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6.2/10
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At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?At last the Feds have caught him! Infamous 60's radical Huey Walker is heading for jail. So how come it's Huey's yuptight FBI escort who ends up behind bars?
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- TriviaAt the Union Station train depot in Oakland, Dennis Hopper made fast friends with the two Asian children seen in the film waving at his character as he departs the waiting area. He spent his off time playing with the kids during set up. Their reactions to him in the film are genuine.
- GoofsDuring the shootout on the train near the end of the movie, John's wristwatch is there, then it's gone, then it's back again.
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Huey Walker: Once we get outta the 80's, the 90's are going to make the 60's look like the 50's.
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By Mick Jones
Performed by Big Audio Dynamite
Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department
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Peace, love, understanding and Humor!
Huey Walker(Hopper) is an hysterical character to watch in this film as a hippie who is very Abby Hoffman like. He is arrested by John Buckner (Sutherland), a tight-assed, republican, FBI agent. What is supposed to be a simple task of transporting a prisoner turns out a harder job than expected for Buckner. As they make their way from San Francisco to Spokane, they encounter many obstacles. From a kind hearted prostitute to a crooked sheriff to a Haight Ashbury leftover played brilliantly by the ever wonderful Carol Kane (Scrooged, Taxi). Watching Walker and Buckner try to out smart each other is fuuny as hell, and chemistry between Sutherland and Hopper is great. You see the geninue friendship between them. The funniest scene, of which there are many, is when Walker is down on his knees, covering his face in mud. Buckner instucts him to then put one hand in the air and one on his heart and sing "Mammy". The humor however is nothing more than a vehicle for the true meaning of this film : You Can't Change Who You Are or Where You Come From. That message is perhaps best expressed in the lines:
Buckner:So you're a phony? Walker:Yeah so? Buckner:Just like me.
I give this movie my highest rating: 10 stars!
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Buckner:So you're a phony? Walker:Yeah so? Buckner:Just like me.
I give this movie my highest rating: 10 stars!
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- Gross US & Canada
- $6,488,114
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,910,116
- Feb 4, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $6,488,114
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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