Prime Mover (2009)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 30M
Director : David Caesar
Sinopse
A long haul truckie who finds that the reality of his existence is far removed from his youthful dreams of owning and driving his own prime mover.
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
Truckers battle a Nazi who has hidden out in Mexico. Subplot involves the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.
After a gang of thugs brands a hard working truck driver a traitor and murders his bride, He retaliates by being even more violent than his attackers.
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.
Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. She hears voices in her head, and has sleeping problems, eating disorders and drinks excessively. On Valentine's Day, she meets truck driver Takatoshi. She joins him on a journey in his bumpy and shaky truck - which vibrates in tune with her uneasy soul.
After a fight with her boyfriend, a woman unknowingly accepts a ride from a psychopath.
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
A prostitute looking for her next meal hitches a ride with a trucker that leaves her praying for her next breath.
Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men volunteer to take explosive rocket-fuel chemical components, in three trucks, over back roads in rugged terrain to a remote missile base. Uncredited "remake" of The Wages of Fear.
Dois trabalhadores da rodovia vão passar o verão de 1988 longe da cidade em que vivem. A paisagem isolada torna-se um lugar de desgraça já que os homens encontram-se em desacordo um com o outro e com as mulheres que deixaram para trás.
A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.
This engaging made-for-television movie follows the adventures of Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa (Kim Darby), who needs money after her trucker husband, Jack (Fred Willard), is shot by hijackers. Fortunately, she finds a partner in Flatbed Annie (Annie Potts), a freewheelin' driver. The women form an unlikely but profitable friendship while fending off the repo man who wants the truck and the criminals who are after the cocaine hidden in it.
A truck driver "too lazy to work and too nervous to steal" gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.
In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.
A Vila Sésamo é uma rua pacífica e feliz. É lar das criaturas mais divertidas, incluindo Garibaldo, o enorme pássaro amarelo. Toda essa paz e alegria vai acabar para Garibaldo. Ele é despejado e começa uma longa aventura através do país para encontrar seu lugar no mundo. Quando os ex-vizinhos e amigos descobrem a ausência de Garibaldo, eles partem em uma jornada ainda mais louca para trazê-los de volta. Junte-se nesta busca por Garibaldo - e nesta grande diversão - que inclui as participações de Chevy Chase, Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Waylon Jennings entre outros. Siga o seu coração enquanto Vila Sésamo apresenta "Onde Está o Garibaldo".
Um caminhoneiro americano no Sul da Austrália começa a suspeitar que um homem que dirige uma caminhonete verde, mata jovens mulheres ao longo de sua rota, e passa a jogar um jogo de gato e rato para pegá-lo em flagrante.
John and Michael are taught by their father at a young age that people are merely piggy banks... if you need money, just break one open. Charming and brilliant, they roam the country robbing and murdering anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. After their partnership becomes strained and John sets off on his own, he discovers his father had a secret family... another wife and a daughter in another state. With a renewed sense of purpose he sets out to find and kill his stepsister. But this may be more challenging than he thinks... has he met his match?