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Truckers in The Movies
Many films have focused on vehicles. Days of Thunder race car-based series focuses on Fast and Furious used cars in illegal street racing, Top Gun and certainly gave us a nice look at some combat aircraft. There was, however, some say, a surprising number of films dealing with truckers. Perhaps the mystical open road, the central bank handles anonymous, or just the idea of driving a vehicle used Miata for breakfast, but people seem to like movies trucker. Here are some of the best.
Smokey and the Bandit – 1977
How popular was this movie? The movie only made more money this year was Star Wars. Starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field, Smokey and the Bandit is essentially one hour long high speed track with a lead than in the early to give you a reason to hunt. We love a movie that does not try and skirt the question of what happens to popular.
Convoy – 1978
A film inspired by a song was something about the truck at first. Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and Ernest Borgnine star in this film about a convoy in the fight against the truckers and the operation of the law. With names like “Rubber Duck”, “Spider Mike ‘,’ widow ‘and’ sneaky snake ‘, it is not surprising that the film was popular with people with an interest in truckers and the culture of the central bank.
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