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Based upon the Stephen King short story Trucks.

The film soundtrack was composed and performed by AC/DC.

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Cast: Emilio Estevez, Holter Ford Graham, Giancarlo Esposito, Pat Hingle, Laura Harrington, Yeardley Smith, John Short, J.C. Quinn, Ellen McElduff, Christopher Murney, Leon Rippy, Connie Smith, Martin Tucker, Patrick Miller, Marla Maples, Barry Bell, John Brasington, Jack Canon, Frankie R. Faison, J. Don Ferguson, Stephen King, Ned Austin, R. Pickett Bugg, Richard Chapman, Jr., Bob Gooden, Bob Gunter, Bill Huggins
Director: Stephen King
Genre: Horror, Action, Adventure
Release Date: January 25, 1986
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Writer: Stephen King
Runtime: 1hr 37min
Studio: Dino De Laurentis Company

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review by Captain_Couth. May 12, 2009

Stephen King, Director.

Maximum Overdrive (1986) was Stephen King's first and only attempt to make a movie. He wanted to create a film that was intentionally bad, cheesy and entertaining. Mr. King somewhat produced a film like the one he envisioned. Too bad the end results don't click together like they did on paper. Taking a short story that he written during the seventies called Trucks, Mr. King took the bare basics of that story and made it into a major motion picture, bank rolled by his friends at De Laurentis Productions … more

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