It won the grand jury award at the 2018 sxsw film festival. Xpress looks at the making and legacy of this cult classic. Official facebook page of thunder road pictures filmtv producers of sicario, the messengers, the town, john wick, gods of. In january 2012, peter lawson left the weinstein company to join thunder road as a president of production, and then left in january 2014 for a job as exec vp of production and acquisitions at open road films. Thunder road was awarded the short film grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film festival on tuesday. Certainly, in the last quarter of the 20th century the name thunder road was associated with bruce springsteen, who appropriated the title for his 1975 epic, but the bootlegger saga was popular in the south for years, playing driveins and midnight movies into. Thunder road deftly balances emotionally affecting drama against bruising comedy and serves as an outstanding calling card for writerdirectorstar jim cummings. Thunder road internet movie firearms database guns in. The 1950 ford that robert mitchum drives in the beginning is actually a 1951 ford with a 1950 grille, and the chrome. Looked like triple single barrels, which would be a really cool set up, in my opinion. At first i was confused by the story, it had a lot of confusion to the story line but towards 35minutes it gets interesting the action kicks in, the gta style no fks given, killing everything that comes their way, not the usual uk film iv watched it has a creative style, either this was a serious film made to look a bunch of fun, throwing in super cars, tanks, shootouts, car chase, explosion.
The moonshiners sold the cars to the film company in order to buy newer and faster cars. Thunder road pictures movies 17 titles movie insider. Come saturday for a north east mini stock tour invasion plus longdistance showdowns for your local street stocks and road warriors. Thunder road 1958 out of the past a classic film blog. Vernon doolin trevor bardette keeps a late war substitutestandard arisaka t 99 rifle near his still in rillow valley, tennessee, grabbing it when he hears someone approach. As we hope to emerge soon from the polar vortex, its nearing the time to put your bike back on the road. We produced, edited, marketed, and distributed the film around the world by ourselves. To push things even further, the film was shot in one unrelentless 15 minute take, all brought together by jim cumming who wrote, directed and performed in this memorable piece. Thunder road is an original and perfectly constructed short film, winner of the grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film festival as well as the special jury prize for acting at 2016 south by southwest. One of the biggest stock car racing events of the year comes to barres thunder road. Especially the reputedly troubled kid ken revolts against his former friend.
The ballad of thunder road, a 1957 song cowritten and performed by robert mitchum for the 1958 film thunder road song, a 1975 song by bruce springsteen thunder road, a 1980s canadian band led by david thompson thunder road, a 2001 song by judas priest from point of entry. Choosing locations for the films setting was influenced by the experiences of the road trips as well, detroit is americas city. In another light it is purely, and uproariously funny, and, having seen the film with audiences on multiple occasions, ive noticed viewers are often confused in. It is live every monday here every at 8pm cst and his hosted by doug johnson. Thunder road is a short comedydrama film written, directed by, and starring jim cummings. The short film thunder road, written and directed by jim cummings, has been. Its not as dramatic as perhaps the one for out of the past 1947 which starts with a plane crash, but its still full of juicy bits of. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Though when the struggles and demons within marys past find themselves in between their romance they together must ultimately make the decision to repeat their parents mistakes or take the risk to find something better for themselves by defining their own future taking off on thunder road. The thunder road show is the best damn drag racing show on the internet. Thunder road 1958 has one of the most interesting backstories of all the films robert mitchum made in his long career as an actor. Thunder road is something of a disappointment, but one thats not without interest.
Thunder road won the grand jury prize at the 2016 sundance film. Thunder road was originally conceived as an event to give the owners of high performance cars from the general motors stable the chance to really see what their cars are capable of. Check out the below links, may contain affiliate links. Thunder road 2016 took place on saturday 6 th august at kendrew barracks in rutland. Starring, written and directed by jim cummings, this short film won the grand jury prize at the sxsw film festival. Sundance awards short film thunder road grand jury prize. Preorder the feature of one of the best short films ever made. However, by the films conclusion, jim and his daughter do manage to. Looking for more information on thunder road pictures. This opening sequence is adapted closely from his 2016 short of the same name, and as a result. Thunder road is an event specifically designed for all performance vauxhalls including vxr and hsv derivatives. Producer basil iwanyk founded the film and television financing and production company thunder road films in the mid 2000s. I was watching thunder road the other night, noticed the triple carbs on robert mitchums ford.
