
Overview:
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.Status: | Released (1997-05-02) |
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Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations |
BoxOffice: | $50,159,144 |
Screen: | Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery |
Productions: | Paramount Pictures, The De Laurentiis Company, Spelling Films |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |


Casts
- 6856: Kurt Russell - Jeff Taylor
- 22131: J. T. Walsh - Warren 'Red' Barr
- 8183: Kathleen Quinlan - Amy Taylor
- 22132: M.C. Gainey - Earl
- 22133: Jack Noseworthy - Billy
- 16937: Rex Linn - Sheriff Boyd
- 22134: Ritch Brinkley - Al
Crews
- 7728: Basil Poledouris - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 11001: Kevin Stitt - Editor - Editing
- 22130: Lee Maymen - Art Direction - Art
- 7213: Jonathan Mostow - Director - Directing
- 21351: Derek Brechin - Editor - Editing
- 7213: Jonathan Mostow - Screenplay - Writing
- 5398: Dino De Laurentiis - Producer - Production
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Reviews
CRCulver
Review text:
In <i>Breakdown</i>, Kurt Russell and Amy Quinlan play a wealthy New England couple who find horror in Iowa. While driving cross-country, their car breaks down. The various local people they meet who initially seem helpful are in fact criminals working together. The wife is kidnapped ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
Review text:
Super Thriller. Breakdown is directed by Jonathan Mostow and Mostow co-writes the screenplay with Sam Montgomery. It stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy and Ritch Brinkley. Music is by Basil Poledouris and cinematography by Doug ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
Review text:
Simple but really solid suspense-thriller with some good sequences especially the finale with great car stunts. Not much to the performances or characters, but Kurt Russell was, as usual, good in the lead and J.T. Walsh sinister as the primary villain. **3.75/5**
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