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LIMITED EDITION EMBOSSED STEELBOOK
Sam Peckinpah’s classic road movie CONVOY (1978) based on a song by C.W. McCall's hit song of the same name stars Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw. A mighty convoy of dust-raising trucks heads for a state line in South-western America. The massive collection of vehicles all shapes and sizes are led by ‘Rubber Duck’ (Kris Kristofferson)A legendary trucker who has gathered this vast army together in protest police corruption, federal and states laws and shady politicking. The law is bearing down on truckers and Forcing them to obey unrealistic speed limitations which rob them of precious time and money. The national guard, The Army, the Police and the feds are all out to halt the truckers, but the truckers don’t want to stop!
EXTRAS:
*NEW Interview with Franklyn Ajaye
*NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/ Peckinpah scholar Mike Siegel (German & English)
*NEW Video Essay: The Lost Convoy, NEW The Duck Trucks
NEW Promoting Convoy: animated gallery of international posters and lobby cards,
NEW Convoy color stills: 120 rare color photos
*NEW Filming Convoy pt 1: White Sands & the Truck stop: 100 rare bts photos
*NEW Filming Convoy pt 2: The Trucks are rolling: 100 rare bts photos
*NEW Filming Convoy pt 3: Showdown in Alvarez: 100 rare bts photos
*NEW Original trailer, Audio commentary by film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman, Passion & Poetry
*Sam’s Trucker Movie
*U.S. TV Spot
*U.S. Radio Spots x 4
*Three Lost Scenes
*In jokes, Friends & Cameos
*Trucker Notes from Norway
This is a UK Import. The 4K UHD disc is Region Free. The Blu-ray is Region B and will require a multi-regional capable player.