Convoy

Excellent video. An old movie that I wanted to collect for a long time.

I'm collecting movies that I like in my dvd collections

Another classic

Worth the rent. Good movie. Very interesting. Worth renting or buying

It's been quite some time since I've seen this movie. I was five years old when the movie came out but I remember watching it on TV with my father some years later. We might of owned a VHS copy of it too. The film looks great in this Blu-ray release and it is definitely the cleanest version I've ever seen. I'm no Convoy movie expert, but it appears to be an unedited version as well. I've read some reviews where people complain that certain scenes are missing from earlier versions (such as the DVD release) and I was looking for those particular scenes and they are in this release. The movie runs 110 minutes while some of the other releases only ran for 106 minutes.The movie, as stated before, certainly looks nice on my HDTV and the sound quality is great too. The film isn't perfect looking and it still shows some age in certain scenes but I personally haven't seen anything better when I compare it to the TV and VHS versions that I've watched before. It was great watching it again and brings me back to the days of being a kid and watching Smokey and the Bandit, Dukes of Hazzard, and Cannonball Run. As a kid, Convoy (and movies like it) was just comic cool silliness with big trucks (or fast cars) "taking it to the man". Watching it now, I even see an attempt at some sort of heroic message here but the real draw to the film is basically a western using big rigs. The soundtrack for the movie is just great and I can remember just loving (and singing) the original Convoy song which was the inspiration for the film. It great fun to see this picture again and it brings back some great memories.This release comes with some great special features too. The 73 minute documentary entitled "Passion & Poetry - Sam's Trucker Movie" is really interesting. It goes through all of the trials and tribulations all involved went through during the production. The actors, producers, and techies speak about director Sam Peckinpah's downfall with cocaine and all of the problems it caused during the production. It's amazing that the film was ever even released. The documentary shows the eventual success of the film not only in the US but around the world. They even show a guy in Germany who was so obsessed with the film that he had a replica of Duck's truck made for himself! The movie turned out to be very profitable but unfortunately marked the end of Sam Peckinpah's career. It's a great documentary and fans of the film will surely find it very interesting. Another 3 minute featurette entitled "Trucker Notes From Norway" has a fan (from Norway) give us a history of the truck(s) used in the film. This movie sure has a big following overseas! The 5 minute feature entitled "Injokes, Friends & Cameos" was especially interesting because it contains some great "fun facts" that I didn't know about. I didn't know that Sam Peckinpah was in the film. You can see him riding in the back of the truck with the TV guy interviewing "The Duck". Also, the names of the companies on the trucks are little salutes to the actor's (driving the trucks) previous roles in other films. Some of you Convoy fans probably knew all of this but I sure didn't. There are three deleted scenes, but we can only see production stills and images of the script for these because the original footage was destroyed. The special features are really great and I enjoyed watching all of these after viewing the film.Kino Lorber has done a great job putting this together. The movie looks great and the special features are awesome. Convoy fans should pick this one up for sure.

Always enjoyed this movie

1978's "Convoy" starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw was directed by Sam Peckinpah. He later worked on 1983's "The Osterman Weekend" but it was cut by the studio and is sadly, I consider, unfinished although it is in release. "Convoy" is a fitting ending as it is based on the popular song by C.W. McCall and the screenplay is written by B.W.L. Norton and it provides Peckinpah with an excuse to use "Convoy" as a canvas on which he paints a mural of his slow-motion ballets of violence for which he is famous. Far from his masterpieces like 1969's "The Wild Bunch" it is still worth seeing as everything by Peckinpah deserves to be seen, even "The Osterman Weekend." He has worked with Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw before and they are joined by Burt Young, Madge Sinclair and Franklyn Ajaye and especially he again is working with Ernest Borgnine as the villain of the piece. It is Peckinpah's film, but an admirable presentation of the song of which McCall should be proud. I gave the DVD four stars as it is for Kinowelt's widescreen, uncut version which seems made on a computer and could be better, but I appreciate their presenting it uncut. There are a number of other editions, several by Cheezy Flicks (even now a restored version), but the reviews were horrendous and they generally provide cheap editions which are only worth it because they don't cost much. They are sacrifices to less quality. Apparently United Artists, who initially released the film, did not think enough of it to provide better. It is the only Peckinpah film to observe his treatment of film so radically like the art it is. Graeme Clifford, who would later direct Jessica Lange in "Frances," was editor and director of photography was Harry Stradling, Jr. Kinowelt is a German company and the trailer as an extra is in German as is the menu and some copy of the back cover. Moreso it is folklore than a great story, but grand Peckinpah. "Convoy" deserves a bravura presentation, but this will have to do.

I have to admit that I wasn't expecting much when I went into this movie, but I gotta say, it really is a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours. Has a wonderful blend of action, comedy, and just a pinch of romance.

Big Rigs and great actors. It was good when it first came out and is still just as exciting; What wouldn't i give to drive a Kenworth Conventional.The seller was quick on delivery and well packaged.

Reliving a little nostalgia with this film and as a kid I enjoyed it. As an adult, you certainly see the film with new eyes and it didn’t disappoint as it still kept the memories alive whist being a little more hard hitting with a number of sense and very close to the mark so many years ago. It’s a shame that some of this still goes on so many years after the movie was release

Of course I gave it 5 stars, that's what an old simple movie deserves. I saw this when it came out and loved it. Still do. Stop reading this review and just buy it.

my dad took me to see this at the cinema when i was nine{even though its pg}.never ever forgot it.waited patiently for it to show up on sky, which it finally did.then lost my copy when sky box blew up.decided i had to buy it on dvd, so even when my dvd player blows up, i still have the hard copy.is dirty lyle really that dirty, i am not so sure!reccomend it to anybody. real bit of nostalgia!

Picture quality good on Bluray, you either like these kind of films, like smokey and the bandit or you don't, like these type of films at all... Bobby_G