HIGHWAY

 2002 | 97 min | USA
 Release Date: 2002
 Directed by: James Cox
 Genre: Crime/Drama
 Tag: It started as a desperate escape and became the wildest ride of their lives.

Two friends hit the road to escape some homicidal gangsters with a score to settle in this angsty Gen-X flick set against the backdrop of the mid-'90s grunge music scene. Highway opens with its mohawked post-teen hero Jack (Jared Leto), up to his usual routine: smoking pot, cleaning pools, and engaging in vigorous sex with a mobster's wife. It isn't long before vengeful thugs come calling to his Las Vegas trailer-park home, however, and Jack has to flee town with his drug-dealing best buddy, Pilot (Jake Gyllenhaal). The two decide to travel to Seattle -- in the week preceding Kurt Cobain's suicide -- and along the way they encounter a succession of drifters, losers, and hangers-on, including a sweet-hearted prostitute named Cassie (Selma Blair). Highway's working title was "A Leonard Cohen Afterworld," a reference to a lyric from Kurt Cobain's song "Pennyroyal Tea"; the film was written by Scott Rosenberg, who previously made a name for himself with Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Beautiful Girls, and Con Air.

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 + Cast                                                                                                                     

Jared Leto ... Jack Hayes
Jake Gyllenhaal ... Pilot Kelson
Selma Blair ... Cassie
John C. McGinley ... Johnny the Fox
Jeremy Piven ... Scawldy
Arden Myrin ... Lucy
Kimberley Kates ... Jilly Miranda
Mark Rolston ... Burt Miranda
Jarret Thomas ... Kid #1
Stephen Shellen ... Clark Hayes

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 + Selma says                                                                                                          

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 + DVD Info                                                                                                             

Released: March 26, 2002
Available in DVD Widescreen

 

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 + Nominations                                                                                                        

1. 2003 Best Actress (Blair) Nomination - DVD Premiere Award - DVD Exclusive Awards
2. 2003 Best Cinematography Nomination - DVD Premiere Award - DVD Exclusive Awards
3. 2003 Best Live Action DVD Premiere Movie Nomination - DVD Premiere Award - DVD Exclusive Awards

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