A beautiful woman runs a truck stop where the customers are given reprieve from the monotonous highway. Blaxploitation film about a former professional football player who. Truck is a bounty hunter who gets a job to track down a guy named gator. Truck turner is a slightly satirical but still relatively serious blaxploitation movie, but whats really important is that its just a great, fun 70s action flick that. Hired assassins try to kill him after he hunts down a pimp. Truck turner internet movie firearms database guns in.
Isaac hayes in his big screen debut is total badass cool as former football star mack truck turner, who now scrapes by as a bounty hunter. A really strong blaxploitation film that for just under two minutes at the climax suddenly raises itself to pure cinematic poetry. Yaphet kotto played one of the bad guys in the film. Hayes plays turner, a bounty hunter searching for a crazy pimp. Hayes played mack truck turner, a bounty hunter who works for the government. Nichelle nichols plays in truck turner as the queenb and is putting a hit on truck turner issac hayes after he killed her manpimp. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. One of isaac hayes most notable acting performances, its a head above the general trend of similar genre titles of the period, even though the film features a familiar narrative already well retread by the time of its release. Ricco 1975 authentic x original movie poster dean martin thriller u. The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in north america are as follows. His new album, 1975s chocolate chip, saw hayes embrace the.
The soundtrack score of truck turner was eventually used by. Isaac hayes also composed the music score for the film. The cast included yaphet kotto, paul harris, and star trek star nichelle nichols the following weapons were used in the film truck turner. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from truck turner at the discogs marketplace.
This soundtrack was considerably lengthier and more varied than the one hayes had released earlier in 1974, including holiday inn funk, a lugubrious vocal youre in my arms again, and some jazz and blues riffs peppering the instrumental grooves. Yaphet kotto is an american actor, known for numerous film roles including the. Truck turner is one of those low budget features that breaks the mold and solidifies the codes and conventions of blaxploitation cinema as something we can easily recognise and relate to. This makes gators woman, dorinda, very angry and she puts a hit on truck. Vhs truck turner aka black bullet released june 1974 starring isaac hayes and yaphet.
Exfootball star turned skiptracer, turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when hes hired to capture sociopathic pimp. In the early 1970s, some people were willing to pay. Truck turner 912 movie clip thats truck turner 1974. Its a gritty, actionpacked tale of the streets, pulsating with ultrasmooth soul, highoctane energy and nonstop suspense. Total number of members who have this title in their. Truck turner 1995 stream and watch online moviefone. Before he became a criminal catcher, truck was an all star football player, which is where he earned his nickname. Isaac hayes truck turner original soundtrack discogs. Turner was most likely originally conceived as a more traditional action flick. Isaac hayes musician music database radio swiss jazz. Kino lorber resurrects the obscure and fascinating 1974 blaxploitation gem truck turner this month for the first time on bluray. Truck turner 112 movie clip aint you beat him enough. Female pimpin, nichelle nichols in truck turner youtube. Trucks is a 1997 canadian and american television horror film directed by chris thomson.
Truck turner is a blaxploitation film, an ethnic subgenre that emerged in the 1970s, directed by johnathan kaplan. The screenplay was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes, and oscar williams. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Staring isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, sam laws and annazette chase. One of the wonderful things about video is that eventually everything shows up, whether it needs to or not. Truck turner1974 is an enjoyable blaxploitation film starring the late isaac. I was planning to do this film someday, now you saved my time a little bit isaac hayes is starring in this film.
Truck turner trailer directed by jonathan kaplan and starring isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, alan weeks, sam laws, paul harris. Overview of desperate miles, the, 1975, directed by daniel haller, with tony musante, joanna pettet, jeanette nolan, at turner classic movies. Isaac hayes puts his gun where his groove is in his role as hardcase bounty hunter mack truck turner, three years after composing the legendary score for isaac hayes 1971. The film was released by american international pictures as a double feature with foxy brown. Overview of three days of the condor, 1975, directed by sydney pollack, with robert redford, faye dunaway, cliff robertson, at turner classic movies. Hot buttered soul, was the most successful of these releases. Hayes wrote the score but he also stars as turner, a bounty hunter who finds himself being hunted after completing a job. It is a remake based on stephen kings short story trucks, which also served as the source material for the earlier film maximum overdrive, the only film directed by king. Truck turner, also known as black bullet, is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring isaac hayes and yaphet kotto, and directed by jonathan kaplan. While the length ensured more variety, though, it also makes it a challenge to sit through the hourplus program when you dont have images to.
The 20 best blaxploitation records from the 1970s the vinyl factory. The screen play was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes and oscar williams. Truck turner is a surprisingly littleknown 1974 blaxploitation directed by jonathan kaplan and starring isaac hayes as the title character, a former pro football player turned bounty hunter. Truck turner pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released truck turner pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Truck turner 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Truck turner1974 is an enjoyable blaxploitation film starring the late isaac hayes. Truck turner mastered in hd the great isaac hayes im gonna git you sucka stars in this powerful, pulloutthestops crime thriller from director jonathan kaplan white line fever. Its fun hearing star treks nichelle nichols curse like a sailor. The movie starts when mark truck turner, a professional. Now is left in charge of looking after the stable of hoes. Take the recently released truck turner, a dispensable but enjoyable 1974 action movie starring isaac hayes.
Mack truck turner issac hayes is an exfootball star who, due to a careerending injury, is working as a skip tracer bounty hunter with his buddy jerry alan weeks. Exfootball star turned skiptracer, turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when hes hired to capture sociopathic pimp gator, he finds himself confronted by the most. Treat williams deadly hero filmed in 1975, released in may 1976. When he and his partner find him, a chase ensues and gator is killed. Truck turner is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring isaac hayes and yaphet kotto, and directed by jonathan kaplan. Blake edwards on bluray seeds, tamarind, blake edwards.
Truck turner 412 movie clip you been hit by a truck. The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with steven spielbergs thriller jaws topping the box office. He was well known for his musical score for the film shaft 1971. Truck turner on bluray 738329168827 from kino video. Truck turner 1974 r 04191974 us action, crime, drama 1h 31m user score. My pictures are not so big, so if you have bigger ones, dont hesitate to upload them.
Released october 5th, 1995, truck turner stars isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, alan weeks, annazette chase the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. With isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, alan weeks, annazette chase. The question is whether truck can survive with blue and his gang on his trail. A fan of 70s film, i thought that truck turner was an exceptional piece of film that entertains on so many levels. Sometimes, as in the case of truck turner 1974, a film can satisfy all of the glorious excesses of the exploitation and still be a properly good film. Bounty hunter mack truck turner isaac hayes almost always finds his target, but his latest prize a pimp called gator paul harris is killed while turner is chasing hm.
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