Total number of members who have this title in their. Truck turner 1995 stream and watch online moviefone. Yaphet kotto is an american actor, known for numerous film roles including the. The movie starts when mark truck turner, a professional. A beautiful woman runs a truck stop where the customers are given reprieve from the monotonous highway. Before he became a criminal catcher, truck was an all star football player, which is where he earned his nickname.
Blaxploitation film about a former professional football player who. Hot buttered soul, was the most successful of these releases. In the early 1970s, some people were willing to pay. Truck turner, also known as black bullet, is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring isaac hayes and yaphet kotto, and directed by jonathan kaplan. 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.
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. With isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, alan weeks, annazette chase. The screenplay was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes, and oscar williams. The question is whether truck can survive with blue and his gang on his trail. 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. I was planning to do this film someday, now you saved my time a little bit isaac hayes is starring in this film.
A really strong blaxploitation film that for just under two minutes at the climax suddenly raises itself to pure cinematic poetry. Truck turner1974 is an enjoyable blaxploitation film starring the late isaac hayes. Overview of desperate miles, the, 1975, directed by daniel haller, with tony musante, joanna pettet, jeanette nolan, at turner classic movies. A fan of 70s film, i thought that truck turner was an exceptional piece of film that entertains on so many levels. The soundtrack score of truck turner was eventually used by. Hayes wrote the score but he also stars as turner, a bounty hunter who finds himself being hunted after completing a job. Nichelle nichols plays in truck turner as the queenb and is putting a hit on truck turner issac hayes after he killed her manpimp. 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. When he and his partner find him, a chase ensues and gator is killed. Truck turner trailer directed by jonathan kaplan and starring isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, alan weeks, sam laws, paul harris. Its a gritty, actionpacked tale of the streets, pulsating with ultrasmooth soul, highoctane energy and nonstop suspense.
Isaac hayes also composed the music score for the film. 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. Turner was most likely originally conceived as a more traditional action flick. 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.
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Truck turner 412 movie clip you been hit by a truck. Truck is a bounty hunter who gets a job to track down a guy named gator. Truck turner 1974 r 04191974 us action, crime, drama 1h 31m user score. Ricco 1975 authentic x original movie poster dean martin thriller u. 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.
Truck turner 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Yaphet kotto played one of the bad guys in the film. Kino lorber resurrects the obscure and fascinating 1974 blaxploitation gem truck turner this month for the first time on bluray. He was well known for his musical score for the film shaft 1971. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Hayes played mack truck turner, a bounty hunter who works for the government. Truck turner1974 is an enjoyable blaxploitation film starring the late isaac.
Staring isaac hayes, yaphet kotto, sam laws and annazette chase. The film was released by american international pictures as a double feature with foxy brown. 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. 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. 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. Vhs truck turner aka black bullet released june 1974 starring isaac hayes and yaphet. 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. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from truck turner at the discogs marketplace.
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This makes gators woman, dorinda, very angry and she puts a hit on truck. Trucks is a 1997 canadian and american television horror film directed by chris thomson. Now is left in charge of looking after the stable of hoes. 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. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. One of the wonderful things about video is that eventually everything shows up, whether it needs to or not. 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. 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. Treat williams deadly hero filmed in 1975, released in may 1976. Overview of three days of the condor, 1975, directed by sydney pollack, with robert redford, faye dunaway, cliff robertson, at turner classic movies. The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in north america are as follows. Female pimpin, nichelle nichols in truck turner youtube. The screen play was written by michael allin, jerry wilkes and oscar williams.
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