Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Maximum Overdrive | United States of America

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 homicidal 18-wheelers. The frightened people set out to defeat the killer machines ... or be killed by them.

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Description

Writers

Stephen King

Stars

Emilio Estevez
William "Bill" Robinson

Pat Hingle
Bubba Hendershot

Laura Harrington
Brett

Yeardley Smith
Connie

John Short
Curtis

Frankie Faison
Handy

Ellen McElduff
Wanda June

J. C. Quinn
Duncan Keller

Giancarlo Esposito
Videoplayer

Marla Maples
2nd Woman

Others...

Budget

10,000,000.00

Revenue

7,433,663.00

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Keywords

gas station, man vs machine, arcade, inanimate objects coming to life, siege, comet, truck, roadhouse, lorry, automation, exploding truck, exploding gasoline station

Production

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Actor

Emilio Estevez, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, Frankie Faison, Ellen McElduff, J. C. Quinn, Giancarlo Esposito, Marla Maples, Stephen King, Christopher Murney, Holter Graham, Jack Canon, John Brasington, J. Don Ferguson, Leon Rippy, Robert Gooden, R. Pickett Bugg, Ned Austin, Bob Gunter, Bill Huggins

Creators

Stephen King (Screenplay), Dino De Laurentiis (Executive Producer), Hilton Rosemarin (Set Designer), Glenn Randall Jr. (Stunt Coordinator), Skip Lievsay (Sound Editor), Todd Kasow (Music Supervisor), Martha De Laurentiis (Producer), Mary Colquhoun (Casting), Giorgio Postiglione (Production Design), Armando Nannuzzi (Director of Photography), Evan A. Lottman (Editor), Don Levin (Executive Producer), Mel Pearl (Executive Producer), Ron Bochar (Foley Editor), Lee Dichter (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Angus Young (Original Music Composer), Malcolm Young (Original Music Composer), Milton Subotsky (Co-Producer), Clifford Capone (Costume Design), Marilyn Stonehouse (Production Manager), Mark S. Turner (Sculptor), Angela Heald (Production Coordinator), Jock Brandis (Gaffer), Dean Gates (Makeup Effects), Barry Nolan (Visual Effects Supervisor), Jeffrey Schlatter (Construction Coordinator), Mel Zelniker (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Darrell Hanzalik (Supervising ADR Editor), Neil L. Kaufman (Sound Editor), Tony Lucibello (First Assistant Director), Valerie E. Norman (Script Supervisor), Thomas Michael Ryan (Propmaker), David W. Strong (Rigging Gaffer), Marlana May (Makeup Artist), Gordy Wein (Makeup Effects), David Brace (Sculptor), Larry Porche (Boom Operator), Michael Steinfeld (Sound Editor), Jeff Frink (Special Effects), Jayme Bednarczyk (Wardrobe Supervisor), Roberto Croci (Translator), Mara Trovato (Translator)

Alternative titles

Maximum Overdrive - Stephen King (AU)
Trucks - Stephen King (AU)
Es begann ohne Warnung (DE)
La Rebelion De Las Maquinas De Stephen King (ES)
Maximum Overdrive (FR)
La rebelión de las máquinas (MX)

Release dates

25.11.1987 (FR)
20.11.1986 (DE)
25.07.1986 (US)
30.01.1987 (SE)
25.07.1986 (GB)