Roadracers a regrettable moment of sincerity a regrettable. Roadracers movie trailer and a thanks to robert rodriguez. The robert rodriguez archives on the directors chair with. He has contributed to many projects as a combination of the six.
Roadracers robert rodriguez movie and book original trilogy. Robert rodriguez celebrity profile check out the latest robert rodriguez photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Rodriguez was interested in making films from an early age. Starring david arquette, salma hayek, john hawkes, jason wiles, william sadler, mark lowenthal, johnny reno. Robert rodriguez, the acclaimed director of spy kids and desperado, delivers more actionpacked thrills with roadracers. Rodriguez was the odd man out, since this was actually the biggest production hed done up until that point. We dont hear enough about the film, and the book rodriguez wrote. Interview with mexican director robert rodriguez film. Cynical look at a 50s rebellious rocker who has to confront his. Its the wild story of a rockin rebel david arquette, scream racing through life with a fast car, a loud guitar, and a sexy girlfriend salma hayek, from dusk till dawn.
Robert rodriguez took the title from the original film and fashioned his own in a way that is much darker and much read more. Roadracers the making of a degenerate hot rod flick this is a quasi sequel to roberts rebel without a crew book, centering around the making of. Half of the book is the script of roadracers and the other half is pure rodriguez taletelling of the sometimes harrowing experience of making roadracers. Of all the people to be amazed by the images of john carpenters 1981 scifi parable, escape from new york 1981, none were as captivated as the 12yearold rodriguez, who. Less commonly, rodriguez has also worked as a second unit director, animator and a visual effects supervisor. Robert rodriguez center left and david arquette center right on the set of the grindhouse cinema homage roadracers. I thought, why are all these guys standing around doing nothing. Rebel without a crew is a 1995 nonfiction book by robert rodriguez. This is a quasi sequel to robert s rebel without a crew book, centering around the making of roadracers. It was actually the first half of grindhouse, robert rodriguezs planet. Roadracers is a 1994 madefortelevision film directed by robert rodriguez, his second feature.
Roadracers is a madefortelevision movie by robert rodriguez starring david arquette and salma hayek. Robert anthony rodriguez was born and raised in san antonio, texas, usa, to rebecca villegas, a nurse, and cecilio g. Roadracers has been released officially on dvd, but i think only in australia and without special features namely, the commentary track from the oop laserdisc. He began by making little animated flip films in the margins of books. This was robert rodriguezs first film after his surprise sundance hit. Jul 4, 2016 explore trisheliza79s board robert rodriguez, followed by 753. He discusses these conflicts in the now outofprint book, roadracers. Roadracers robert rodriguez movie and book author mcfly89 date 5may2009, 6. David arquete remembers making robert rodriguez s obscure exploitation film. Cynical look at a 50s rebellious rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff. Robert rodriguez took the title from the original film and fashioned his own in a way that is much darker and much more ironic than the. In this book he provides an account of the making of his.
I scoured the world looking for a copy for months before i found one in the u. Robert rodriguez gives advice, reveals film contest to ut austin rtf students at sxsw duration. Watch roadracers tv movie full hd online directed by robert rodriguez. Moody college of communication recommended for you 33. David arquette and salma hayek starred as the starcrossed lovers dude and donna in this 1950sset drama, just before they became household names, and john hawkes played dudes sidekick, nixer. The idea was to get established directors friedkin, dante, milius, mcnaughton, etc. Intro from the roadracers movie 1994, directed by robert rodriguez for detailed information please see. The making of a degenerate hot rod flick by robert. Robert anthony rodriguez is an american director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician perhaps best known for making profitable, crowdpleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by hollywood standards. Lou arkoff, amy grauman danziger, david giler, debra hill, willie kutner, llewellyn wells. With david arquette, john hawkes, salma hayek, jason wiles. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in mexico and in his home state of texas. Synopsis the film roadracers is a homage to the juvenile delinquent films of the 1950s. This is a quasi sequel to roberts rebel without a crew book, centering around the.
Robert rodriguez took the title from the original film and fashioned his own in a way that is much darker and much more ironic than the original. Books about robert rodriguez, or books written by robert rodriguez, or screenplays and other material. Roadracers making of a degenerate hot rod flick by robert. Acclaimed director robert rodriguez delivers more actionpacked thrills with roadracers, the story of a rockin rebel named dude david arquette, racing through life with a fast car, a loud guitar, a sexy girlfriend salma hayek and a big mouth. The sleazefilled saga of an explitation double feature, and more on. Robert rodriguez on the lure of grindhouse cinema cnn. Toothy, footloose exercise in retrorockabillydrivein kitsch, made for showtimes rebel highway project. May not include supplemental items like discs, access codes, dust jacket, etc. Roadracers the making of a degenerate hot rod flick. Overview of roadracers, 1994, directed by robert rodriguez, with aaron vaughn, karen landry, tammy brady conrad, at turner classic movies.
Born robert anthony rodriguez on june 20, 1968, in san antonio, texas, he was the third of ten children born to cecilio, a sales manager for a cookware firm, and his wife, rebecca, a nurse. On his second movie, 1994s roadracers, he got a crew, and didnt like it. A greaser picture from the wonderfully eccentric mind of robert rodriguez, roadracers is an entertaining and wonderfully unique work from the talented director. Roadracers is robert rodriguez second film about a 50s rebel named dude delaney david arquette who plays a mean guitar and dreams of leaving his small town and becoming a rockabilly star racing with a fast car and a sexy girlfriend named donna salma hayek and friend nixer john hawkes but dude having a temper gets caught up in a nasty feud with the towns sheriff sarge william. The directors chair with robert rodriguez an overview the robert rodriguez archives on the directors chair with robert rodriguez interviewing george miller. In this book he provides an account of the making of his film. There may be underlining, highlighting, and or writing. Making of a degenerate hot rod flick by robert rodriguez. Author of rebel without a crew, one agent too many, rebelde sin pasta, spy kids 2 cinemanga, roadracers, bad as i wanna dress, desperado, latino talent. But when a confrontation ends with deadly threats, this young rebel finds himself speeding head on.
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