Convoy (1978)

Citizen Band radio takes to the freeways for fast-lane thrills and fly-over spills. Trucker "Rubber Duck" (Kris Kristofferson) signals the big 10-4 when he and his unsuspecting ridealong (Ali MacGraw) are chased through three states by a corrupt traffic

Nice New Cover, Same Crappy Cheezy Flicks DVD

Don't be fooled! While they have updated the cover art for this film this is nothing more than the same crappy Cheezy Flicks DVD with horrible video and audio, missing scenes included... If your looking for quality and a complete version get the Kinowelt / Truckerflicks version, it has digitally remastered video and audio as well as the missing footage cut out of the other Convoy releases, the only drawback is the back of the DVD cover is in German but the movie and everything else is in English... Far worth the extra bucks. Avoid the Cheezy - Cheezy Flicks stuff like the plague! August 6, 2008

BREAKER ! BREAKER ! ..... COME BACK " RUBBER DUCK"

I picked up a copy of "Convoy" from the bargain bin at my local Wal-Mart the other day and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality from CheezyFlicks. I've never heard of CheezyFlicks so I wasn't sure what to expect from a low budget video company. This review is for the Feb 19/08 DVD release of "Convoy" from CheezyFlicks. After viewing "Convoy" I can say that there is nothing wrong with the video and sound quality from CheezyFlicks. Either the original print was in really good shape or CheezyFlicks spent some money on cleaning it up for their 2008 DVD release. Filmed one year after "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Breaker- Breaker" the film stars Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine. Kris Kristofferson really shines as trucker "Rubber Duck" and Ernest Borgnine is at his very best as the mean and very corrupt cop appropriately nicknamed "Dirty Lyle". While Burt Young gives a good performance as Pig Pen / Love Machine the same can't be said for Ali MacGraw. Her character Melissa doesn't really add anything to the movie and her performance is average at best. Based on the song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall and directed by the legendary Sam Peckinpah this 1978 Drive-In classic still manages to entertain thirty years later. The disc packaging has professional look to it and CheezyFlicks should be commended on the job they did releasing "Convoy" on DVD. The film is Region 1 coded and is presented in Letterbox format and it runs approximately 106 minutes. It also states on the front cover that this version of "Convoy" is a Special Edition and the film has been Digitally Remastered. If you're a fan of trucker movies you won't be disappointed with this one. Unless one of the Major Studios re-releases "Convoy" on DVD this is probably the best it's ever going to look and sound. That's a big `10-4' good buddy over and out!

DVD Features:

Play Movie
Browse Scenes
Intermission
Director / Cast Bios
*Sam Peckinpah
*Kris Kristofferson
*Ernest Borgnine
*Ali MacGraw


March 2, 2008

semi-camp

Big rigs, CBs, footloose guys and a fancy-free gal crossing the country under the vengeful eye of Smokey... Semi-camp and lots of fun! November 5, 2007

Great movie, poor quality dvd

I love a good '70s cb radio movie as much as the next person and I really love this movie. However, this dvd is of very poor quality-it looks like it was taped off an old tv set and the sound is not synched with the picture. I couldn't watch it. It was put out by a company called Cheezy Flicks. I won't be buying anything else they put out. Let's hope some other company does a professional job of transferring this fun movie onto a dvd...how hard could it really be??? April 16, 2007

CONVOY

MY SON IS 4 YEARS OLD I BOUGHT HIM THIS DVD BECAUSE HE INTO SEMI AND HIS DAD HAD THIS MOVIE RECORED OFF THE T.V. SO I HAD TO BY HIM THE DVD SO HE COULD HAVE IS OWN COPY AND EVERY NIGHT HE WATCHES IT THERE FOR A WHILE THE MOVIE HAD TO BE PLAYING ALL THE TIME... THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY AS FAR AS PICKING OUT A MOVIE IS TO MAKE SURE YOU OR THAT PERSON IS GOING TO LIKE IT.... I TRYED TO FIND THIS MOVIE ELS WHERE BUT NO ONE ELS CARRIED IT BUT THATS TO AMAZON I FOUND IT CAUSE THEY CARRIED IT THNAKS SO MUCH.... March 24, 2007

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