chris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, and Ernerst Bognine were great in this movie. Great entertainment value.
D**L
Fast delivery
S**O
Love this movie
O**)
Lo malo: como fue un pedido europeo tardo casi 3 mesea en llegar. :'( pero afortunadamente llego en perfectas condiciones y el disco no estaba suelto ^^ Lo bueno: la película es sensacional, la recomiendo muchísimo, ya que es un clásico de culto, Sam Peckinpah nos entrega una de sus mejores películas de la trilogía TRUCKER CONVOY Especificaciones: el audio esta en castellano 2.0 DTS y subtitulos en castellano, inglés, alemán Widescreen 2.35:1 Lo mejor: el disco es multiregion, ABC, si tienes un reproductor Blu-ray de region A no te preocupes lo leerá sin restricción regional XD XD
A**N
Las primeras, porqué fueron varias, veces que vi "Convoy" las películas aún no tenían director. Desde esa inocencia disfruté como un loco de esta historia de camioneros y carretera (sí, Taylor no se equivocaba). Los camiones suelen tener algo mágico para la mirada infantil, y más los de estética americana, mucho más bonitos que los de aquí, con ese morro delantero. También aquellas carreteras inacabables en medio de parajes desérticos ejercen un magnetismo tan especial que uno incluso acaba extrañándose cuando al final descubre que llevan a alguna parte. Por ello no es casual tampoco que me impactara mucho en esa época "El diablo sobre ruedas", y ahora resulta divertido oír en los extras del DVD a Spielberg hablando del concienzudo y difícil casting de camiones, algo que sin duda debió suceder también en este caso (como con los caballos en los westerns, que es lo que en el fondo el film no deja de ser). No volví a ver "Convoy" hasta hará un par de años, sabiendo ya que casi unánimemente se considera el punto más bajo de la carrera de Peckinpah. No soy de los que se decepcionan al revisar películas de la infancia o juventud (o de los por temor a ello ni siquiera lo intentan) porqué creo que en la vida adulta en realidad no se vuelve a estas películas para encontrarlas a ellas, sino para otorgarse el pequeño placer de reencontrar al niño que uno fue. Por eso no hay lugar para el desengaño, ya que por muy mediocres, malas o incluso pésimas que ahora las pueda encontrar, desde el momento que fueron importantes en un momento determinado de mi vida tendrán ya para siempre un rincón indeleble en mi corazoncito. Y, sin embargo, creyendo que me iba a parecer tan limitada como ahora me parecen, por ejemplo, las de Terence Hill y Bud Spencer (otros tótems infantiles), tras los primeros minutos pensé "pues no está tan mal" y, al término, murmuré: "pues no está nada, pero nada mal". Innegablemente, el hecho que un crédito diga "Directed by Sam Peckinpah" siempre jugará en su contra, al enfrentarla con lo que el cineasta demostró que era capaz de hacer; pero atendida bajo el prisma de su asumido carácter menor, me parece una película sumamente entretenida y efectiva, llena de humor y que no desfallece nunca en su ritmo narrativo (a pesar de los vuelos de coches a cámara lenta, escenas demasiado atadas a la estética de su tiempo). Le falta la poesía que en última instancia engrandece el cine crepuscular de su autor, pero se agradece el brío de su vitalista prosa. Hay una imagen emblemática del western (magnífica en "Pasión de los fuertes" o "Duelo de titanes") que siempre me ha encandilado. Es la del grupo de héroes avanzando por la calle principal uno al lado del otro, acompasando los pasos; una instantánea que integra la épica con la solidaridad (sabes que cada uno protegerá la vida del otro). Esta imagen icónica aparece también aquí, pero protagonizada por camiones. Es un instante sencillamente deslumbrante. Calidad de imagen y sonido en el bluray, simplemente aceptable.
T**N
Très bon
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