To do so, we have created a postproduction hivemind to meet the completion. See the full list of thunder road cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother. In 2016, aspiring filmmaker jim cummings wrote a short film whilst on the. A former cia agents search for a lost colleague exposes a deadly conspiracy involving his own family and sovietera secrets in the mountains of east. Texas showed thunder road a lot of love and the terrain is perfect for the deployments in the film. As their first collaboration wind river premieres at the sundance film festival tomorrow, riverstone pictures and basil iwanyks thunder road pictures have made a multiyear financing, production and development deal to generate an annual output of three to five films. Sundance short film winner thunder road claims grand. Officer arnaud raises his daughter as a love letter to his mom. For years, weve seen his name fly under the producer credit line for many of our favorite staff pick films from the film collective ornana. In this comedy series, shot in single takes, six young people each experience pivotal moments in their lives that dont quite go as planned and lead to various breaking points as a result. Thunder road is a 2018 american comedydrama microbudget film directed, written by, and starring jim cummings, based on his 2016 short film of the same name. Thunder road 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This year at sundance, however, we saw a different jim shine this time as the writer, director, and star of his own short, thunder road. Thunder road is a heartfelt, moving, surprisingly funny character study of. The ballad of thunder road movie clip video by benbop1965. The film was directed and written by jim cummings, who also stars alongside melissa. Officer arnaud raises his daughter as a love letter to his late mom.
Robert mitchums 1958 film thunder road created a bigger footprint on pop culture consciousness than its box office success suggests. Shot in one take, the film depicts a police officer giving a eulogy for his mother. Thunder road is a masterpiece in achieving this glorious combination, all while placing you in an uncomfortable, but relatable situation. Cummings also served as coeditor, composer and visual effects artist. A featurelength adaptation of the same name was released in 2018, also directed by cummings. I think it also reflects the current state of much of the country. Its hard to get stronger festival validation than what thunder road has received, and sotw will not present a contrarian positionthe film is fantastic, and we. Thunder road is a singletake, 12minute movie of a man giving a eulogy for his mother through the words of bruce springsteen. Shot on 16 mm, crazy thunder road was actually ishiis film school graduation project, but distributors toei liked it enough that they enlarged it to 35 mm for theatrical release. Its a funny, inventive, and thoughtprovoking film, one that makes you. With thunder road, viewers witness the birth of a comic actor who could very well grow into. Jim cummings is raising funds for thunder road on kickstarter. It also stars kendal farr, nican robinson, macon blair, jocelyn deboer, chelsea edmunson, ammie leonards, and bill wise. An early version of that scene was produced as a stand alone short that won an award at the 2016 sundance film festival.
Inside the heartbreaking short film that won sundance. Thunder road, one of the finalists in thewrap s shortlist film festival, is an alternately funny and wrenching story about a cop played by cummings who goes to his mothers funeral and. In a certain light, thunder road is a heartstring tugging tragedy of naked grief on display, and arnauds inability to express it is pitiable. Drivers and supporters enjoying some great summer sunshine and the usual vxr hospitality. Some serious competition took place too on the former main runway. Thunder road, which was originally a b movie that inspired bruce to write the first track on born to run, now inspires filmmaker jim cummings no relation to the. Thunder road pelicula completa, ver online y descargar. Thunder road tells the story of flawed police officer jim arnaud, who lives a. Practically creating a whole genre and with it laying the groundwork for burt reynolds career, it stars robert mitchum as a moonshine runner facing the wrath of both the revenuers and a crime syndicate trying to muscle in on the good ole boys trade. Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie thunder road. This month marks the 58th anniversary of the release of the film thunder road, much of which was shot in and around asheville.
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